Burdwan University: Admission to 2-Year PG Course of Studies under Faculty Council of Arts for the session 2026-2028

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University of Burdwan

Bardhaman, West Bengal

Admission to 2-Year PG Course of Studies under Faculty Council of Arts for the session 2026-2028

University of Burdwan
Bardhaman, West Bengal
Admission to 2-Year PG Course of Studies under Faculty Council of Arts for the session 2026-2028

Applicants of Burdwan University (BU) Category shall get access to the Portal for submission of Application Forms from 24^th June, 2026 onwards.

Online applications are invited from the eligible intending candidates for admission to the 2 Year PG Courses of Studies for the Session 2026-2028 in different subjects under the Faculty Council ((Arts, Commerce, Law etc.), The University of Burdwan. Online form will be available in the University website (www.buruniv.ac.in) on and from 17/06/2026 to 02/07/2026. However, Applicants of Burdwan University (BU) Category shall get access to the Portal for submission of Application Forms from 24/06/2026 onwards.
Online submission of application form by a candidate does not automatically ensure his/her admission to the Programme.
The University reserves the right to drop or include any name if any suppression of facts on the part of the applicants or any mistake in the calculation of grade point is detected at any stage before and after admission. Rules/Guidelines/Orders of The University of Burdwan, Govt. of West Bengal & UGC will be followed in case of admission to the above-mentioned Programme.

Online Application Submission

ENROLLMENT OF ACADEMIC BANK OF CREDIT
For Enrollment in Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) in National Academic Depository (NAD) and procurement of ABC ID which is mandatory as per the UGC order (Link for the UGC Order: https://tinyurl.com/2j3dj75x ), follow the link given below:
Link for User Manual of ABC ID Creation - https://tinyurl.com/mrx4njny
HOW TO APPLY
After completion of the above-mentioned steps, the applicants should fill in the online application form through the links given below:
LINKS FOR ONLINE Application form for Admission to 2 Year PG Courses of Studies:
Registration Link
https://www.digialm.com:443//EForms/configuredHtml/1254/68612/Registration.html
Login Link
https://www.digialm.com:443//EForms/configuredHtml/1254/68612/login.html
- After successful submission of Application Form, all applicants are advised to take a Printout of the submitted Application form along with Application Sequence Number for future references.
- Candidates, while filling in the Application Forms, shall have to upload the relevant documents online. Candidature shall be cancelled if it is not found during verification or at any stage of the Programme that the uploaded documents are in conformity with the original document.
- Candidates, engaged in any Job/Full-time Work, shall not be allowed to pursue this course unless NOC is provided by the appointing authority.

Subjects offered under Faculty Council Arts

Subjects under Faculty Council (Arts, Commerce, Law etc.)
Sl. No.	Subject Code	Subject	Programme / Course
1	ARBC	Arabic	M.A.
2	BENG	Bengali	M.A.
3	ECON	Economics	M.A. / M.Sc.
4	EDUC	Education	M.A.
5	ENGL	English	M.A.
6	FREN	French	M.A.
7	HIND	Hindi	M.A.
8	HIST	History	M.A.
9	LISC	Library and Information Science	MLIS
10	MCMN	Mass Communication	M.A.
11	PHIL	Philosophy	M.A.
12	POLS	Political Science	M.A.
13	SANT	Santali	M.A.
14	SANS	Sanskrit	M.A.
15	SOCI	Sociology	M.A.
16	URDU	Urdu	M.A.
17	HCVM	Hindustani Classical Vocal Music	M.A.
18	RBNS	Rabindra Sangeet	M.A.
19	WMNS	Women's Studies	M.A.
20	MSWK	Master of Social Work	MSW
21	COMM	Commerce	M.Com.
22	MBAD	Business Administration	MBA
23	MBHR	Business Administration (Human Resource)	MBA (HR)
24	MBAT	Tourism Management	MBA (Tourism)

Distribution of Subject wise Intake

Existing Intake of each Subject (Department/Centre wise) is distributed between 2-Year PG Course of Studies w.e.f. 2026-2027 and 1-Year PG Course of Studies w.e.f. 2027-2028 Under NEP 2020 in the proportion 80:20 except the Multidisciplinary Subjects.

