Bidhannagar College [BNC], Kolkata
Undergraduate Admission Eligibility Criteria 2022

Admission Qualifications

• A candidate who has passed the Higher Secondary (10+2) or its equivalent examination is eligible to seek admission to the First Semester of the Six Semester B.A./B.Sc.(Honours) Course of studies provided he/she has also passed in English having full marks not being less than 100.
• However, no candidate, in general, shall be allowed for admission after a lapse of more than 3 years from the year of passing the previous qualifying examination.
• The year of admission shall not be taken into account while calculating 3 years from the year of passing the previous qualifying examination, i.e, for the admission in 2022-2023, session, the candidates qualified 10+2 or equivalent examination before 2019 shall not be enterained.
• For the purpose of determining eligibility for admission to the Honours Course, aggregate marks shall be calculated by adding the marks of top four subjects in order of marks secured by a candidate. However, marks in compulsory Environmental Education/Studies shall not be taken into account for calculation of aggregate marks. If the subject “Environmental Science” is studied as an elective subject of 100 marks, it may be taken into account for the purpose of determining the aggregate marks.

Eligibility Condition

A candidate taking up Honours Course in a subject must have obtained

• A minimum of 50% marks in the aggregate and 45% marks in the subject or related subject at the previous qualifying examination. OR
• 55% marks in the subject or related subject at the previous qualifying examination. OR
• 50% marks in the aggregate when the candidate has not studied the subject in his/her previous qualifying examination provided all the other clauses are satisfied.
• Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe Community taking up Honours Course of study must have obtained a minimum of 40% marks in the aggregate and 40% marks in the subject or related subjects at the previous qualifying examination, as the case may be.
• However, if in any Honours subject, the number of applications are so low that even the permitted intake of the college cannot be filled up, then the Principal may use his/her discretionary power to reduce the minimum requirement for admission in that subject.

B.A. Course Eligibility Criteria 2022-2023

B.A. Bengali Honours*

• As per WBSU norms, For SC/ST as per WBSU norms
• (Related subject Bengali)

B.A. education Honours*

• As per WBSU norms, For SC/ST as per WBSU norms
• (Related subjects Education / Psychology/ Philosophy/ History/ Mathematics/ Sociology/ Economics/ Political Science)

B.A. english Honours*

• As per WBSU norms, For SC/ST as per WBSU norms
• (Related subjects English A or B for WBBHSE or English A for CBSE/ ISC)

B.A. history Honours*

• As per WBSU norms, For SC/ST as per WBSU norms
• (Related subjects History / English / Bengali)

B.A. philosophy Honours*

• As per WBSU norms, For SC/ST as per WBSU norms
• (Related subjects Philosophy/ Psychology /Bengali/ English)

B.A. political science Honours*

• As per WBSU norms, For SC/ST as per WBSU norms
• (Related subjects Political Science / English)

B.Sc. Course Eligibility Criteria 2022-2023

B.Sc. Anthropology Honours*

• As per WBSU norms, For SC/ST as per WBSU norms
  
• (Related subjects Anthropology/ Biology/ Biotechnology / Bios/ Life Science)

B.Sc. Botany Honours*

• As per WBSU norms, For SC/ST as per WBSU norms
  
• (Related subjects Botany/ Biology/ Biotechnology / Bios/ Life Science)

B.Sc. chemistry Honours*

• As per WBSU norms, For SC/ST as per WBSU norms
  
• (Related subjects Chemistry and Mathematics)

B.Sc. economics Honours*

• As per WBSU norms, For SC/ST as per WBSU norms
  
• (Related subjects Mathematics)

B.Sc. geography Honours*

• As per WBSU norms, For SC/ST as per WBSU norms
  
• (Related subjects Geography/ Economics/ Statistics/Mathematics/Biology/Bios/Life science)

B.Sc. mathematics Honours*

• As per WBSU norms, For SC/ST as per WBSU norms
  
• (Related subject Mathematics)

B.Sc. microbiology Honours*

• As per WBSU norms, For SC/ST as per WBSU norms
  
• (Related subjects Chemistry/Physics and Biotechnology/Biology/Bios/Life science)

B.Sc. physics Honours*

• As per WBSU norms, For SC/ST as per WBSU norms
  
• (Related subjects Physics and Mathematics)

B.Sc. statistics Honours*

• As per WBSU norms, For SC/ST as per WBSU norms
  
• (Related subjects Mathematics/ Statistics)

B.Sc. zoology Honours*

• As per WBSU norms, For SC/ST as per WBSU norms
  
• (Related subjects Zoology / Biology / Biotechnology/Biology/Bios/Life science)

* A candidate who has passed the Higher Secondary (10+2) or its equivalent examination is eligible to seek admission to the First Semester of the Six Semester B.A./B.Sc.(Honours) Course of studies provided he/she has also passed in English having full marks not being less than 100.