Admission to M.E./M.Tech./M.Arch./M.Pharm. Programmes, 2026-2027
Jadavpur University
Kolkata, West Bengal
Admission to M.E./M.Tech./M.Arch./M.Pharm. Programmes, 2026-2027
Date of availability of Online Admission form 19th June, 2026
Reservation of Seats for OBC candidates will be against -
the updated and latest OBC certificate OR
OBC certificates with an updated and latest Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) certificate
(as per standard government proforma) issued on or after 18 May 2026
by the competent authority
Admission Categories
Admissions to these programmes are open under the following categories:
Category A: GATE – for candidates qualified through GATE and having a valid GATE score in terms of the validity period, the cut-off marks in the candidate’s respective reservation category, and the disciplines as stipulated in the eligibility condition, if any.
Category B: Sponsored – for in-service professionals with a minimum experience, as stipulated in the eligibility condition, after passing the qualifying degree and duly sponsored by his/her employer.
Category C: Self-Sponsored – for candidates satisfying minimum eligibility conditions with or without a valid GATE score for specified programmes only and fulfilling other programme-specific criteria, if any.
Category D: GPAT – for candidates qualified through GPAT and having a valid GPAT score in terms of the validity period, the cut-off marks in the candidate’s respective reservation category, and the disciplines as stipulated in the eligibility condition, if any.
ELIGIBILITY FOR APPLICANTS
General Candidates, including EWS Candidates, to obtain the Qualifying Degree (as published under Table 1) with 60% marks in aggregate (Equivalent Grade Point Average (GPA) of 6.75 on a scale of 10). OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) Candidates will get a 10% relaxation, and SC / ST / PwD Candidates will get a 25% relaxation on the minimum aggregate percentage cut-off of general category candidates.
For the Programme in Mechanical Engineering (all specialisations), General Candidates, including EWS Candidates, to obtain the Qualifying Degree (as published under Table 1) with 65% marks in aggregate (Equivalent Grade Point Average (GPA) of 7.25 on a scale of 10 as per AICTE). OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) Candidates will get a 10% relaxation, and SC / ST / PwD Candidates will get a 25% relaxation on the minimum aggregate percentage cut-off of general category candidates.
For the Programme in Water Resources & Hydraulic Engineering (6-Semester) it is essential for the candidates to be in service.
Candidates possessing certificates equivalent to B.E./B.Tech. from the Professional Societies/Institutions, which conduct examinations in various fields of engineering [viz. The Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI), Indian Institute of Architects (IIA), The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), The Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI), The Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, including Polymer and Environmental Group (IIChemE), The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) and The Indian Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIIE)] to obtain aggregate marks as mentioned in clause 2.1.1.
The candidates enrolled with the professional bodies and institutions as per MHRD OM No. 11- 15/2011- AR (TS.II) with permanent recognition up to 31st May 2013, stand recognised. However, the candidates who possess certification from any of these professional societies must ensure that those examinations are approved by MoE / AICTE / UGC/ UPSC as equivalent to B.E. / B.Tech.
For more clarification, refer to the AICTE circular available at, https://aicte-india.org/sites/default/files/professional%20bodies.pdf
and other public notice available at, https://www.aicte-india.org/content/public-notice-professional-bodiesinstitutes-imparting-technical-education .
Candidates who are appearing/have appeared in the qualifying examination in 2026, with the final result due, may also apply under Category (A), (C) or (D). The Arithmetic Average of obtained Percentage Marks (or Percentage Marks equivalent to the obtained Grade Point) of all the results (semester or annual as the case may be) from 1st year of non-engineering programmes OR 2nd year of engineering programmes to the pre-final year will be considered as the aggregate percentage marks and that must satisfy the criteria as per clause 3.1.
The status of the candidate (Appearing / Appeared / Passed) will be as on the time of submission of the form. This status and/or associated marks of the qualifying degree cannot be modified during the admission process. If selected, the candidates who are appearing/have appeared in the qualifying examination with final result due, may be provisionally admitted to the programme and shall have to submit the final mark sheet of the qualifying examination, fulfilling all the stipulated criteria before 31st October, 2026, failing which, the provisional admission may be cancelled.
The candidates must also fulfil the following criteria, as applicable, in addition to those mentioned earlier.
Category A: GATE – Having a valid GATE score in terms of the validity period and the cut-off marks in the candidate’s respective reservation category, if any.
There is No Seat under the GATE category for the
- vening programmes
- Pharmacy
Category B: Sponsored – Being in service with a minimum of 1 (One) year experience in the relevant field and duly sponsored by his/her present employer for the entire duration of the programme. The relevant experience shall be counted from the date of joining the job, but not earlier than the date of publication of the final result of the qualifying degree, till the last date of online application submission.