Sl. No.	Subject / Course	Through Grade Point (BU candidates only)	Through Grade Point (Other University candidates only)
1	Arabic	80%	20%
2	Bengali	80%	20%
3	Economics	80%	20%
4	Education	80%	20%
5	English	80%	20%
6	French	80%	20%
7	Hindi	80%	20%
8	History	80%	20%
9	Mass Communication	80%	20%
10	Philosophy	80%	20%
11	Political Science	80%	20%
12	Santali	80%	20%
13	Sanskrit	80%	20%
14	Sociology	80%	20%
15	Urdu	80%	20%
16	Hindustani Classical Vocal Music	80%	20%
17	Rabindra Sangeet	80%	20%
18	Commerce	80%	20%
Multidisciplinary Subjects (for the University of Burdwan as well as any other UGC recognize University)
19	Library and Information Science	100% In case of these subjects, 100% Seats shall remain open for all the candidates irrespective of their subject at the UG Level.
20	Women's Studies
21	Master of Social Work
22	MBA Programmes [MBA / MBA (HR) / Tourism Management]

• Centres, Courses and Intake for 2 Year PG Subjects/Courses

General Eligibility Criteria

Minimum eligibility for admission to all M.A. / M.Sc. / M.Com. / MBA Programmes [MBA / MBA (HR) / MBA (Tourism)] / MLIS / MSW Programme of Studies under Faculty Councils of Science & Arts shall be:

For Unreserved Category candidates, the minimum 50% Marks or its equivalent grade “B” in a point scale (Minimum CGPA 5.00) in the UG Programme from any UGC recognized University;
For SC/ST/OBC (Non-creamy Layer) /DA/SP/EWS Category candidates there shall be relaxation of 5% marks i.e. the minimum 45% Marks or CGPA 4.50 in the UG Programme from any UGC recognized University;

For the Under Graduate students of NEP 2020
A successful student of a 3-Year Undergraduate Programme under CCFUP of NEP 2020 or a candidate exiting after successful completion of the third year of a 4-Year UG Programme under CCFUP of NEP 2020, shall be eligible for admission subject to fulfilment of the above conditions shall be eligible for admission to the 2-Year PG Programme in a discipline corresponding to either:
- Major subject at UG level; or
- Minor subject at UG level with at least 12 credits; or
- In any discipline which is neither a Major nor a Minor at the UG level, candidates qualifying in a National Level or University Level Entrance Examination in the concerned discipline may also be considered eligible for admission to the PG Programme.
For the Under Graduate students of CBCS or any other UGC recognized system (i.e. other than NEP 2020)
- Successful candidates of 3-Year Honours Programme (under CBCS or any other UGC recognized system) shall also be eligible for admission to the 2-Year PG Programme in the corresponding Honours/Major subject and Multidisciplinary Subjects as laid down namely Library and Information Science, Women’s Studies, MSW and MBA Programmes [MBA / MBA (HR) / Tourism Management].

All provisionally selected candidates must have to produce final Grade Card/Mark Sheet of successful completion of Under Graduate Programme at the time of Document Verification and must fulfil the Minimum Eligibility Criteria, stated above. Failure to produce the required documents or to fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria will result in the cancellation of admission.

Admission Test

Each applicant shall have to appear at the Admission Test conducted by the University otherwise application for admission to the 2-year PG Programme under NEP 2020 for the session 2026-2028 shall be cancelled.
Admission Test shall be of

Computer Based Type (CBT) of 1 Hour duration.
Questions shall be of MCQ type of 2 marks each, consisting 50 multiple choice questions.
0.5 marks shall be deducted for each wrong answer.
Minimum qualifying marks in the Test is 30% of full marks for Category C (i.e. Candidates, whose applied PG Subject is neither a Major/ Honours nor a Minor at the UG Level), except for Admission to the Multidisciplinary Subjects.

