Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya: Admission Notification for two years M.Sc. (Agriculture) / M.Sc. (Horticulture) / M.Sc. (Forestry) Courses, 2026-27

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Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya

Coochbehar, West Bengal

Admission Notification for two years M.Sc. (Agriculture) / M.Sc. (Horticulture) / M.Sc. (Forestry) Courses, 2026-27

Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya
Coochbehar, West Bengal
Admission Notification for two years M.Sc. (Agriculture) / M.Sc. (Horticulture) / M.Sc. (Forestry) Courses, 2026-27

The candidates, who have passed with the requisite marks as mentioned in the Eligibility Criteria, may submit the application online at www.ubkv.ac.in . for admission to two years M.Sc. (Agriculture) / M.Sc. (Horticulture) / M.Sc. (Forestry) Courses in the following disciplines for the session 2026-27.

Start Date: 24/08/2026 (23:59:59 Hrs.)
Last Date: 14/09/2026 (23:59:59 Hrs.)

Number of Seats:
The number of seats for different disciplines is mentioned below:

M.Sc. (Agriculture)
Sl. No.	Discipline	Total no of allotted Seats	ICAR Seat (30%)	Order of Admission Category, in case of vacancy in ICAR seat	University Seats	State Domiciled (80%)	Open (20%)
1	Agril. Economics	04	01	1: State Domicile - UR-1	30	2 UR- 1 SC- 1	1 UR- 1
2	Entomology	10	03	1: Open- UR-1	07	6 UR- 3 EWS- 1 SC- 2	1 UR- 1
				2: State Domicile- SC-1; Open- UR-1
				3: State Domicile- OBC-1, State Domicile- SC-1; Open- UR-1
3	Agril. Extension Education	10	03	1: Open- UR-1	07	6 UR- 2 EWS- 1 SC- 2 OBC- 1	1 UR- 1
				2: State Domicile- UR-1; Open– UR-1
				3: State Domicile- SC-1, State Domicile- UR-1; Open- UR-1
4	Agril. Statistics	10	03	1: Open- UR-1	07	6 UR- 2 SC- 1 ST- 1 OBC- 1 EWS- 1	1 UR- 1
				2: State Domicile- SC-1; Open- UR-1
				3: State Domicile- EWS-1; State Domicile- SC-1; Open- UR-1
5	Agronomy	10	03	1: Open- UR-1	07	6 UR- 3 SC- 2 OBC- 1	1 UR- 1
				2: State Domicile- SC-1; Open- 1
				3: State Domicile UR(PWD)- 1; State Domicile- SC-1; Open- UR-1
6	Bio-Chemistry	08	02	1: State Domicile- UR-1	06	5 UR- 1 EWS- 1 SC- 2 OBC- 1	1 UR- 1
6	Bio-Chemistry	08	02	2: Open- UR-1, State Domicile- UR-1	06	5 UR- 1 EWS- 1 SC- 2 OBC- 1	1 UR- 1
7	Genetics & Plant Breeding	10	03	1: State Domicile- SC-1	07	6 UR- 3 EWS- 1 SC- 1 OBC- 1	1 UR- 1
				2: Open- UR-1; State Domicile– SC-1
				3: State Domicile- UR-1, Open- UR-1; State Domicile- SC-1
8	Plant Pathology	10	03	1: Open- UR-1	07	6 UR- 2 EWS- 1 SC- 2 OBC- 1	1 UR- 1
				2: State Domicile- SC-1; Open- UR-1
				3: State Domicile- UR-1; State Domicile- SC-1; Open- UR-1
9	Seed Science & Technology	08	02	1: State Domicile- SC-1	06	5 UR- 2 SC- 1 OBC– 1 EWS-1	1 UR- 1
9	Seed Science & Technology	08	02	2: State Domicile- EWS-1; State Domicile- SC-1	06	5 UR- 2 SC- 1 OBC– 1 EWS-1	1 UR- 1
10	Soil Science	10	03	1: State Domicile- SC-1	07	6 UR- 3 EWS- 1 SC- 2	1 UR- 1
				2: State Domicile- OBC-1; State Domicile- SC-1
				3: Open- UR-1; State Domicile- OBC-1; State Domicile- SC-1
M.Sc. (Horticulture)
Sl. No.	Discipline	Total no of allotted Seats	ICAR Seat (30%)	Order of Admission Category, in case of vacancy in ICAR seat	University Seats	State Domiciled (80%)	Open (20%)
1	Floriculture and Landscaping	08	02	1: State Domicile- UR-1	06	5 UR- 2 SC- 2 OBC- 1	1 UR- 1
1	Floriculture and Landscaping	08	02	2: State Domicile- ST-1, Open- UR-1	06	5 UR- 2 SC- 2 OBC- 1	1 UR- 1
2	Silviculture & Agroforestry	06	02	1: State Domicile- SC-1	04	3 UR- 1 ST- 1 EWS- 1	1 UR- 1
2	Silviculture & Agroforestry	06	02	2: State Domicile- UR-1; State Domicile- SC-1	04	3 UR- 1 ST- 1 EWS- 1	1 UR- 1
3	Fruit Science	06	02	1: State Domicile- UR-1	04	3 UR- 1 SC- 1 EWS- 1	1 UR- 1
3	Fruit Science	06	02	2: State Domicile- UR-1, State Domicile UR-1	04	3 UR- 1 SC- 1 EWS- 1	1 UR- 1
4	Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops	06	02	1: State Domicile- OBC-1	04	3 UR- 2 SC- 1	1 UR- 1
4	Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops	06	02	2: State Domicile- UR-1	04	3 UR- 2 SC- 1	1 UR- 1
5	Postharvest Management	04	01	1: State Domicile- EWS-1	03	2 UR- 1 SC- 1	1 UR- 1
6	Vegetable Science	10	03	1: State Domicile- EWS-1	07	6 UR- 3 ST- 1 SC- 1 OBC- 1	1 UR- 1
				2: Open- UR-1; State Domicile- EWS-1
				3: State Domicile- SC-1, Open- UR-1; State Domicile- EWS-1

