Amity University, Jaipur

About College:

The Amity group of institutions or Amity Universe as it is known as, is one of the largest educational groups in India. It started back in 1991 with the first Amity School, while the Amity University was established in 2005 in Noida to begin with. Later it expanded to different parts of the country. Presently it has campuses in- Gurugram, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Raipur, Ranchi, Patna, Bengaluru, Bhubaneshwar, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Chandigarh, Delhi, Pune, Kochi, Indore, Hyderabad and Greater Noida. It even has a presence outside India with global campuses spread in- Dubai, Abu Dhabi, London, New York, Seattle, San Francisco, Singapore, Amsterdam, Pretoria and Mauritius. There are also several distance learning programmes. To help students with their campus placements and long-term career development, the university has signed a pact with LinkedIn which is the world’s largest professional networking platform. 

There is much variety of courses that can be undertaken by students within the Amity Universe. Besides the conventional ones like engineering or management, there are full-fledged courses here on areas such as – Actuarial Science, Horticulture, Anthropology, Applied Sciences, Interior Design, International Relations, Insurance & Banking, Marine Science, Materials & Devices, Health Sciences, Microbial Sciences, Yoga Therapy, Virology & Immunology, Special Education, Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Sanskrit Studies, Rural Management, Real Estate & Urban Infrastructure, Public Policy, Public Health, Organic Agriculture, Nursing, Performing Arts, Fashion, Defence & Strategic Studies, Clean & Sustainable Technology, Nanotechnology, NGO Management, Fine Arts, Food Technology and Geo-Informatics & Remote Sensing besides a whole lot more. The Amity Universe also has a wing catering to all kinds of competitive exams. It has a distance learning hub as well. This facilitates both part-time as well as online education. An open learning platform has been developed to this effect. 

There is an Amity University Press for publication of all academic and research material. So far more than a hundred patents have been filed by the students of Amity. More than 500 books have been written across diverse areas. 300 plus government-funded research projects have been executed by the team at Amity. More than 1200 case studies have been developed in-house. To top it all, there have been more than 6000 research publications that have emerged out of the Amity Universe. And beyond all this, Amity is also involved in several training areas. It works closely with the military as a finishing school. The Amity Universe is also highly committed towards the development of entrepreneurship. This is why the Amity Innovation Incubator is extremely active all over India. 

The Jaipur campus of the Amity University was established in 2008. The classrooms here have been designed in an amphitheatre like style reminiscent of the Noida campus. Classrooms are fitted with LCDE projectors and As Jaipur is such a business hub, frequent industry interactions are organized by the Amity University- Rajasthan (AUR). Students have visited or been visited by via guest lectures corporates such as Bosch, Parel, HCL, Coca- Cola, MTS, NBC, Shree Cement and Pepsi. The AUR has also been accredited by multiple bodies such as the Council of Architecture, Bar Council of India and the Rehabilitation Council of India. 

There is a lot of focus here on extracurricular activities, thanks to the setting with ample outdoor facilities. There are clubs for photography, fine arts, dramatics, golf, literary affairs, hiking, martial arts, sports, yoga, horse riding and most important now environment protection. The large auditoriums help in the conduct of several of these fun events. There is a fully equipped gymnasium within the campus. Along with this, there are other indoor sports facilities such as for sports shooting and billiards/snooker. Outdoor sports facilities are there for football, cricket, taekwondo and basketball. All sports are monitored by in-house trainers. The residential facilities are also well equipped, replete with a departmental store, an ATM and laundry facilities. There is even a water harvesting lake within the campus. 

Amity has been a leader when it comes to forging international ties for student and faculty exchange programmes, especially in the USA, UK, Australia and France. Some of those partnering institutions include the likes of – Purdue University, Kent State University, Iowa State University, University of Texas- Arlington, University of Indianapolis, University of Birmingham, Colorado State University, Farleigh Dickinson University, Carleton University, York University, Northumbria University, Queen Mary University of London, Queen’s University of Belfast, University of Nottingham and the Newcastle University among others. 

All this has massively boosted up the placements’ scenario here. Some of the top recruiters from the AUR in recent seasons have been the likes of – Asian Paints, Evalueserve, Naukri.com, ITC, India Bulls, IBM, ING Vyasa Bank, VIP, Ultra Tech, Ambuja Cement, Kotak Bank, Dish TV, RIL, Coca- Cola, Axis Bank, Ranbaxy, Airtel, Kotak Commodities, Genpact, Vodafone, Apollo Tyres, Dhanuka, Shree Cement, IIFL, Havells, Accenture, Bhushan Steel, Hitachi Metglass, CSC, Voltas, Bombardier Infotech, Samsung, Dell, HCL, ZAP Infratech, NIIT, One 97, Technosoft, Yatra Online, Volvo Eicher, Protivity, Google, Taj Group, iGate Patni, Cadila, Dr. Lal Pathlabs, Thompson, Spectra Force and Wipro among various others.