Postgraduate Admission for the academic session 2015-16
All applicants who
have received the B.A. (Hons)/B.Sc. (Hons) degree at the end of the 2014 -2015
or 2013- 2014 academic years1, with the requisite marks mentioned below, from
any recognised University, will be eligible to appear in the test for entrance
to the two-year postgraduate (M.A./M.Sc.) programme of Presidency University.
Eligibility criteria for t h e Admission test for
entry to the First Semester M.A./M.Sc. Classes
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PG Courses
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Minimum required marks for students from
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Minimum required
CGPA
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for students from
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Universities other than Presidency University
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Presidency
University
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Bengali
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50% in
Bengali (Honours)
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5.5
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English
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50% in
English (Honours)
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5.5
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Geography
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50% in
Geography (Honours)
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5.5
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Hindi
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50% in
Hindi (Honours)
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5.5
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History
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50% in
History (Honours)
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5.5
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Philosophy
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50% in
Philosophy (Honours)
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5.5
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Political Science
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50% in
Political Science (Honours)
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5.5
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Sociology
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50% in
Sociology (Honours)
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5.5
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Biological Sciences
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55% marks
in B.Sc. with Honours in
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6.0
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any branch
of Biological Sciences
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Chemistry
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55% in
Chemistry (Honours)
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6.0
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Applied Economics
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55% in
Economics (Honours)
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6.0
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Applied Geology
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55% in
Geology (Honours)
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6.0
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Mathematics
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55% in
Mathematics (Honours)
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6.0
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Physics
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55% in
Physics (Honours)
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6.0
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Statistics
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55% in
Statistics (Honours)
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6.0
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In exceptional cases, students who have obtained their Bachelor’s
degree before 2014 will be permitted to sit for the Admission test. Such
candidates should write an email to help.admission@presiuniv.ac.in at least two
days before the application deadline and seek approval from the Chairpersons of
the Admission Committee before submitting the application. Responses will be
given within 24 hours.
Candidates, who have appeared
or are appearing for the final B.A./B.Sc. Examination at the time of admission,
but do not have their final results, may seek provisional admission, on the
basis of marks obtained up to the previous parts of their Bachelor’s
examination. If selected, they must submit their final marksheet by 31 August,
demonstrating that they fulfill the minimum condition of eligibility, failing
which the candidature will be cancelled.
Direct
Admission for candidates from Presidency University
Up to 60% of the PG seats in the respective
departments will be filled through the direct admission of the candidates from
Presidency University, who have obtained CGPA equal to or above the cutoff
grades given below:
For admission to Bengali, English, Hindi,
History, Geography, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology: CGPA of 6.5 or
above in their Major subject.
For admission to Biological Sciences, Chemistry,
Applied Economics, Applied Geology, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics: CGPA of 7.5 or
above in their Major subject.
Within this category, the
fraction of seats reserved and CGPA cutoff for SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B candidates
will follow the reservation policies of West Bengal State Higher Education
Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2013 and West Bengal State Higher
Education Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Rules, 2014.
Admission
test
After the seats for direct
admission are filled by eligible candidates from Presidency University, the
remaining seats in each category (General/ SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B) will be filled
from the merit list based on the marks obtained in the Admission Test (2 hours,
100 marks) for each subject.
Provisional
timeline
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Online submission of
Application form and payment (link from
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20 to 25 July 2015
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http://www.presiuniv.ac.in/
web/admission.php)
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Admission tests, conducted by
the WB-JEE Board, to be held on
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2 August 2015
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Publication of Merit Lists
for Direct admission and from Admission test
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10 August 2015
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Start of PG Semester 1
classes
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17 August 2015
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Postgraduate Admission for the academic session 2015-16
Student
intake Capacity
2015-16
Postgraduate
Programmes
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PG COURSE
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GENERAL
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SC
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ST
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OBC-A
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OBC-B
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TOTAL
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MA/MSc
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Bengali
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21
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7
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2
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2
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2
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34
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English
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21
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7
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2
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2
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2
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34
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Hindi
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28
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9
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3
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2
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2
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44
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History
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24
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8
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3
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2
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2
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39
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Philosophy
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21
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7
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2
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2
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2
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34
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Political
Science
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21
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7
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2
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2
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2
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34
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Sociology
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17
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5
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2
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2
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2
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28
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Biological
Science
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35
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11
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4
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3
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2
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55
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Chemistry
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21
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7
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2
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2
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2
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34
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Applied
Economics
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18
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6
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2
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2
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2
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30
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Geography
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18
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6
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2
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2
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2
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30
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Applied
Geology
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14
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4
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2
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2
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2
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24
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Mathematics
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14
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4
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2
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2
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2
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24
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Physics
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21
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7
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2
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2
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2
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34
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Statistics
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14
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4
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2
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2
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2
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24
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TOTAL
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322
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103
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36
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31
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30
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522
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