Vidya Vikas First Grade College, Mysore: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Vidya Vikas First Grade College Mysore was started in the year 2001 is affiliated college and located in the cultural capital of Karnataka. Located over 4 acres it is one of the leading institution that has been moulding young students for more than two decades. In its current academic year, the college has a student population of 1,056 and a faculty of 49; the college has spread its 10 courses into 8 degree programmes. It offers everything from undergraduate programmes including BBA, BCA, B.Com down to post graduate ones like M.Com and even MSW.

Vidya Vikas First Grade College offers a fantastic variety of facilities aimed at improving the educational process. The library with ergonomically designed furniture and book shelves has both printed and online material like national and international journals. For those who have a leaning towards technology, the college offers state of the art, IT facilities with the college LAN having a 10 GBPS fiber optic backbone including over 800 desktops. Regarding communication and information technology, students get unbounded browsing facilities, keeping them connected in this world of internet. The college also pays a lot of attention to the health of the students by availing for them sporting facilities to enable them balance between their studies and games.

The Vidya Vikas First Grade College has a well-defined course/offering basket and both under graduate & post graduate levels are part of it. There are 10 full time courses which includes BBA, BCA, B.Com, BA, B.Sc at the under graduate level and M.Com, MSW, M.Sc Mathematics at Post graduate level. Some specific figures include though a certain lack of clarity exists about the number of seats that belong to each of the courses: the total number of students that the university admits across all its programmes stands at 1, 056. Structuring the course this way is suitable because it provides a wide range of disciplines to interest and give students a chance to follow their dreams.

The admission procedures of Vidya Vikas First Grade College differ regarding the programme the student applies for.The strategies also differ. For the under graduate courses while as to the details the colleges may not specify they generally look into the 12th standard marks and also take the entrance tests/interview. For Post Graduate courses such as M.Com, MSW, M.Sc Mathematics, the college offers admission on the basis of Karnatak Post Graduate Common Admission Test. The students applying for admission at the university are prepared for the PGCET examination and an interview. 

The Training and Placement Cell of the college also play a very active role in the training of the students for placement by conducting career guidance programmes, interviews and group discussions and communication skills training programmes. This cell also look after campus drives and pool drives and make the students easy transition to professional environment from academic setting. In this connection, though specific information cannot be determined about scholarships for the college, it may have different opportunities to provide the deserving students with finance support. Vidya Vikas First Grade College also has it that the alumni of the college are always encouraged to come and share their experiences with the students since they would be part of the college labs and seminars thus enhancing a strong alumni word which makes the community strong even after one is through with college.