For Civil Engineering (all specialisations), Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering (all specialisations), Production Engineering (both specialisations), and Construction Engineering (6-Semester) programmes, a minimum of 2 (Two) years relevant experience is essential
There is no seat under the Sponsored Category for the programmes on-
- Computer Technology with Specialisation in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (Evening)
- Control System Engineering
- Environmental Science & Technology
- Multimedia Technology
- Printing Engineering & Graphic Communication
Category C: Self-Sponsored – Candidates are allowed to apply under this category for all the programmes except those listed below. Applications under this category for the below-listed programmes, if any, will summarily be rejected without any further correspondence. For GATE programmes, eligible self-sponsored candidates may be considered against vacant seats of both GATE and Sponsored categories and for non-GATE programmes against vacant regular non-GATE and Sponsored category seats.
Programmes not accepting the Self-Sponsored category are-
- Civil Engineering (All specialisations)
- Computer Science & Engineering (Both specialisations)
- Control System Engineering
- Electrical Engineering (All specialisations)
- Pharmacy (All specialisations)
For Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering (all specialisations), general self-sponsored candidates, including EWS Candidates, to obtain the Qualifying Degree (as published under Table 1) with 80% marks in aggregate (Equivalent Grade Point Average (GPA) of 8.75 on a scale of 10 as per AICTE). OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) Candidates will get a 10% relaxation, and SC / ST / PwD Candidates will get a 25% relaxation on the minimum aggregate percentage cut-off of general category candidates.
For Instrumentation and Electronics Engineering, general self-sponsored candidates, including EWS Candidates, to obtain the Qualifying Degree (as published under Table 1) with 75% marks in aggregate (Equivalent Grade Point Average (GPA) of 8.25 on a scale of 10 as per AICTE). OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) Candidates will get a 10% relaxation, and SC / ST / PwD Candidates will get a 25% relaxation on the minimum aggregate percentage cut-off of general category candidates.
Category D: GPAT – Having a valid GPAT score in terms of the validity period and the cut-off marks in the candidate’s respective reservation category, if any for admission to the Master of Pharmacy programme only.
The list of qualifying degrees and/or other criteria for each of the programmes (with specialisations) is available separately as Table 1 .
Seat Availability:
The seat matrix will be notified separately.
Reservation of Seats: Reservation of seats for admission will follow the relevant guidelines, as applicable. For details, check the guide document on Reservation of Seats.
An individual can submit only ONE application. Submission of multiple application forms by one individual or an attempt to register multiple times with varying personal particulars may lead to cancellation of all such applications/registrations without any further correspondence.
An applicant can opt for a maximum of Eight options, and out of that maximum, One may be under Category B.
For the programmes without specialisation, the programme will be considered as one option AND
For programmes with specialisations, each specialisation will be considered as a separate option.
A candidate MUST use his/her valid email address (Gmail domain only), mobile number, ABC ID and AADHAR number as mandatory personal identifiers for registering and filling out the online application. The registered email address and phone number will be the official medium of communication for all correspondence from and to the university, and no change of such will be entertained at any stage of admission.
In-service engineers may apply under the sponsored category and for evening programmes.
Applicants will have to pay a NON-REFUNDABLE Application Fee as detailed below, based on the number of options he/she opted for –
Application for 1 (one) option only – Rs. 500.00
Application for 2 (two) to 4 (four) options – Rs. 1000.00
Application for more than 04 (four) options – Rs. 1500.00
An application will be considered as submitted only after filling up all sections of the online admission application form, uploading of legible scanned copies of mandatory documents, photograph and signature and successful online payment of the Application Fee. Not completing any of these steps will automatically cancel the application without any further communication.
Application, with wrong, misleading and/or incomplete information or suppression of information, will be rejected summarily without further communication.
Admission Test & Merit List
After successful completion of the provisional eligibility checking for candidates under Category: B and Category: C, Admit Cards for appearing in the Admission Tests will be issued through the application dashboard of the individual candidates, if applicable, separately for each programme applied for. No individual communication will be made.
Admission Tests for such candidates will be conducted for the programmes allowing Sponsored and/or Self-sponsored candidates
The schedule of the admission test, to be conducted in offline mode, will be declared separately in due time.
Admission Tests, if any, will be conducted with the following general guidelines –
The test will be in MCQ format.
The duration of the test will be of 45 minutes.
There may be a minimum cut-off mark (to be notified later) in the admission test. Candidates scoring less than the cut-off will be considered NOT ELIGIBLE for admission, even if they fulfil all other criteria.
