The Bhawanipur Education Society College [BESC], Kolkata
Eligibility Criteria 2022 for Admission to Under Graduate Courses 2022

Minimum Eligibility Criteria for Honours Programs 2022

1. A candidate who has passed the Higher Secondary (10+2) or its equivalent Examination is eligible to seek admission to the 1st year of the 3-year B.A. / B.Sc. / B.Com. / BBA (Honours), Course of Studies provided he/she has also passed in English having full marks not being less than 100 and fulfils the conditions given below.

2. No candidate shall be allowed admission after a lapse of over five years from the year of passing the previous qualifying examination or discontinuation of recognised regular course of studies after passing the previous qualifying examination. The year of admission shall not be considered while calculating five years from the year of passing the previous qualifying examination, i.e., a candidate should have passed the previous qualifying examination not before March 2017.
Please Note – Candidates who are already registered with Calcutta University under Annual System (1+1+1 Regulations), are not eligible to apply for any of the courses.

3. Candidates who have passed the Higher Secondary (10+2) Examination or its equivalent from CBSE, CISCE (ISC), WBCHSE (WB Board) and National Institute of Open Schooling need not submit the Migration Certificate for getting Registration under Calcutta University.

4. 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 or 40% marks in the subject or related subject at the previous qualifying examination, as the case may be. (Holders of valid certificate from State of West Bengal only).

5. Aggregate marks shall be calculated by adding the marks in 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.

6. Additional course specific criteria for Admission are also applicable. Kindly read below.

B.COM (Honours)

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.

Related Subjects (any one) (B.Com. Honours)

Accountancy, Business Economics including Business Mathematics, Business Organization, Mathematics, Business Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Business Studies, Office and Secretarial Practice, Financial Accounting, Elements of Cost Accountancy & Auditing, Book Keeping, Commerce, Cost Accountancy & Principle of Management, Commercial Law & preliminaries of Auditing, Costing & Taxation.

B.A. (Honours)

Basic Calcutta University Criteria for Application:

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 Honours or related subject at the previous qualifying examination.

Or, 55% marks in the Honours or related subject at the previous qualifying examination.

Note: B.A. Sociology (Honours) is not available for candidates from Commerce stream.

B.SC. (Honours)

Basic Calcutta University Criteria for Application:

BBA (Honours)

A candidate must have obtained 60% marks (55% for reserved category) in aggregate with passed in English  having full marks not being less than 100  in Class XII.

Post Graduate Programs

M.Com.

Commerce Graduates with Honours degree from a recognised university. Minimum 2nd Division pass in B.Com. (Honours). (Current and Immediately Previous Year)

M.A

B.A. English Honours Graduate Only (Current and Immediately Previous Year).