A typical day at ISI Kolkata looks something like the following. 

• Most students usually wake up around 8 am, have breakfast, and get ready for classes around 9:45 am. 
• Classes start at 10:05 am. There’s a lunch break from 12:55 pm to 2:15 pm. Classes resume after the lunch break. 
• After classes students usually come back to hostels and unwind. 

Being a research institute, the academic pressure is quite high. Most students usually stay up till 3 am, to keep up with the course work. The campus doesn’t have many social activities going on. But ISI Kolkata has decent sports facilities.

Life at ISI Kolkata revolves around academics. The campus has a close-knit student community. Since it is a research institute, social activities and happenings are almost non-existent. However, there are some clubs and societies. The campus also has good sports facilities.

If you like spending your days emerged in research activities, you will like being on the ISI Kolkata campus. 

Yes, ISI Kolkata MTech CS coursework include an internship. You need to do an internship in industry or in academia, during the summer after your first year. There are three types of internships.

Industry Internship - Companies recruiting through ISI Kolkata placements, also select interns. MTech CS students have done internships from Google, Samsung Research Lab, JP Morgan Chase, Reliance, etc. Students receive an average stipend of around INR 65,000/month.

Internships from Universities - ISI also gives the option to do internships from other institutes. Many do their internships at universities abroad. Students also go to tier 1 Indian institutes such as IIT, CMI, etc. 

Internship at ISI -  Students also have the option to do internships at ISI. 

After first year, you will have summer internship and in second year you will have placements and dissertation. If you want to do an additional internship, the only time will be winter after the first sem.