UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA
Admission to M.Phil.
Session: 2018 (January) – 2019 (December)

No. of seats:
Bengali - 20, Commerce - 19, Education -12, History - 09, Hindi - 08, Urdu - 04, Sociology - 04, English - 20, Women Studies - 08, Library & Information Science - 15, Ancient Indian History & Culture - 09, Sanskrit - 20, Pali - 10, Political Science – 06, Arabic – 05, Persian – 02, Philosophy – 15, Economics - 13

Eligibility:
Any candidate who has passed the M.A./M.Sc./M.Com./MLIS or equivalent examination of the university with 55% marks in aggregate [SC/ST/PWD (minimum 40% disability) with 50% marks] students in the respective subject/subjects. Students who are taking M.A./M.Sc./M.Com./MLIS or equivalent Part–II Examination and or Final Semester Examination in the above mentioned subjects may also apply provisionally and sit for the Admission Test but their final admission would depend on passing the examination obtained the required marks mentioned above. Candidates who have qualified NET and or SET or any equivalent National Level Examination are exempted from the written test, but not from the interview/viva-voce. Candidates of any stream of M.A./M.Sc./M.Com./MLIS and other PG degrees from recognized universities are eligible to apply for the subject "Women Studies".

Candidates holding the qualifying degree from universities/institutions of other States and or candidates holding the qualifying degree from "Distance course and or Open universities from any States" are required to submit the "Equivalence Certificate" from the University of Calcutta (obtainable from the Office of the Registrar, CU) at the time of submission of application form.

Candidates of Reserved category of other states are required to submit the "Domicile Certificate" (at least for the period of 10 years) from the competent authority from Central Government or State Government having local jurisdiction over the place of permanent residence of the concerned candidate or his/her parents, as the case may be. Viz. (i) District Magistrate, (ii) Additional District Magistrate, (iii) Deputy Magistrate, (iv) Deputy Collector, (v) Sub-divisional Officer, (vi) Block Development Officer, (vii) Superintendent of Police, (viii) Additional Superintendent of Police, (ix) Sub-divisional Police Officer or Deputy Superintendent of Police, (x) Commissioner, Additional Commissioner, Joint Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner of Police Commissionerate, (xi) Judicial Magistrate of any rank or position in the concerned District or Metropolitan locality or Hon’ble High Court at Calcutta or Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, (xii) Commissioner, Additional Commissioner, Joint Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner of Municipal Corporation, (xiii) Executive Officer of Municipality, (xiv) Assistant Secretary/Equivalent or above in the Secretariat to the Government of West Bengal (including GTA) or Central Government , (xv) Deputy Director of above in the Directorate to the Government of West Bengal or Central Government.

Every Official certifying the domicile status of the candidate or his/her parents must provide one’s Full NAME, DESIGNATION, PLACE OF POSTING WITH ADDRESS, LAND LINE AND MOBILE NUMBER ALONG WITH EMPLOYEES IDENTITY CARD NUMBER. These details are MANDATORY CERTIFICATION FROM ANY AUTHORITY OTHER THAN WHAT HAVE BEEN ENUMERATED ABOVE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Form:
The prescribed Application Form for admission to M. Phil courses for the session 2018 (January)–2019 (December) can be downloaded from the official website of University of Calcutta www.caluniv.ac.in. Downloaded application forms completed in all respect with the proof of payment of Rs. 500/= for General and Rs. 250/= for SC/ST/PWD category. Challans are to be procured from C.U. Cash Counter and endorsed by the concerned Office of the Secretary before depositing the application fees for offline payment. The fees can also be paid to the SBI online.

Reservation:
For SC, ST, OBC–A, OBC–B and PWD candidate will be made as per University/Govt. rules.
Reservation of 3% of seats for PWD within each respective category (SC/ST, OBC–A, OBC–B/unreserved of the concerned subject)
100 Point Roster of West Bengal Board of Higher Educational Institution will be followed in final selection.

Submission of Forms:
Completed Application Forms except Education, Sociology, Library & Information science and Women Studies will be received by the Office of the Secretary, UCAC, (College Street Campus, CU), Room No. 3G, Asutosh Building (Ground Floor) between 11 am and 3 pm on all working days by 28/11/2017 (the last date of submission) with all relevant documents – self Attested but original documents are to be shown at the time of submission of application form.

Forms for Education, Sociology and Women Studies will be received by the concerned Department at the Alipur Campus, CU, 1 Reformatory Street, Kolkata – 700 027 within the date and time mentioned above.

Forms for Library & Information Science will be received by the Office of the Department of Library & Information Science, Asutosh Building (3rd Floor), College Street Campus, CU within the date and time mentioned above.

Course Fees:
Rs. 4000/- to be paid by the selected candidates at the time of admission (except Library & Information Science).

For Library & Information Science
(a) Rs. 625/- per month for non-sponsored students,
(b) Rs. 875/- per month for sponsored Indian students,
(c) US $ 1000/- or its equivalent for foreign or NRI students to be paid at the time of admission.
[Admission fees: Rs. 500/- and Library fees Rs. 400/- extra].

Mode of payment will be informed later on.

For further information, C.U. website (www.caluniv.ac.in)/Notice Board of the concerned Department are to be followed from time to time.

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Download Application Form.
Source : caluniv.ac.in