Founded in 2003, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh is a private research university with over 50,000 students studying across various disciplines on a 700 acre hi-tech campus.
The university was founded by Ashok Chauhan, the founder of the Ritnand Balved Education Foundation. Amity University is recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
Over the years, 30,000 Amity students have secured on-campus placements in MNCs and top organisations. The university boasts 2,500 faculty members led by 11 former vice chancellors, former chairman of UGC and vice chairman of AICTE. Leading corporate professionals with rich industry experience comprising the visiting faculty group.
Amity University campus hosts spacious and air-conditioned class rooms which offer conducive atmosphere for dynamic and focused discussions. All classrooms are in amphitheatre style and designed to bring together analysis with action and are augmented with integrated audio-visual teaching aids for lectures and presentations.
The 300 syndicate rooms provide the perfect setting to acquire team skills through exercises such asbrain-storming sessions, group discussions and role-plays.
The university also boasts e-learning studio for various online courses through distance learning and 300 laboratories for different departments. Amity University hosts state-of-the heart auditoriums which can accommodate 3500 persons and act as a common ground for students, faculty and corporate personalities for regular interfaces, conferences and other events.
The university library features over 17,000 online journals and Amity students have access to world’s best online journals such as Cambridge University Press, Springer, Oxford University Press, IEEE / IEE Electronic Library, Ebsco Host, UGC-Infonet, INDEST-AICTE, IS1 and Delnet.
Sports facilities include play area, 8-layer ultra-cushion synthetic tennis courts, horse riding academy, volleyball court, gymnasium equipped with most-modern fitness machines, squash courts built to international standards, and football field.
The university offers graduate, postgraduate, Ph.D, online and distance learning courses, evening courses, and lateral entry programmes.
Graduate courses offered by the university
Actuarial Science, Animation, Anthropology, Applied Sciences, Architecture, Biotech, Commerce, Communication, Computer Science/ IT, Design, Economics, Education, Engineering, English literature, Environment, Fashion, Finance, Fine Arts, Food Technology, Forensic Sciences, Geo Informatics & Remote Sensing, Health Sciences, Hotel Management Hospitality, Insurance, Insurance and Banking, and Language etc.,
Post-graduate courses offered by university
Nuclear Science & Technology, Nursing, Organic Agriculture, Performing Arts, Pharmacy, Physical Education, Physiology, Physiotherapy, Post Harvest Technology, Psychology & Behavioural Science, Real Estate And Urban Infrastructure, Rural Management, Sanskrit Studies Social Science, Social Work, Solar & Alternate energy, Space Sciences, Special Education, Telecom, Travel & Tourism, Virology & Immunology and Wildlife Sciences.
The university conducts industry interaction programmes which act as an interface between the students, faculty, and the corporate world. The programmes include CEOs forum, CEOs dinner series and corporate mentoring programme.
Extracurricular activities:
Alongside world class education, Amity University focuses on personality development programmes such as military training, foreign languages such as French, German, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese, and grooming for interviews.
Placements:
The university has an active training and placement cell aiding students in securing lucrative employment. It organises centralised placement drives every August for which students can register online via the centralised placement portal. The corporate resource centre of Amity University conducts various training sessions, guest lectures, industrial visits and seminars to help students meet the industry requirements. Top companies, including HCL, Airtel, Hyundai and LG participate in Amity University Noida placement session every year.
Recent placement highlights- 2020: The 2020 placement drive saw a total of 1706 students get placed by 525 participating recruiting companies. With 25 dream offers made, the highest CTC was recorded at INR 30 LPA, while the average CTC stood at INR 4.5 LPA. Top recruiters for 2020 included HCL, Deloitte, Reliance, TCS and Accenture.
Undergraduate Admission- B.Tech., integrated B.Tech. and M.Tech., integrated B.Tech. and M.B.A.
Selection Criteria: Amity JEE score.
Eligibility: 10+2 with PCM from a recognised board with a minimum aggregate of 60% marks.
Admission Procedure:
Undergraduate Admission- B.Arch. and B.Plan.
Selection Criteria: NATA/JEE Main (Paper II)/UPSEE score.
Eligibility: 10+2 with PCM from a recognised board with a minimum aggregate of 50% marks.
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Undergraduate Admission- B.Des. and B.F.A.
Selection Criteria: University-conducted creative test.
Eligibility: 10+2 from a recognised board with a minimum aggregate of 50% marks.
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Undergraduate Admission- B.C.A., B.Pharm., B.Sc. Nursing
Selection Criteria: Academic merit
Eligibility: 10+2 with PCM (maths/computer science compulsory for B.C.A.)/PCB for B.Sc. nursing, from a recognised board with a minimum aggregate of 50% marks.
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Undergraduate Admission- B.Sc.
Selection Criteria: Written test scores and performance in group discussion/personal interview.
Eligibility: 10+2 with relevant subjects from a recognised board with a minimum aggregate of 55% marks.
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Undergraduate Admission- B.A., B.Com., B.B.A, B.H.M.
Selection Criteria: Written test scores, performance in interview and academic merit in 10+2 qualifying exam.
Eligibility: 10+2 with relevant subjects from a recognised board.
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Postgraduate Admission- M.Tech., M.B.A., M.C.A., M.Sc. (selected specialisations- Actuarial Science | Network Technology & Management), M.Pharm., LL.B., LL.M., B.Ed., M.Ed.
Selection Criteria: Admission test scores.
Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline/specialisation from a recognised university.
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Postgraduate Admission- M.Arch., M.Des., M.I.D., M.Sc., M.S.W., M.A., B.Ed. and M.Ed. Special Education
Selection Criteria: Academic merit and performance in interview.
Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline/specialisation from a recognised university.
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Postgraduate Admission- M.F.A.
Selection Criteria: Portfolio assessment.
Eligibility: B.F.A. degree from a recognised university with a minimum aggregate of 50% marks.
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Postgraduate Admission- B.P.ED. and M.P.ED.
Selection Criteria: Physical efficiency test and game playing ability assessment.
Eligibility: Graduate (with physical education subject) from a recognised university with a minimum aggregate of 50% marks (for B.P.ED.) and 55% marks (for M.P.ED.)
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Doctoral Admission- M.Phil. and Ph.D.
Selection Criteria: Entrance test scores, performance in interview and academic merit.
Eligibility: Master’s degree in relevant discipline/specialisation from a recognised university.
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Fees: Please contact the university for detailed information on the fee structure.
Amity University, Noida was ranked 216 in Asia by The QS World University Rankings of 2018 and 171-180 among BRICS nations. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked it and 301–350 in Asia in 2018 and 251–300 in the BRICS & Emerging Economies University Rankings in 2017.
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 65 in the overall ranking for 2018, 58 among universities (2019), 25 in the pharmacy ranking and 48 in the management ranking.
Amity University offers separate hostel facilities for boys and girls.Hostel facilities include bookshop, stationary shop, laundry service, departmental store, cafeteria and food court.