Admission will be offered strictly on merit basis.

Applicants for M.Sc. in Applied Economics, Geography, Physiology, Physics, ‘Molecular Biology & Genetics’ and ‘Environmental System Management’ shall have to appear for an admission test.

Shortlisted applicants (first 150 candidates from general category & all SC / ST candidates) for english shall have to appear for an interview. Merit list will be prepared on the basis of marks obtained in Honors subject (80% weightage) & marks obtained in interview (20% weightage).

For Geography, Applied Economics, Physiology, Physics, Molecular Biology & Genetics merit list will be prepared on the basis of marks obtained in the admission test (50% weightage) along with the marks obtained in the Hons. subject (50% weightage).

For Environmental System Management, merit list will be prepared on the basis of marks obtained in the admission test only.

For Bengali, Hindi, Applied Geology, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry & Biotechnology, merit list will be prepared on the basis of marks obtained in Honors subject.

In case of Chemistry, merit list will be prepared on the basis of marks obtained in Honors subject. “Proportionate Reservation Rule” (i.e. % of applications from students of autonomous undergraduate college/s under University of Calcutta against number of application from non-autonomous undergraduate college/s under university of calcutta) will be applicable in case of students of autonomous undergraduate college/s.

For Biotechnology separate merit list will be prepared for each discpline. Such shortlisted candidates will be selected through interview.

For all subjects, candidates from other universities will have to appear before an interview board except thouse appeared in the admission test/s.

All detailed information related to the admission test and the interview will be available at the respective departments.

Principal Presidency College, Kolkata