Applications are invited for admission to 2-year M.A., M.Sc., M.Com., M.R.S. Courses
to be made online through University Website:
http://www.wbsupgadmission.com  |  https://www.wbsu.ac.in  |  http://www.wbsubregistration.org

On and from 1st September, 2023.
For other information please see the Prospectus 2023 in the webpage.
Admission of students under reserve Quota will be as per rules.

Subjects / Department
Anthropology, Bengali, Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Commerce, Management & Marketing, Computer Science, Economics, Education, Electronics, English, Film Studies, Food & Nutrition, Geography, Hindi, History, Journalism & Mass Communication, Master of Rural Studies, Mathematics, Microbiology, Philosophy, Physics, Physiology, Political Science, Psychology, Sanskrit, Sociology, Statistics, Zoology, Urdu, Arabic

Newly introduced Professional Courses

• Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) (Two Year full-time regular Course-Total Four Semesters).
• Bachelors in Library and Information Sciences (B.Lib.I.Sc.) (One Year Self-Financed Course).
  • In pursuance of the Higher Education Departments Memo No. 439 – Edn(CS)/10M-95/14 dated 13th July 2023, The ratio for Home University students and other University students shall be 80:20. However, the unfilled Home University Seats, if any, will be filled up by the outside University students and vice-versa.
  • Full tuition waiver for Physically challenged students. Tuition fees waiver for another 50 meritorious students having genuine financial constraints.

+ Important Dates

Sl. No.	Events	Dates
1.	Date of Advertisement	30.08.2023
2.	Online filling of Application Forms starts from	01.09.2023
3.	Last Date of filling in of Application Forms	15.09.2023
"Category-A" (80% of seats) Home University candidates who completed their graduation in 2023
4.	Publication of Provisional Rank List (80% of seats)	19.09.2023 (12:00 Noon)
5.	Online correction (if any)	upto 20.09.2023
6.	Publication of corrected rank list (80% of seats)	21.09.2023 (12:00 Noon)
7.	Publication of 1st Selection Merit List (80% of seats)	22.09.2023 (12:00 Noon)
8.	Online Admission & Fees deposition of 1st Selection Merit list	22.09.2023, 23.09.2023 & 24.09.2023
9.	Documents verification after the online admission process for inclusion in 1st Admission List (80% of seats) at WBSU Campus	22.09.2023, 23.09.2023 & 25.09.2023
10.	Publication of 2nd Selection Merit List (80% of seats)	26.09.2023 (12:00 Noon)
11.	Online Admission & Fees deposition of 2nd Selection Merit list	26.09.2023, 27.09.2023 & 28.09.2023
12.	Documents verification after the online admission process for inclusion in 2nd Admission List (80% of seats) at WBSU Campus	26.09.2023, 27.09.2023 & 29.09.2023
13.	Publication of 3rd Selection Merit List (80% of seats)	30.09.2023 (12:00 Noon)
14.	Online Admission & Fees deposition of 3rd Selection Merit list	30.09.2023, 01.10.2023 & 02.10.2023
15.	Documents verification after the online admission process for inclusion in 3rd Admission List (80% of seats) at WBSU Campus	03/10/2023
Class will start w.e.f. 03.10.2023
"Category-B" (20% of seats)
1.	Publication of Provisional Rank List (20% of seats)	19.09.2023 (12:00 Noon)
2.	Online correction (if any)	upto 20.09.2023
3.	Publication of corrected rank list (20% of seats)	21.09.2023 (12:00 Noon)
4.	Publication of 1st Selection Merit List (20% of seats)	22.09.2023 (12:00 Noon)
5.	Online Admission & Fees deposition of 1st Selection Merit list (20% of seats)	22.09.2023, 23.09.2023 & 24.09.2023
6.	Documents verification after the online admission process for inclusion in 1st Admission List (20% of seats) at WBSU Campus	22.09.2023, 23.09.2023 & 25.09.2023
7.	Publication of 2nd Selection Merit List (20% of seats)	26.09.2023 (12:00 Noon)
8.	Online Admission & Fees deposition of 2nd Selection Merit list (20% of seats)	26.09.2023, 27.09.2023 & 28.09.2023
9.	Documents verification after the online admission process for inclusion in 2nd Admission List (20% of seats) at WBSU Campus	26.09.2023, 27.09.2023 & 29.09.2023
10.	Publication of 3rd Selection Merit List (20% of seats)	30.09.2023 (12:00 Noon)
11.	Online Admission & Fees deposition of 3rd Selection Merit list (20% of seats)	30.09.2023, 01.10.2023 & 02.10.2023
12.	Documents verification after the online admission process for inclusion in 3rd Admission List (20% of seats) at WBSU Campus	03/10/2023
Class will start w.e.f. 03.10.2023

