As I'm finishing up my 6th semester in this university, I just want to tell you, if you're not from Jaipur, this university is not worth it. Even if you're from Jaipur, or surrounding areas, MUJ should be your last option.

study for MET, Try to get Manipal main campus or Bangalore, but not Jaipur.

I will list the reasons to NOT join first, and reasons to join after, if they're worth considering even after every reason not to join.

here goes.

1. Crime rate around the area is insane.

The University is located not in Jaipur, but in the outskirts of Jaipur, in a village called Bagru.

Local Cab and auto mafia overprice everything, illegal businesses everywhere, and a threat of being beaten up by locals.

There's a huge clubbing and party culture here, and in the nearby clubs, local men have gone as far as assaulting and raping female students.

No confirmed cases ofcourse, all hearsay, but everyone knows how far the uni goes to protect its reputation.

Recently a girl committed suicide due to some boy related issue,
and a boy committed suicide due to getting UFM(unfair means) in the end semester exams.

They were both freshers.

but if you avoid these jaat/rajput gangs, local people interactions and party clubs, you'll avoid almost 100% of these problems.

2. you WILL get into drugs

Yes drugs happen in IITs too. But in MUJ you WILL get into them even if you are a little mama's baby when you first join.

Weed is crazy here, cigs, vapes, all sorts of shady daaru, hash, coke, whatnot.

If you manage to avoid it all well and good.

I used to be a very good girl, and a morning cig has become an everyday part of my life.

If you avoid drugs within 4 years of being here, hats off to you. You're brave.

3. You will get laid before you get placed

Now idk if this is a pro for some, but sex and PDA is rampant here.

PDA isnt a bad thing in my opinion, but there's videos of students giving BJ and whatnot in university grounds, which crosses "acceptable pda" limits.

students makeout and have sex inside empty classrooms. It's the most jarring scene when you first step into this uni, for your parents too.

Try not to bring your parents along when you first join.

The sex ratio is good, chances of you finding a significant other for 4 years of mental support is high(if those are your priorities)

4. Relative Grading.

It should be the top reason to not join.

The only institutes that have relative grading are premier institutes in india. IITs, NITs, IIITs, BITS etc. But atleast they have placements to compensate for that.

But relative grading kills you, quite literally.
It's the most major reason of suicide in my college arguably, probably other colleges too.

It's near impossible to score 9+ without fucking grinding like a donkey the entire semester, until your body and mind breaks and gives up.

In my branch out of some 500 students only 20 had a 9+ CG by the end of 5 semesters. There is a huge variation in student scores.

5. The most Retarded placements if you're not in CS Core

CS core students are the uni's most precious babies. They're rewarded, trained practically, get the best placements (most 20+ LPA offers go to them) . The rest of the branches are just money minting machine for the uni. Even in CS core you have to grind your ass off tho. Good placements ARE possible, but the ratio of good placements to mass placements is insane.

6. MUJ, despite its' name, is not associated with the Manipal academy of higher education.

MUJ follows' MAHEs grading system, their PPTs, their courses, their question papers, almost same companies come for hiring, the new hostels look almost same, BUT MUJ is a whole independent university, under MAHE's financial administration but not directly affiliated with MAHE. When we pay our fees, it goes to MAHE, but administratively MUJ is an independent university. We have nothing to do with MAHE manipal.

Your degree will have MUJ on it, NOT MAHE.

7. Crowd

There's a crowd for everyone, but the majority crowd reflects the majority of the indian upper class, personality, priorities and demeanor wise.

ya might find your people, there are some decent people despite the environment in this college, but it's difficult and your circle will be small.

Most people are from affluent families, from gurgaon, delhi, noida, make up most of them.
The number of south indians and NE indians is small but they do have their region specific communities here.

If you're from bigger cities, you will enjoy the crowd.

8. The FEES

I would say almost every private college has started charging this much, but including hostel + personal expenses + tuition fee, the total comes about to 30-35 Lakhs, for which, if you need to take a loan, please don't.

a Drop year+ preparing again is much better than MUJ.

depending on your lifestyle. If you have scholarships, it goes down, but scholarships in this college are really tough to get.

If you're a top 5000 ranker in MET, then you can study in MUJ for free. Only in this case I would say joining muj is worth it.

No tuition cost as long as you score 7.5 or 8+ CG every sem but keep checking for updates, but you still have to pay for the hostel.

Now for the reasons to join

1. CS core crowd is genuinely smart

There's people who have gotten X AI job- not internship, an actual job, in second year. mostly 90+ %ilers of jee are in cs core of MUJ. Very smart , they get tough papers and weekly DSA challenges from the college, and they're the ones with the best placements. The college hyperfocuses on them a lot.

2. NO DRESS CODES

this is a very good point for women especially. you can wear whatever you want in the hostel and uni (only that in uni, before 6pm, no shorts) .

Girls show up in cute unique outfits everyday, boys can too. No one judges or bats an eye, its very common to dress as you want here. Even if you step out shirtless as a guy or wearing the most obnoxious shit, no one cares.

3. The best GYM in the entire country

if you're a gymbro/sis , the college has a massive gym community, lots of people go every year, there's a multitude of payment plans to join the gym. The old gym is a bit meh, but the new gym is pure luxury.

it's better than gold's gym for 11k a year.
Every single machine you can imagine , you'll make gym progress in like 2 months with the level of equipment these guys have . I am personally very into that gym oriented life so this was great for me.

4. College Clubs are huge

regular hackathons, lots of people in clubs, many events, great coding culture. There's tech clubs, a very active photography and dance club, music club, multiple coding clubs, lots of social work clubs as well. If you join clubs you'll never have time to think about what you're not doing.

5. Beautiful campus and infrastructure.

The level of comfort you'll find here is like no other. Clean , Large rooms, soft mattresses, good mess and great food, 24/7 AC or Heater, 24/7 electricity and water, 3-4x a week mandatory housekeeping. No multiple sharing rooms or bathrooms. No community toilets. It's like living in an airbnb away from home.

The only common toilets are in the uni not hostel, and they look like literal airport washrooms.

The uni classrooms are equipped with great chairs and tables, the labs are equipped with the latest , large ahh screens computers, lots of food outlets, cute cafes, luxury salons in and around the hostel.

The hostel wifi is great, lots of privacy. They don't monitor your internet activity. It might be slow at times.

6. Amazing Library and study resources

multiple open source stuff built by students for question papers, resources, materials. you'll find all sorts of books in the library to study from, the collection is huge, and there's always people in the library. AC equipped, group study rooms, private study cabins, regular study tables, everything. There's a new library being built and it looks like a literal foreign grade library.

7. Great aumni network and student communities

i dont wanna expand on this because im tired.