Applicants appearing in the Entrance Test for admission to the 2-year PG Programme under NEP 2020 for the academic session 2026–2028 shall be required to pay a non-refundable and nonadjustable Entrance Test Fee of Rs. 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred only) for each subject/programme applied for, prior to downloading the corresponding Hall Ticket.

Selection Procedure

OTHER THAN MULTIDISCIPLINARY SUBJECTS
80% of the total Intake for the students Passed out from B.U.
80% of the total intake of each subject/ programme (other than Multidisciplinary Subjects) for 2-Year PG Programme under NEP 2020 will be allocated for the students passed-out from the Degree Colleges affiliated to the University of Burdwan. Admission to these seats will be offered strictly on the basis of Grade Points to be calculated as stated in the Sl. No. 7 above. In case of identical Grade Point, preference shall be determined on the basis of:
- Step-I: Higher % of average of SGPAs up to Semester-V
- Step-II: Higher % of 12th Std. (10+2) Examination
- Step-III: Higher % of 10th Std. Examination
- Step-IV: Date of Birth Signifying Seniority in age, with older candidate getting preference
20% of total Intake for Passed out from the Universities other than B.U.
Remaining 20% of the total intake of each subject/ programme (other than Multidisciplinary Subjects) for 2-Year PG Programme under NEP 2020 will be allocated for the students passed-out from the Universities other than The University of Burdwan and seats will be offered strictly on the basis of Grade Points to be calculated as stated in the Sl. No. 7 above. In case of identical Grade Point, preference shall be determined on the basis of:
- Step-I: Higher % of average of SGPAs up to Semester-V
- Step-II: Higher % of 12th Std. (10+2) Examination
- Step-III: Higher % of 10th Std. Examination
- Step-IV: Date of Birth Signifying Seniority in age, with older candidate getting preference
FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY SUBJECTS
Total intake of each subject/ programme (For Multidisciplinary Subjects) for 2-Year PG Programme under NEP 2020 will be allocated from the eligible applicants strictly based on merit for the students passed-out from any UGC recognized Universities and seats will be offered strictly on the basis of Grade Points to be calculated as stated in the Sl. No. 7 above. In case of identical Grade Point, preference shall be determined on the basis of:
- Step-I: Higher % of average of SGPAs up to Semester-V
- Step-II: Higher % of 12th Std. (10+2) Examination
- Step-III: Higher % of 10th Std. Examination
- Step-IV: Date of Birth Signifying Seniority in age, with older candidate getting preference

Important Dates

Sl. No.	Programme Activity	Date
1	Submission of Online Application Form	17/06/2026 to 02/07/2026 upto 23:00 Hrs.
2	Editing the Application Form (if necessary)	30/06/2026 to 02/07/2026
3	Downloading Admit Card/ Hall Ticket for Entrance Test	08/07/2026 to 09/07/2026
4	Schedule of Entrance Test	Between 10/07/2026 and 16/07/2026
5	Publication of list of applicants and schedule for Virtual Interaction Round (VIR) for admission to MBA Programmes 2026	13/07/2026 (Dates of Virtual Interaction Round: 15/07/2026 & 16/07/2026)
6	Publication of Result of Entrance Test	18/07/2026
7	Publication of Provisional Broad Merit List (Rank List) (All categories and all Subjects)	22/07/2026
8	Publication of Online Counselling Notice under Arts Faculty (Phase-1)	24/07/2026 (Dates of Counselling: 27/07/2026 to 03/08/2026)
9	Payment of Phase-1 for Provisional Selected Candidates	04/08/2026 to 06/08/2026 midnight
10	Commencement of Classes for all PG Courses	07/08/2026
11	Document Verification for Provisionally admitted candidates (Phase 1) of All PG Courses	07/08/2026 and 10/08/2026
12	Publication of Online Counselling Notice under Arts Faculty (Phase-2) if necessary	17/08/2026 (Dates of Counselling: 20/08/2026 to 25/08/2026)
13	Payment of Phase-2 for Provisional Selected Candidates	26/08/2026 to 28/08/2026 midnight
The university can revise the calendar, if needs arise and the same will be notified on the university website