+ Courses Offered

- Anthropology (ANTH) Eligibility Criteria: B.Sc. (Hons.) in Anthropology Intake Capacity: 35 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850 - Arabic (ARB) Eligibility Criteria: B.A. (Hons.) in Arabic Intake Capacity:73 Admission Fees: Rs. 6000 - Bengali (BEN) Eligibility Criteria: B.A. (Hons.) in Bengali Intake Capacity: 111 Admission Fees: Rs. 4650 - Biochemistry (BIO) Eligibility Criteria: B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry / Biochemistry / any branch of Life Sciences with Biochemistry as a major paper in their B.Sc. (Hons.) Course & Chemistry as one of the Pass subjects. Intake Capacity: 28 Admission Fees: RS. 5450 - Botany (BTN) Eligibility Criteria: B.Sc. (Hons.) in Botany Intake Capacity: 29 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850 - Chemistry (CHEM) Eligibility Criteria: B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry Intake Capacity: 39 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850 - Computer Science (CSC) Eligibility Criteria: B.Sc. (Hons.) in Computer Science with Mathematics as pass subject Intake Capacity: 33 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850 - Economics (ECO) Eligibility Criteria: B.A./B.Sc. (Hons.) in Economics, Students should have sufficient mathematical background. Preference will be given to students who had mathematics as a pass subject at the UG level. Intake Capacity: 56 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850 - Education (EDU) Eligibility Criteria: B.A. (Hons.) in Education Intake Capacity: 71 Admission Fees: Rs. 4650 - Electronics (ELEC) Eligibility Criteria:B. Sc. (Hons.) in Electronics or Physics or B.Tech Electronics Intake Capacity: 29 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850 - English (ENG) Eligibility Criteria: B.A. (Hons.) in English Intake Capacity: 56 Admission Fees: Rs. 4650 - Film Studies (FLM) Eligibility Criteria: Honours Graduate in any Subject Or Honours in Media Science/Media studies Intake Capacity: 35 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850 - Food and Nutrition (FNUT) Eligibility Criteria: B.Sc. (Hons.) in Food & Nutrition preferably with Chemistry at H.S. level Intake Capacity: 50 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850 - Geography (GEO) Eligibility Criteria: B.A./B.Sc. (Hons.) in Geography Intake Capacity: 40 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850 - Hindi (HIN) Eligibility Criteria: B.A. (Hons.) in Hindi Intake Capacity: 56 Admission Fees: Rs. 4650 - History (HIS) Eligibility Criteria: B.A. (Hons.) in History Intake Capacity: 84 Admission Fees: Rs. 4650

- Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) Eligibility Criteria: B.A./B.Sc./B.Com. Honours in any Subject or Media Science or Media Studies, however Media Science or Media Studies students need to obtain 70% and above marks at Honours level Intake Capacity:51 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850 - Master of Commerce (MCOM) Eligibility Criteria: B.Com. (Hons.) Intake Capacity: 80 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850 - Master of Rural Studies (MRS) Eligibility Criteria: Honours Graduate in any Subject Intake Capacity: 33 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850 - Mathematics (MATH) Eligibility Criteria: B.Sc. (Hons.) in Mathematics Intake Capacity: 56 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850 - Microbiology (MIC) Eligibility Criteria: B.Sc. (Hons.) in Microbiology / Biotechnology / Biochemistry (preferred) or Zoology/Botany with Microbiology as major paper or Chemistry as pass subject Intake Capacity: 23 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850 - Philosophy (PHLY) Eligibility Criteria: B.A. (Hons.) in Philosophy Intake Capacity: 56 Admission Fees: Rs. 4650 - Physics (PHY) Eligibility Criteria: B.Sc. (Hons.) in Physics Intake Capacity: 29 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850 - Physiology (PHYS) Eligibility Criteria: B.Sc.(Hons.) in Physiology Intake Capacity: 31 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850 - Political Science (PSC) Eligibility Criteria: B.A. (Hons.) in Political Science Intake Capacity: 62 Admission Fees: Rs. 4650 - Psychology (PSY) Eligibility Criteria: B.A./B.Sc. (Hons.) in Psychology Intake Capacity: 33 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850 - Sanskrit (SANS) Eligibility Criteria: B.A. (Hons.) in Sanskrit Intake Capacity: 69 Admission Fees: Rs. 4650 - Sociology (SOC) Eligibility Criteria: B.A. (Hons.) in Sociology Intake Capacity: 56 Admission Fees: Rs. 4650 - Statistics (STAT) Eligibility Criteria: B.Sc. (Hons.) in Statistics or Mathematics [60% seats from Statistics(H) & 40% seats from Mathematics(H)] Intake Capacity: 42 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850 - Urdu (URD) Eligibility Criteria: B.A. (Hons.) in Urdu Intake Capacity: 49 Admission Fees: Rs. 4650 - Zoology (ZOO) Eligibility Criteria: B.Sc. (Hons.) in Zoology Intake Capacity: 33 Admission Fees: Rs. 5850

