Surya Sen Mahavidyalaya, Siliguri
Undergraduate Admission Eligibility Criteria, 2022

Honours Program Course

• A candidate who has obtained-(a) 55% marks in the aggregate, or (b) 50% in the aggregate with 60% marks in a subject in the last qualifying Examination shall be eligible to apply for Honours Program in that subject. Admission shall however be on the basis of merit and availability of seats. Merit Calculation will be done as per university guidelines.
• Provided that for Reserved Candidates- the minimum marks for eligibility shall be as per Rules of the State Government.
• Candidates applying in Reserved Category shall have to produce the original documents issued by the competent authority in favour of the Applicant only as per Govt. of West Bengal rules. If such candidate fails to submit the original documents at the time of verification shall be treated as General Category. In that case, if the candidate does not come under the merit-list prepared for General Category, the fees paid by the candidate shall not be refunded.
• Provided further that in matter of eligibility 54.5% marks or above shall be equal to 55%, 49.5% and above shall be equal to 50% and 59.5 marks or above shall be equal to 60%.

Program Course Course

• A student who has secured 45% marks in aggregate for General Category & 40 % in aggregate for Reserved Category; shall be allowed to take admission in the Program Course of B.A. /B.Sc. /B.Com. if he/ she / transgender has passed in at least four (04) subjects including Environmental Studies ( if it is opted as an Elective) with English as compulsory subject in the Higher Secondary [10+2] Examination held by the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or any other Examination which is recognized by the University as equivalent thereto.
• A candidate shall be allowed to pursue B.A. / B. Sc. / B. Com Program Course if he/ she/ transgender have passed the qualifying Examination in Vocational Stream subjects.
• A candidate shall be allowed to take up Physics Subject if he/ she / transgender have passed in Mathematics and Chemistry along with Physics and other subjects as prescribed at the qualifying examination.
• A candidate shall be allowed to take up Chemistry Subject if he/ she / transgender have passed in Mathematics and Physics along with Chemistry and other subjects as prescribed at the qualifying examination.
• A candidate shall be allowed to take up Honours Program in Economics as Subject if he/ she / transgender have passed in Mathematics or Business economics including Business Mathematics and other subjects as prescribed at the qualifying examination.
• A candidate pursuing Honours in a subject shall not be allowed to take up the same subject as Generic Elective.
• A candidate pursuing Honours in a Language subject will be allowed to take another Language subject as Generic Elective.
• While taking Discipline specific Core & Generic Elective subjects, availability of the said subjects in the Colleges shall be taken into cognizance.

Certificate courses

• Two certificate courses are available on self-financing basis.
  1. Computer Applications
  2. Travel & Tourism Management
• Eligibility: The applicant must be enrolled in regular basis in any course and in any college. However, students of this college will be given priority. Students of other colleges will be enrolled if seats remain vacant after allotting seats to the opting students of this college. For further information please contact college office.
• Prospects:
  The Computer Applications course develops skills necessary to gain entry-level work in many positions that demand computer competencies, including Computer programmer, Applications developer, Programmer analyst, Web programmer, Computer programmer analyst, etc.
• Prospects of Travel & Tourism Management includes tremendous job opportunities in government and private sectors and also entrepreneurship in the following spheres – Travel Agencies, Airlines, Cruise Ships, Event Management organizations, Cargo Management organizations, Medical tourism organizations, Eco-tourism development, Accommodation sectors (Hotels, Motels and Resorts etc.), Service Marketing Sectors, Higher Education e.g. MBA (Tourism), Master of Tourism Administration, Freelance tour operators, Escorts or Guides, etc.
• Reservation of Seats:
  There will be reservation of seats for SC/ST/OBC/differently-abled candidates as per Govt. Rules. For differently–abled candidates’ minimum disability of at least 40% will be considered.
• ADMISSION PROCEDURE:
  As per guidelines of North Bengal University in compliance with W.B. Govt. Rules.
• ACADEMIC SESSION:
  a. The academic session shall be of three years duration consisting of six semesters.
  b. The academic session normally shall starts in July in each year.
  c. There shall be at least 90 teaching days in each semester excluding periods of examination and admission etc. for instruction, field work and dissertation.
  d. The academic sessions including the examinations for first, third and fifth semesters are July to December and that for second, fourth and sixth semesters are January to June.
• ADMISSION CANCELLATION PROCEDURE:
  If any student wants to cancel his/her admission after payment then he/she has to login to his /her account in the college website with his/ her user-id and password and then to click on the admission cancellation link. Further, the candidate has to submit the original application for cancellation, along with payment confirmation slip and a copy of the admission form at the college for completing the process.