VISVA-BHARATI UNIVERSITY
Guidelines for the Applicants

• MODALITIES FOR ADMISSION ARE SPECIFIED IN THE RELEVANT SECTION IN EACH BHAVANA IN THE PROSPECTUS
• Students must apply through ONLINE: vbu.ucanapply.com/entrance
  Admit cards(wherever applicable) to be generated at the University website: www.visvabharati.ac.in,
  Applicants will have to report at least one and a half hours before the commencement of admission tests.
• The qualifying marks for admission shall be 30 out of 100 for general candidates and 27 out of 100 for OBC candidates (wherever applicable). There shall be no qualifying marks in case of SC/ST candidates.
• The Admission Tests for courses (wherever applicable) will be conducted in Santiniketan and Sriniketan by the respective department, the details of which will be available from the Adhyaksha of the Bhavana/Vibhaga (Institute) concerned or from the University website.
• Incomplete applications are liable to be summarily rejected.
• Where no dates for admission tests are mentioned, notifications for dates will be given in the University website/Bhavana notice board.
• Applicants must produce their original final mark sheets of previous public examinations and other relevant documents along with attested photo-copies at the time of admission to various courses failing which his/her candidature will not be considered for admission.
• In case of grading system in 10+2 result, the applicants must obtain the percentage of marks for their grades mentioned in the marksheets otherwise against the grade the minimum marks in the range (mentioned against the grade) will be considered for the calculation.
• Candidates coming from other Universities/Institutions must submit Migration Certificates from their respective Universities/Institutions within 6 (six) months from the date of their admission to this University as per rules; otherwise their admissions are liable to be canceled.
• Candidates should collect, on their own, information about the exact dates of publication of the results of the admission tests 2017-2018 from the University website/offices of the respective Institute.
• Applicants who have passed the qualifying public examinations during last five years (including the current year) will only be considered while seeking admission to Bachelors / Masters Degree courses. Applicants who have passed the qualifying public examinations during last ten years (including the current year) will only be considered while seeking admission to Bachelors / Masters Degree and other courses of Kala-Bhavana. Foreign students, however, are exempted.
• All under-graduate students shall be required to study Compulsory Foundation Courses on Tagore Studies and Environmental Studies (Eight credit each, divided into two semester).
• Choice based credit system is offered by Visva-Bharati and students may opt for a range of allied subjects across the Bhavanas subject to the fulfillment of departmental criteria.
• Two seats under supernumerary quota for admission of students from Jammu & Kashmir (as per Govt. of India Rules). Relaxation in cut-off percentage up to 10% subject to minimum eligibility requirement will be provided to the wards of Kashmiri migrants as per Govt. of India Rules.
• Total intake capacity printed in the Prospectus for each course includes the integrated candidates of Visva-Bharati.
• The candidates must bring medical certificate from any hospital or doctor with registration number at the time of admission.
• The Medical Insurance is mandatory. All candidates are required to pay medical insurance fee Rs.235/- only at the time of admission.
• It is mandatory for all admitted students to be present in the class for first seven working days of commencement of class. Otherwise his/her admission is liable to be canceled.
• 15% of intake capacity at the University level will be made available for international students/foreign students which will be calculated as supernumerary seats. 5% of seats out of the 15% supernumerary seats for admission of foreign students shall be earmarked for children of Indian workers in the Gulf and south East Asia.
• Applicants are advised to visit our website : www.visvabharati.ac.in for any updates (inclusion/omission) at regular intervals.
• Candidates must be very careful during entry of the marks obtained in the last qualifying examinations on the basis of which merit list will be prepared. No claim shall be entertained for data entry mistakes committed by the applicant at the time of applying Online.
• Merit list for admission to various undergraduate courses will be made based on the results of 10+2 or equivalent examination.
  • Merit list will be prepared on the basis of aggregate marks of best four subjects (in terms of marks obtained) along with the marks obtained in the subject in which the candidate is willing to take honours. Calculation will be made on total marks obtained out of 500 (four best subjects : 4x100 plus marks obtained in the subject in which the candidate is willing to take honours i.e. 100).
  • Some honours subjects offered at Undergraduate level at Visva-Bharati are not offered at 10+2 level by any Board/Institution. The following table shows the marks of the subject which will be considered for preparation of merit list in addition to the best four subjects (in terms of marks obtained) to make it total 500.
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    Hons. Subjects offered	Marks of the subject which is considered for calculation of aggregate out of 500
    Agriculture	Best of any subject from Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Agronomy, Modern Computer Application, Computer Science, Statistics, English
    AIHC&A	Best of any subject
    Bengali	Bengali
    Botany	Biological Science/Life Science
    Chemistry	Chemistry
    Chinese (Prep. followed by Hons)	English
    Comparative Religion	Best of any Subject
    Computer Science	Best out of Physics/Mathematics
    Economics	Best of Economics / Mathematics / Business Math. / Business Econ. / Business Econ. with Statistics
    English	English
    European Studies	English
    Geography	Geography
    Hindi	Hindi
    History	History
    Indo-Tibetan (Hons)	Indo-Tibetan
    All subjects of B.Mus (Hons.) - Sangit Bhavana	Best of any subject
    B.A./B.Sc. - Physical Education	Best of any subject
    Indo-Tibetan (Prep)	English
    Japanese (Hons)	Japanese
    Japanese (Prep)	English
    Mathematics (B.Sc.)	Mathematics
    Persian (Hons)	Persian
    Persian (Prep)	English
    Philosophy	Best of any Subject
    Physics	Physics
    Rural Studies	Best of concerned subjects
    Sanskrit	Sanskrit
    Santali	Best of any Indian Languages
    Social Work	Best of concerned subjects
    Statistics	Best out of Statistics/Mathematics
    Yoga (B.Sc.)	Best of any Subject
    Zoology	Biological Science/Life Science
    All subjects of BFA (Hons.) – Kala Bhavana	Best of any subject
    Any other subjects not specified above	Best of any subject

  • If two or more applicants rank the same in the merit list, preference will be given in the following order:
    • The candidate securing higher marks in the relevant subject (in which the candidates are willing to take honours as per above table) in the previous public examination conducted by a recognized Board / Council / University / authority.
    • The candidate securing higher aggregate marks at 10+2 level in the previous public examination conducted by a recognized Board / Council/ University / authority. For calculation of aggregate marks secured by a candidate whose statement of marks does not show the aggregate, marks obtained by the candidates in all the subjects offered and as shown in the mark sheet will be considered.
    • The candidate securing higher marks in English subject in the previous public examination conducted by a recognized Board / Council / University / authority.
    • The candidate senior by date of birth.
• However, for some undergraduate courses of Sangit Bhavana, Kala Bhavana, Palli Samgathana Vibhaga and Vinaya Bhavana separate admission test will be conducted. Details of modalities will be published in the University website.
• All matters of dispute shall be taken to ACJM’s Court Bolpur, District Birbhum under the jurisdiction of Calcutta High Court.