Any other guidelines related to the admission test and the test syllabus will be notified separately in due time.
Non-appearance or not scoring more than the cut-off marks, if any, in the admission test for any programme will automatically cancel the candidature of the non-gate category for that particular programme.
Provisional merit List will be prepared and published as per the “selection norms” mentioned hereunder from amongst the provisionally eligible candidates and those who have successfully cleared the admission test, if any.
Admissions will be conducted as per schedule from the published merit list only.
THERE WILL BE NO ADMISSION TEST FOR THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMMES –
Category Wise Semester Tuition Fee (in Rs.) to be paid at the time of admission1
Programme
GATE / GPAT
Sponsored
Self-Sponsored
Architecture
2,400.00
24,000.00
2,400.00
Automobile Engineering
12,000.00
30,000.00
12,000.00
Biomedical Engineering
2,400.00
24,000.00
2,400.00
Bioprocess Engineering
24,000.00
--
24,000.00
Chemical Engineering
2,400.00
24,000.00
2,400.00
Civil Engineering
2,400.00
24,000.00
--
Computer Science & Engineering
2,400.00
24,000.00
--
Computer Technology (4-Sem Evening)
--
--
28,000.00
Construction Engineering (6-Sem Evening)
--
30,000.00
24,000.00
Control System Engineering
2,400.00
--
--
Distributed & Mobile Computing
25,000.00
30,000.00
25,000.00
Electrical Engineering
2,400.00
24,000.00
--
Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
2,400.00
24,000.00
2,400.00
Energy Science & Technology
2,400.00
24,000.00
2,400.00
Environmental Science & Technology
45,000.00
--
45,000.00
Food Technology & Bio-Chemical Engineering
2,400.00
24,000.00
2,400.00
Illumination Engineering
12,000.00
30,000.00
12,000.00
Illumination Technology &Design (6-Sem Evening)
--
30,000.00
24,000.00
Information Technology
18,000.00
30,000.00
18,000.00
Instrumentation & Electronics Engineering
2,400.00
24,000.00
2,400.00
IT (Courseware Engineering)
20,000.00
30,000.00
20,000.00
Laser Technology
24,000.00
30,000.00
24,000.00
Material Engineering
2,400.00
24,000.00
2,400.00
Mechanical Engineering
2,400.00
24,000.00
2,400.00
Metallurgical Engineering
2,400.00
24,000.00
2,400.00
Multimedia Technology
20,000.00
--
20,000.00
Nano Science &Technology
12,000.00
30,000.00
12,000.00
Nuclear Engineering
12,000.00
30,000.00
12,000.00
Pharmacy
2,400.00
24,000.00
--
Power Engineering
12,000.00
30,000.00
12,000.00
Printing Engineering &Graphic Communication
2,400.00
24,000.00
2,400.00
VLSI Design and Microelectronics Technology (6-Sem Evening)
--
30,000.00
22,500.00
Water Resources & Hydraulic Engineering (4-Sem Day)
2,400.00
24,000.00
2,400.00
Water Resources & Hydraulic Engineering (6-Sem Evening)
--
36,000.00
27,000.00
1In addition to this, all students have to pay Rs. 360.00 (Rupees Three Hundred and Sixty only) as admission and associated fees
Scholarships
Scholarships: Award of scholarships for GATE/GPAT qualified candidates is not the responsibility of the University.
The candidates with a valid GATE score and admitted to a programme duly approved by the AICTE under Category A (GATE) are to apply for the scholarship directly to the AICTE, when notified to do so, and will start to enjoy the scholarship directly from the AICTE if sanctioned by them.
The candidates with a valid GPAT score and admitted to the Master of Pharmacy programme, duly approved by the PCI under Category D (GPAT) are to apply for the scholarship directly to the PCI for the Pradhan Mantri Scholarship for Pharmacy Post Graduate Studies (GPAT) - (PMSPPS), when notified to do so, and will start to enjoy the scholarship directly from the agency if sanctioned by them.
There will be NO SCHOLARSHIP for candidates admitted to M.Arch (Urban Design) even if they are admitted under Category – A (GATE). However, the candidates with valid GATE score and admitted to M.Arch (Urban Design) may start to enjoy the scholarship if sanctioned by funding agencies.
There will be NO SCHOLARSHIP for candidates admitted under the Sponsored and Self-Sponsored Category. They will not be eligible for the scholarship even if they possess a valid GATE/GPAT score.
Candidates, after taking admission and if eligible for a scholarship, may act as per the guidelines published by the scholarship-providing authority.
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