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Eligibility Criteria (M.Sc. in Zoology) For Post Graduate Courses 2014-2015

• Students who passed Three years Honours Examination in 2014 from Calcutta University with minimum 55% marks in Honours subject will be eligible for apply in General category.
• Students passed from Universities other than the Calcutta University in the year 2014 securing minimum 55% marks in the Honours subject will be eligible to apply in General category.
• For SC/ ST/PC ( Physically Challenged)/ OBC-A/OBC-B candidates passed from the University of Calcutta or from Other Universities of West Bengal with a minimum of 50% marks in Honours Subject will be eligible to apply.
• For admission to this courses an SC/ST/PC candidates getting admission should have obtained in the previous examination, qualifying marks not lower by more than 25% of marks obtained by the last candidate of the General category.
• For admission to this courses an OBC A/OBC B candidates getting admission should have obtained in the previous examination, qualifying marks not lower by more than 10 % of marks obtained by the last candidate of the General category.
• 60% of the approved seats will be filled up directly on the basis of merit from Calcutta University students in General, PC, SC, ST , OBC-A (one seat) and OBC-B (one seat) categories.
• Rest 40% seats will be filled up from the candidates selected through Admission test in General, SC and ST categories.
• The Admission Test (MCQ type) will be of one hour duration having full marks 100 containing 50 questions, each having 2 marks ( for 4 incorrect attempts and/or multiple attempts 1 mark will be deducted). Candidates who have applied for 60% category but have not been selected in the merit list will have to sit for the Admission test.
• In case of tie, University Honours marks followed by General/Pass Paper marks will be considered.
• Total approved seat for M. Sc. in Zoology is 28 (17 general + 6 SC+ 2 ST + 1 PC+ 1 OBC-A + 1 OBC-B). If there is no PC applicant for 60% category the seat will be filled up from General candidates from 60% category.
• 60% of 17 General category seats i.e., 10 seats and 1 seat from PC candidates are for direct admission from the General category merit list of CU students.
• 440% of 17 General category seats i.e., 7 seats ( no quota for PC ) will be filled up on the basis of the marks obtained in the Admission Test.
• Similarly 60% of 6 SC category seats i.e., 4 seats are for direct admission from the merit list of CU students for SC category and remaining ( 40% of 6 seats) i.e., 2 seats will be filled up on the basis of the marks obtained in the Admission Test.
• For ST Categories 1 seat will be filled up directly from the merit list (60% category) and remaining 1 seat will be filled up on the basis of the marks obtained in the Admission Test.
• Candidates from CU who have applied for 60% category but have not been selected in the merit list will have to sit for the Admission Test.
• If a student cancels his/her admission, the vacancy will be filled up from the waiting list of respective categories.