Postgraduate Admission Notification for the academic session 2015-2016

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All applicants who have received the B.A. (Hons.) / B.Sc. (Hons.) degree at the end of the 2014-2015 or 2013-2014 academic years *, with the requisite marks mentioned below, from any recognised University, will be eligible to appear in the test for entrance to the two-years postgraduate (M.A. / M.Sc.) programme of Presidency University.

Eligibility criteria for the Admission test for entry to the First Semester M.A. / M.Sc. Classes.

PG Courses	Minimum required marks for students from Universities other than Presidency University	Minimum required CGPA for students from Presidency University
Bengali	50% in Bengali (Honours)	5.5
English	50% in English (Honours)	5.5
Geography	50% in Geography (Honours)	5.5
Hindi	50% in Hindi (Honours)	5.5
History	50% in History (Honours)	5.5
Philosophy	50% in Philosophy (Honours)	5.5
Political Science	50% in Political Science (Honours)	5.5
Sociology	50% in Sociology (Honours)	5.5
Biological Sciences	55% marks in B.Sc. with Honours in any branch of Biological Sciences	6.0
Chemistry	55% in Chemistry (Honours)	6.0
Applied Economics	55% in Economics (Honours)	6.0
Applied Geology	55% in Geology (Honours)	6.0
Mathematics	55% in Mathematics (Honours)	6.0
Physics	55% in Physics (Honours)	6.0
Statistics	50% in Statistics (Honours)	6.0

The admission of SC / ST / OBC-A / OBC-B candidates (with valid certificates from West Bengal) 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.

* 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, 2015 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

Online Submission of Application form and payment (link from http://www.presiuniv.ac.in/web/admission.php)	20th to 25th July, 2015
Admission Tests, conducted by the WBJEE Board, to be held on	2nd August, 2015
Publication of Merit Lists for Direct admission and from Admission Test	10th August, 2015
Start of PG Semester 1 classes	17th August, 2015

Student Intake Capacity

PG Courses (M.A. / M.Sc.)	General	SC	ST	OBC-A	OBC-B	Total
Bengali	21	7	2	2	2	34
English	21	7	2	2	2	34
Geography	28	9	3	2	2	44
Hindi	24	8	3	2	2	39
History	21	7	2	2	2	34
Philosophy	21	7	2	2	2	34
Political Science	17	5	2	2	2	28
Sociology	35	11	4	3	2	55
Biological Sciences	21	7	2	2	2	34
Chemistry	18	6	2	2	2	30
Applied Economics	18	6	2	2	2	30
Applied Geology	14	4	2	2	2	24
Mathematics	14	4	2	2	2	24
Physics	21	7	2	2	2	34
Statistics	14	4	2	2	2	24
Total	322	103	36	31	30	522

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Chairpersons of the Admission Committees, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences & Faculty of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Presidency University, Kolkata 18 July 2015

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