Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya: Admission to Post Graduate (PG) Programme for the academic session 2025-2026

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Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya

Haringhata, West Bengal

Admission to Post Graduate (PG) Programme for the academic session 2025-2026

Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya
Haringhata, West Bengal
Admission to Post Graduate (PG) Programme for the academic session 2025-2026

Applications are invited from Indian citizens only for admission to Master’s Degree (2-Year/ 4-Semester) Programme of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV) at Mohanpur Campus for the academic session 2025-26. Interested candidates may apply for admission to the Master's Degree Programme through our Online Admission Portal (www.bckvadmission.in) and for other information visit our university website (www.bckv.edu.in).

Allocation of seats: As per Annexure-I and Annexure-II.

Procedure of filling up of Ph.D. seats:
Out of total seats (Programme-wise):
- 70% seats will be reserved as University seats.
- 30% seats will be reserved as ICAR quota. ICAR’s nominees will be considered as per prevailing rules.

Programme/Disciplines of master's Degree Programme

Candidates can apply for admission to Doctoral Degree Programme in the Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Horticulture and Faculty of Agricultural Engineering for only one subject/discipline under the respective Faculty as mentioned below.

Faculty of Agriculture:
(1) Biochemistry
(2) Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
(3) Plant Physiology
(4) Genetics and Plant Breeding
(5) Plant Pathology
(6) Seed Science and Technology
(7) Agricultural Meteorology
(8) Soil Science
(9) Agricultural Chemicals
(10) Soil and Water Conservation
(11) Entomology
(12) Agronomy
(13) Agricultural Economics
(14) Agricultural Extension Education
(15) Agricultural Statistics
Faculty of Horticulture:
(1) Vegetable Science
(2) Fruit Science
(3) Post Harvest Management
(4) Floriculture and Landscaping
(5) Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops.
Faculty of Agricultural Engineering:
(1) Farm Machinery and Power Engineering
(2) Processing and Food Engineering

Eligibility for Admission

Agriculture and Horticulture (M.Sc.):
- Candidates must have passed 4-year Bachelor Degree Examination in Agriculture/Horticulture. General, OBC and EWS candidates must secure Overall Grade Point Average (OGPA) of at least 6.50 in 10.00 scale whereas for SC/ST/PWD candidates, the said requirement is at least 5.50 in 10.00 scale. In traditional system where grade-points are not awarded, the General and OBC category candidates must have secured at least 60% marks, whereas for SC/ST/PwD categories, the requirement is at least 50% marks.
- Candidates must have passed Higher Secondary or equivalent examination (10+2) in Science stream or Vocational stream securing at least 50% marks in aggregate for General, OBC and EWS categories, whereas for candidates under SC/ST/PwD categories the said requirement is at least 40% marks.
- The qualifying marks of the Entrance Examination is 30% of total marks (i.e. 18 out of 60) for General, OBC, EWS and PwD category, and 25% of total marks (i.e. 15 out of 60) for SC and ST category students.
- All the candidates are required to submit self-attested photocopy of all transcripts at the time of Counseling/ admission.
Agricultural Engineering (M.Tech.):
- Candidates must have passed 4-year Bachelor Degree Examination in Agricultural Engineering. General, OBC and EWS candidates must secure Overall Grade Point Average (OGPA) of at least 6.50 in 10.00 scale, whereas for SC/ST/PwD candidates, said requirement is at least 5.50 in 10.00 scale. In traditional system where grade points are not awarded, the General, OBC and EWS category candidates must have secured at least 60% marks, whereas for SC/ST/PwD categories the requirement is at least 50% marks.
- Candidates must have passed Higher Secondary or equivalent examination (10+2) and securing at least 50% in aggregate for General, OBC and EWS candidates, and 40% for SC/ST/PwD candidates.
- In respect of candidates who earlier got admitted in B.Tech. (Agril. Engg.) programme through Lateral Entry Scheme, marks obtained by them in Diploma course will be considered in place of H.S. marks. In this case, student under Lateral Entry Scheme, candidate must have passed with 60% marks under General, OBC and EWS category and 55% marks for SC/ST/PwD category
- The qualifying marks of the Entrance Examination is 30% of total marks (i.e. 18 out of 60) for General, OBC, EWS and PwD category and 25% of total marks (i.e. 15 out of 60) for SC and ST category students.
- All the candidates are required to submit photocopy of all the transcripts at the time of Counseling/reporting for admission

Application Fees

Candidates have to apply online through the BCKV admission portal (www.bckvadmission.in) and application fee is to be paid as per the following rates.
Application fees once paid will not be refunded.

