Undergraduate Application Deadline Closes Tonight; Edit Option Open Until Friday

Today marks the final opportunity for students to submit their undergraduate applications through the Centralised Admission Portal (CAP). However, applicants will still be allowed to modify key details—such as their category status, including OBC information—until Friday night.

The state’s higher education department enabled the update feature on Tuesday morning and notified students via phone and SMS. An official from the department noted that students were given the flexibility to revise important information, especially category-related fields, which could open up more course and college options. Many candidates have already used this feature.

Although no new applications will be accepted after tonight, those who have registered can continue making changes through August 1.

Important admission-related announcements—including dates for merit list publication, seat allocation, and final admissions—are expected to be released by Wednesday, another official stated.

The extension for updates followed a Supreme Court ruling on Monday that cleared the use of the updated OBC list for undergraduate admissions, effectively removing legal obstacles. Due to uncertainty surrounding the list, the application deadline had already been extended multiple times—from an initial July 1 cutoff to July 15, then July 25, and finally July 30.

This uncertainty also delayed the release of WBJEE results and held up admissions at Presidency University.

According to West Bengal Joint Entrance Board Chairperson Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee, they are awaiting the formal court and government orders before declaring results. Officials suggest the announcement could come by Wednesday.

Following the court’s directive, the legal team advising the education department confirmed there are no further restrictions in using the 2025 OBC list for current undergraduate intake. The revised list now includes 76 communities under OBC-A and B categories, an increase from 64 in the 2010 version. This change raises OBC reservations from 7% to 17%.

Jadavpur University had already commenced admissions using the old 7% quota. Now, following the court's order, they plan to allocate 17% of seats for OBC students, provided proper documentation is submitted. Calcutta University also used the older list for its UG and PG admissions but will now revise its approach in line with legal recommendations.

Meanwhile, Presidency University held undergraduate entrance exams on June 21 and 22. On Tuesday, faculty members wrote to the Vice-Chancellor requesting a meeting with the admissions panel, expressing concerns about the prolonged delay in the admission cycle. They argued that the delay could impact student turnout and overall academic standards. They also questioned the management of the admissions process by the Joint Entrance Board.

Now that the OBC list issue has been resolved, sources suggest that Presidency University will soon announce the UG entrance test results.