Two weeks ago, I turned a year older. And trust me, I just can’t believe how quickly time flies. I would be lying if I said that I absolutely knew what I wanted. For me, it was always about following my instincts rather than treading on a conventional route. I graduated with a business degree in Singapore and the most obvious choice of career for me was banking, marketing, management or sales. Two years ago, I remember spending hours online making a directory of the best colleges in India offering PG courses in communications and journalism. It was quite a task to research, select and make a decision all on my own. It took me a while to choose but then there was no looking back.
Today I shall be talking about an online portal which will make life stress-free for all prospective students – Collegedunia.com. Thanks to the internet and a set of visionary entrepreneurs, finding a college has become much easier!
Collegedunia.com is an online educational portal owned by digital marketing firm 3.14 Digital based in New Delhi. It works as an extensive search engine for the students, parents and education industry players who are seeking information on higher education sector in India. One can rely on Collegedunia.com for getting relevant data on colleges and universities. Collegedunia.com was recently launched in August 2014 and the website lists 20,000 colleges divided according to various categories and streams.
The website layout is neat and simple. There’s a search bar in the middle of the homepage which allows users to search for courses, universities or colleges. You will find multiple streams such as arts, science, commerce, law etc. There is also a “more” option for those interested in slightly offbeat streams such as fashion designing, mass communication or hotel management, agriculture etc.
Once you select your stream, you can select the type of course you like and it will list all the colleges in the category. There are plenty of filters with various courses – you can filter according to the location, part-time/full-time, under-grad or post-grad etc. And once you have selected your college, you will be brought to a page whereby you can read about the college, see photographs of the campus, read about the faculty, tuition fees, courses, ratings, placement and contact details.
Well, I think it’s a great platform – 20,000 college listings under one roof! It saves so much trouble to research on your own and find out minute details about a particular college. I feel it will certainly help prospective students to find the right course. I wish had I collegedunia.com at my disposal two years ago.
But if you live in India and you are on the verge of taking up new academic options, I suggest you drop by collegedunia.com and see what the website has to offer for yourself.
Xoxo
Ritwika