General/OBC/EWS category	Rs. 1,800/-
SC/ ST/PwD	Rs. 900/-

Note: Candidates desiring to apply in two modules, will be required to fill only one Application Form and will not be required to pay any extra application fee.

Admission Fees

A	B	C	D
Sl. No.	Courses	Admission Fee (including 1st Sem. Fee)	Hostel Security Deposit for Hosteller [Refundable after completion of course]
1	M.Sc. (Ag.) / M.Sc. (Hort.) / M.Tech. (Agril. Engg.)	Hosteller: Rs. 26,400/- (including 1st Sem. Fee Rs. 16,200/-)	Rs. 3,000/-
1	M.Sc. (Ag.) / M.Sc. (Hort.) / M.Tech. (Agril. Engg.)	Day Scholar: Rs. 24,600/- (including 1st Sem. Fee Rs. 14,400/-)	NIL

Note: Candidates desiring to apply in two modules, will be required to fill only one Application Form and will not be required to pay any extra application fee.

Important Dates

Opening date for submission of online application form	25/09/2025
Closing date for submission of online application form	10/10/2025
Closing date for correction/modification of application form	13/10/2025
Download admit card for Entrance Examination	14/10/2025 onwards
Date of Entrance Examination	30/10/2025 (Thursday)
Date of publication of provisional merit list	Will be notified on University Website (www.bckv.edu.in) later on.
Date of counselling, counselling procedure and date of reporting

N.B.: If there is any change in the above mentioned dates due to unavoidable circumstances, revised dates will be notified on the University Website.

Schedule for Entrance Examination

Group-A
Module Code No.	Module Name	Programme under the Module	Date, time and venue of Entrance Examination
Module-1	Plant Biotechnology BIOTECHNOLOGY	(a) Biochemistry (b) Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (c) Plant Physiology	Date: 30-10-2025 Time: 11:30 am to 12:30 pm Venue: Faculty of Agriculture Building, Mohanpur, Nadia
Module-3	Physical Science	(a) Agricultural Meteorology (b) Soil Science (c) Agricultural Chemicals (d) Soil and Water Conservation
Module-6	Social Sciences	(a) Agricultural Economics (b) Agricultural Extension Education
Group-B
Module-2	Plant Sciences	(a) Genetics and Plant Breeding (b) Plant Pathology (c) Seed Science and Technology	Date: 30-10-2025 Time: 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm Venue: Faculty of Agriculture Building, Mohanpur, Nadia
Module-4	Entomology	Entomology
Module-7	Statistical Sciences	Agricultural Statistics
Group-C
Module-5	Agronomy	Agronomy	Date: 30-10-2025 Time: 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm Venue: Faculty of Agriculture Building, Mohanpur, Nadia
Module-8	Horticulture	(a) Vegetable Science (b) Fruit Science (c) Post Harvest Management (d) Floriculture and Landscaping (e) Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops	Date: 30-10-2025 Time: 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm Venue: Faculty of Horticulture Building, Mohanpur, Nadia
Module-9	Agricultural Engineering	(a) Farm Machinery and Power Engineering (b) Processing and Food Engineering	Date: 30-10-2025 Time: 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm Venue: Faculty of Agricultural Engineering Building, Mohanpur, Nadia

CONTACT
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(Time: 11.30 A.M to 5.00 P.M., Monday to Friday except holiday)
Technical Helpline: technicalhelpbckv@gmail.com (E-mail)
(Time: 11.30 A.M to 5.00 P.M., Monday to Friday except holiday)

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