Well, to be clear, the major role of Upgrad is to take care of the delivery of the course content instead of worrying much about what is delivered. This is because, they are basically partnering with top notch universities for helping working professionals to up skill their present skills. Thus, rather then commenting much about the content, since content is not a worrying issue because it is already delivered by renowned universities and hence it has to be extraordinary, I would like to provide a feedback regarding the role of Upgrad.
So, I would like to share my personal experience and will conclude it with a feedback. When I was about to enroll, I was bit suspicious about the service, and hence had a detailed conversation with the program coordinator who promised me to deliver the following services:
1) Cutting-edge curriculum
2) Smooth Experience on the learning platform
3) One to one mentor-ship to each student.
4) Resume/CV Preparation and Placement Service
And here come the feedback.
P.S: There’s also a short feedback for the ones in hurry, who may get scared by looking at my long answers!
1) Cutting-edge curriculum:
Short Feedback: I guarantee you will learn the latest skills that the industry demands.
Long Feedback:
As I said, the course is delivered by reputed universities, hence they have a strong curriculum with the latest skills demanded by the industry. Not only this, they have made every effort by replicating the real-world problems and assigning us that problems in the form of case studies. Hence, you get a lot of opportunity to put your freshly learnt skills into action. And, as we all know, we learn the maximum by doing, instead of just memorizing. Furthermore, what separates Upgrad from its competitors is there smart structuring of the course in terms of weekly deadlines. This methodology helps us to push our limits by creating a constant stress, which eventually leads to successful completion of the course. And that’s the secret sauce behind maximum completion of courses that Upgrad experiences on its platform! And by the way, sessions by industry experts is a cherry on the cake here!:)
2) Smooth Experience on the learning platform
Short Feedback: A flawless Experience.
Long Feedback:
Personally, I have a very low patience and tolerance level. But Upgrad never really checked my patience. I don’t remember a day when the website crashed, or I had to wait for minutes for the videos to load. Till now, I thought only Sillicon Valley has the powers to deliver a seamless experience, but Upgrad surely raised the bars which I always brag about! Respect!
3) One to one Mentorship
Short Feedback: They would do their best to keep you on toes! You cannot even try to run away for a week!
Long Feedback:
I have completed many online courses from a lot of MOOC’s which has a world wide recognition, and who always promise and brag about there mentor-ship service. But trust me, there’s no comparison between them and the service provided by Upgrad. For sure, Upgrad wins by a whole lot of margin. Infact, mentorship service provided by Upgrad and by other MOOC is not even in the same universe! To exemplify,
i) There repeated reminders through mail and text and calls.
ii) If you get stuck anywhere in the course, they will be virtually present to help you out within next 12 hours. And will not leave you until you are satisfied and your issue is resolved.
To cut a long story short, they take our problem seriously by placing there feet in our shoes, and helps us out meticulously. Hats off to the mentorship team. To be honest, there mentorship service is there strongest part!
4) Placement Service.
Well, I am still not the best person to comment on this, since I have not yet reached at that stage. I am just halfway through the course. But seeing their commitment, I can predict they are going to win here as well.
Conclusion:
To conclude, they are surely delivering what the promised for. Hence, I strongly recommend Upgrad to anyone, without any reservations! If you still have any doubts regarding the Upgrad Service, my personal advice to you is:
"Please give it a shot, I assure you would not regret your decision."