• The following seats are reserved in each subject for the under mentioned categories as indicated in.
• For SC/ST: 22% and 6% respectively of the total seats of the concerned subject. NB. – SC/ST candidates should submit SC/ST certificate issued as per the West Bengal SC/ST (identification) Act 1994.
  NB: SC/ST candidates should submit SC/ST certificate issued as per the West Bengal SC/ST (identification) Act 1994.
• For Persons with Disability: reservation of 5% seats for PWD within each respective category (SC/ST, OBC-A, OBC-B) & unreserved of the concerned subject.
  NB: Persons with disability candidates having degree of 40% and above should submit a certificate issued by the relevant Govt. Hospital.
• For OBC-A/OBC-B: Implementation of reservation shall take effect from the Academic Session 2014-15 as per W.B. Govt. Rules in a phase-wise manner as given in relevant G.O.s and decided by the WBSU Council.
• For Other Recognised University candidates: Selection will be made strictly in order of merit on the basis of percentage of marks for 80% of seats(Category A) for WBSU students and rest 20% of seats (Category B) for other University student.
• Relaxation of cut: off marks for SC/ST/PWD/OBC-A/OBC-B candidates : As per University and Government rules vide Notification No.07/Edn)U)/IU-89/13 dt.2.1.14.

+ Fee Structure

The fee structure of the admission process will be as follows:

	Name of the Postgraduate Course	Fee (in Rs.)
Group A	Bengali, Education, English, Hindi, History, Philosophy, Sanskrit, Political Science, Urdu, Sociology	Admission Fees	800/-
		Sports Fee (Once)	150/-
		Library Fee (Once)	500/-
		Library caution deposit (Refundable)	500/-
		Development Fee	1000/-
		Student Welfare Fund	400/-
		Semester Examination Fee (1st Semester)	600/-
		Fees for Personal Insurance during the Course	250/-
		Tution Fee-Group A (1 Month)	200/-
		Semester Fee-Group A (1st Semester)	200/-
		Total	4650/-
Group B	Master of Rural Studies, Anthropology, Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Master Of Commerce (M.COM), Computer Science, Economics, Electronics, Film Studies, Food And Nutrition, Geography, Journalism And Mass Communication, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, Physiology, Psychology, Statistics, Zoology	Admission Fees	800/-
		Sports Fee (Once)	150/-
		Library Fee (Once)	500/-
		Library caution deposit (Refundable)	500/-
		Development Fee	1000/-
		Student Welfare Fund	400/-
		Semester Examination Fee (1st Semester)	600/-
		Fees for Personal Insurance during the Course	250/-
		LABORATORY CAUTION DEPOSIT (REFUNDABLE)	1000/-
		Tution Fee-Group A (1 Month)	300/-
		Semester Fee-Group A (1st Semester)	300/-
		Total	5850/-
Group-C	Arabic	Admission Fees	800/-
		Sports Fee (Once)	150/-
		Library Fee (Once)	500/-
		Library caution deposit (Refundable)	500/-
		Development Fee	1000/-
		Student Welfare Fund	400/-
		Semester Examination Fee (1st Semester)	700/-
		Fees for Personal Insurance during the Course	250/-
		Laboratory caution deposit (Refundable)	1000/-
		Tution Fee-Group B (1 Month)	300/-
		Semester Fee-Group c (1st Semester)	300/-
		Total	6000/-
	** Group A & B Incidental Fee Rs.50/-

