University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya Scholarships and Funding

Merit cum Means Scholarships
The University offers a number of scholarships for postgraduate and Ph.D students. Most of these scholarships are merit based. However, support is also available to students belonging to economically weaker sections of the society through the Students Aid Fund. The office of the Dean, Students’ Welfare also processes various scholarships instituted by state governments for students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as well as those instituted by Private Trusts and Foundations. Further details of these scholarships are available on the university website as well as with the office of the Dean, Students’ Welfare.

Free Admission For Meritorious Poor Students & Toppers

ERD Foundation has taken an initiative to support and provide free education to the exceptionally meritorious students from families belonging to BELOW POVERTY LINE, as they cannot afford the financial liability of such courses.
The management of ERDF has been giving free admission for meritorious students of BPL families in all the institutes run by ERDF. Similarly, decision has been taken to admit meritorious BPL students specially from rural areas as per criteria prescribed by both ERDF and USTM. BPL students already passed out from different institutes have been engaged in various reputed organizations making the efforts of ERDF fruitful.
For further details, go through this link- https://www.ustm.ac.in/scholarship-loans/

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Overall Rating (Out of 5)

4.3

Based on 64 Verified Reviews

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4.0
Infrastructure
4.3
Faculty & Course Curriculum
4.4
Crowd & Campus Life
4.3
Value for Money
4.3
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Julfikar Mahmud | Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Technology (B.M.L.T.) - Batch of 2024
Reviewed on 2 Jun 2026
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3.6
Placements 3 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 3
The best university in the Northeast.

Placements: I did not know which companies were recruiting for our course. Not every student could get a scholarship.

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Tarh Palley | B.A. in Political Science - Batch of 2024
Reviewed on 8 Apr 2026
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1.8
Placements 2 Infrastructure 2 Faculty & Course Curriculum 2 Crowd & Campus Life 1 Value for Money 2
It has a bad location with a steep hill, which would be exhausting to walk.

Placements: Most of our students from the 1st year are not able to progress consecutively till the final year due to strictness regarding attendance. Students should forget about internships. Sadly, only the B.A course general students are not taken seriously for internships inside USTM. The political department conducts the NPTEL exam in the 2nd semester.

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Md saharul Alam | B.Sc. in Biotechnology - Batch of 2029
Reviewed on 4 Feb 2026
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3.8
Placements 4 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
USTM is a good college with many facilities.

Placements: Average students are also placed in our course, and placements are good enough for us, and I like it personally. In the 2024- 2025 placement, the highest package reached 5.4 LPA, the average was 3.24 LPA, and the median for B.Sc. was 2.5 LPA. After watching this, I feel like it's okay with this placement.

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Ayushi Kumari | B.Sc. in Biotechnology - Batch of 2029
Reviewed on 25 Dec 2025
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4.0
Placements 3 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 3
It has good faculty and nice infrastructure. There is no good placement rate.

Placements: Placements are not that good. One of the students from the senior batch got placed with a package of 1.3 LPA. The placement rate is low. Companies also recruit students from abroad. If a student studies hard, then placements are not that tough.

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Jabir Hussain | B.Sc. in Zoology - Batch of 2023
Reviewed on 9 Oct 2025
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4.6
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 4
Really good quality of teaching and the best infrastructure.

Placements: 75% of students got placed. The highest package is 35 LPA, and the lowest is 10 LPA. This is best for a student at Tata and Infosys. 80% of students who complete this course from this university got internships. It offers a vast array of opportunities, like forest rangers and many more forest officials.

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Heaven Sangma | LL.B. (Hons.) - Batch of 2024
Reviewed on 2 Jul 2025
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4.4
Placements 5 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 3 Value for Money 5
The environment was good, and faculty was very helpful.

Placements: After completing the 4th semester in law, students could apply for placements provided by the placement cell. It was based on the best performance of students in their academic roles, internships, and other curricular activities. The placement cell in the college had visits from companies like Wipro, Infosys, and USB. Around 60% of students got placed after completing the course. Litigation was my career plan after this course.

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Both USTM and Techno Global University, Shillong reports an average placement package in the 3-3.3 LPA range. The USTM training and placement division collaborates with reputed companies, which contains selective placements with top proposals with about 5–5.4 LPA in some sections. In contrast, Techn

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The specific subject ranking for humanities and social sciences in the USTM is not published separately. Overall, the USTM is ranked in 150–200 range by NIRF among Indian universities. However, detailed ranking by discipline (such as humanities and social sciences) is not easily available. For the m

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