+ Eligibility Criteria

Code	Course	Subjects/ Departments	Eligibility
01	Master of Rural Studies (2 yrs. duration)	Rural Studies	Honours graduate in any subject
02	M.A./M.Sc. (Eco) (2 yrs. duration)	Economics	B.A./B.Sc. (Hons.) in Economics, Students should have sufficient mathematical background. Preference will be given to students who had mathematics as a pass subject at the UG level.
03	M.A./M.Sc.(Geo) (2 yrs. duration)	Geography	B. A./B.Sc. (Hons.) in Geography
04	M.A./M.Sc. (2 yrs. duration)	Psychology	B.A./B.Sc. (Hons.) in Psychology
05	M.Sc. (2 yrs. duration)	Anthropology	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Anthropology
06	M.Sc. (2 yrs. duration)	Biochemistry	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry /Biochemistry/ any branch of Life Sciences with Biochemistry as a major paper in their B.Sc.(Hons) Course & Chemistry as one of the Pass subjects.
07	M.Sc. (2 yrs. duration)	Botany	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Botany
08	M.Sc. (2 yrs. duration)	Chemistry	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry
09	M.Sc. (2 yrs. duration)	Computer Science	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Computer Science with Mathematics as pass subject
10	M.Sc. (2 yrs. duration)	Electronics	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Electronics or Physics
11	M.Sc. (2 yrs. duration)	Food & Nutrition	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Food & Nutrition / Nutrition preferably with Chemistry at H.S. level.
12	M.Sc. (2 yrs. duration)	Microbiology	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Microbiology / Biotechnology / Biochemistry (preferred) or Zoology / Botany with Microbiology as major paper or Chemistry as pass subject
13	M.Sc. (2 yrs. duration)	Physics	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Physics
14	M.Sc. (2 yrs. duration)	Physiology	B.Sc.(Hons.) in Physiology
15	M.Sc. (2 yrs. duration)	Mathematics	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Mathematics
16	M.Sc. (2 yrs. duration)	Statistics	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Statistics or Mathematics [60% seats from Statistics(H) & 40% seats from Mathematics(H)]
17	M.Sc. (2 yrs. duration)	Zoology	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Zoology
18	M.Com (2 yrs duration)	Commerce	B.Com. (Hons.)
19	M.A. (2 yrs. Duration)	Bengali	B.A. (Hons.) in Bengali
20	M.A. (2 yrs. Duration)	Education	B.A. (Hons.) in Education
21	M.A. (2 yrs. Duration)	English	B.A. (Hons.) in English
22	M.A. (2 yrs. Duration)	Film Studies	B.A./B.Sc./B.Com. Honours in any Subject or Media Science or Media Studies
23	M.A. (2 yrs. Duration)	Hindi	B.A. (Hons) in Hindi
24	M.A. (2 yrs. Duration)	History	B.A. (Hons.) in History
25	M.A. (2 yrs. Duration)	Journalism & Mass Communication	B.A./B.Sc./B.Com. Honours in any Subject or Media Science or Media Studies, however Media Science or Media Studies students need to obtain 70% and above marks at Honours level
26	M.A. (2 yrs. Duration)	Sanskrit	B.A. (Hons.) in Sanskrit
27	M.A. (2 yrs. Duration)	Philosophy	B.A. (Hons.) in Philosophy
28	M.A. (2 yrs. Duration)	Political Science	B.A. (Hons.) in Political Science
29	M.A. (2 yrs. Duration)	Sociology	B.A. (Hons.) in Sociology
30	M.A. (2 yrs. Duration)	Urdu	B.A. (Hons.) in Urdu
31	M.A. (2 yrs. Duration)	Arabic	B.A. (Hons.) in Arabic
32	M.B.A. (2 yrs. duration)	Management & Marketing	Graduates in Science / Arts / Commerce / Management / Medical / Engineering / Law (5 year) / B.Tech. / M.Tech. and equivalent courses under 10+2+3 system or equivalent with 50% marks in Graduation/Post Graduation or in aggregate (5% relaxation for SC/ST/OBC) Desirable Qualification: Qualified in CAT / MAT / XMAT / GMAT / GATE and relevant UGC-specified National / State Level Entrance Tests.

Eligibility for Admission to M.A., M.Com., M.Sc., & M.R.S. Courses

• Three years Honours graduate of the current and previous 2 years i.e. not before 2020 in the CBCS / 10+2+3 system from WBSU.
• Honours graduates from recognized Universities in West Bengal of the current and previous two years are eligible for admission. For students from other states, the student should have passed equivalent course as at (1) from UGC recognized University/Institute.
• Candidates passing Honours course in Under Graduate Degree level from Indira Gandhi National Open University / Netaji Subhas Open University and the Distance Education Programmes of other Universities in West Bengal are also eligible for admission.
• Each candidate should apply in a separate single application form for applying more than one subject, if any.
• Application Form to be submitted online.
• Modalities of Admission
  After online submission of the application, the copy of the application is to be downloaded and printed copy of the downloaded application along with relevant supporting documents self-attested by the candidate are to be preserved and submitted to the P.G. Section of WBSU at the time of verification and the documentary evidence of the payment of Admission Fee (e-receipt) must be attached with the hard copy of the application after online admission if selected.
• Mode of Payment: No Application Fees for this year as per Govt. order.
  Candidates may use the payment facility on Multi Option Payment System (MOPS) eg.,
  (i) Internet Banking of all Banks
  (ii) ATM-cum-Debit/Credit Card of all Banks.
  (iii)Through gateway Debit/Credit Card/Multi bank Internet banking / digital wallets for payment of Admission Fees (No UPI payment system will be considered).
• Mark-sheets in original (Semester-I to VI as per CBCS pattern / Part-I,Part-II & Part-III for non CBCS) should be shown during the verification after admission, if selected.
• Self-attested copies of mark-sheets (Semester-I to VI as per CBCS pattern / Part-I, Part-II & Part-III for non CBCS) and other testimonials should be attached with the application form.
• SC/ST candidates should write "SC/ST candidate" on the top of the application form and they must attach self-attested Xerox copy of SC/ST certificate from the office of the S.D.O.
• Persons with Disability (PWD) candidates must mention the words “PWD” on the top of the application form and must attach a certificate from the Competent Authority. Tuition fee waiver for 50 meritorious students having genuine financial constraints. Tuition fee waiver for Physically challenged students.
• OBC-A or OBC-B candidates should write “OBC-A” or “OBC-B” on the top of the application form and they must attach self-attested Xerox copy of OBC certificate issued by the Office of the S.D.O.
• List of the selected candidates will be displayed on the Notice Board at the P.G. Section, WBSU and also on University website.
• No personal communication will be made with the selected candidates.
• Selection will be made strictly in order of merit on the basis of percentage of marks, for 80% seats reserved for home University remain unfilled, those may filled up with the Undergraduates of other universities. Similarly, if the 20% seats reserved for the students from other universities remain unfilled, those may filled up with the students of home university.
• Preference, if any, once exercised cannot be changed. And declaration regarding SC/ST/PWD/OBC-A/OBC-B/General once given cannot be altered.
• For admission to different courses, a SC or ST candidate getting admission should have obtained in the previous examination qualifying marks not lower by more than 25% of the marks obtained by the last candidate of the general category. In case of OBC-A and OBC-B the candidates getting admission should have obtained in the previous examination, qualifying marks not lower by more than 10% from the marks obtained by the last candidate of the general category.
• Domicile Certificate: (See Website: www.wbsu.ac.in / www.wbsupgadmission.com / www.wbsubregistration.org). Essential for reservation of seats (SC/ST/OBC of other states)

In any case, if a candidate obtains marks lower than the minimum qualifying marks prescribed by the University/Appropriate Authority for admission to the relevant course, he/she will not be eligible for admission.

+ Intake Capacity

Sl. No.	Subjects	Intake
1.	Anthropology	30
2.	Bengali	91
3.	Biochemistry	27
4.	Botany	27
5.	Chemistry	35
6.	Commerce	64
7.	Computer Science	31
8.	Economics	46
9.	Education	62
10.	Electronics	27
11.	English	51
12.	Film Studies	31
13.	Food & Nutrition	45
14.	Geography	37
15.	Hindi	50
16.	History	77
17.	Journalism & Mass Communication	42
18.	Master of Rural Studies	31
19.	Mathematics	46
20.	Microbiology	20
21.	Philosophy	51
22.	Physics	27
23.	Physiology	27
24.	Political Science	50
25.	Psychology	30
26.	Sanskrit	66
27.	Sociology	46
28.	Statistics	38
29.	Zoology	30
30.	Urdu	40
31.	Arabic (newly introduced)	60
	Total	1335
NEWLY INTRODUCED COURSES
32.	Master of Business Administration (MBA) under Dept. of Management & Marketing	50
33.	Bachelors in Library and Information Science (B.Lib.I.Sc.)	40