In case any seat falls vacant due to non-availability of state domicile un-reserved candidates, it will be filled up by non-domicile candidates (if any) on the basis of Merit list.
The number of seats may change subject to availability of eligible teacher/Chairman, Advisory Committee in each Department.
02 Seats shall be reserved for Kashmiri migrants over and above the normal student intake.
SC/ST/OBC/EWS candidates of outside the state of West Bengal shall be treated as General category candidates.
Foreign students will be admitted following University Guideline only.

Important Dates:

Date ofstart of submission of application form: 24/08/2026 (23:59:59 Hrs.)
Last date ofsubmission of application form: 14/09/2026 (23:59:59 Hrs.))
Publication of list of eligible candidates forEntrance Test: 17/09/2026
Entrance Test: 28/09/2026 and 29/09/2026
Publication of Merit List: 01/10/2026
Date of counseling and admission: 08/10/2026
Start of classes: will be notified later

Application Fees:

Category	Application Fees
General / OBC Category	Rs. 1,500/- (for application to one discipline/department) For application to additional disciplines/department Rs. 200/- for each
SC / ST Category	Rs. 750/- (for application to one discipline/department) For application to additional disciplines/department Rs. 200/- for each

# No application form without payment of fee will be considered.
# Only PWD candidates whose disability percentage are 40% or above, are exempted from application fees. However, there is no PWD seat separately in any department and will be treated as per their respective caste category.

Eligibility Criteria:

Students passed with three years Bachelors’ degree course are NOT ELIGIBLE.
The minimum age limit for admission to M.Sc. courses is 21 years as on 31/12/2026.
Candidates must have passed their Bachelors’ degree in Agriculture / Horticulture or Forestry or have appeared in final examination in the relevant subject under four year Agriculture / Horticulture / Forestry undergraduate programme from any recognized Indian / Foreign University.
Candidates must have obtained at least 60% marks or its equivalent OGPA (6.00 out of 10.00 or 3.40 out of 5.00 or 2.70 out of 4.00 or 2.00 out of 3.00) in Bachelors’ degree for Unreserved and OBC category and 55% marks or its equivalent OGPA (5.50 out of 10.00 or 3.20 out of 5.00 or 2.50 out of 4.00 or 1.80 out of 3.00) in Bachelors’ degree for SC/ST candidates.
Candidates of Unreserved and OBC categories must have passed their Higher Secondary (10+2) or equivalent examination with at least 60% marks in aggregate of 5 (five) best subjects including English as compulsory and for SC/ST category candidates the same shall be 50% marks in aggregate of 5 (five) best subjects including English as compulsory.

[Admission of PWD candidates will be subjected to the fitness certificate issued by the medical officer of the University]

Preparation of Merit List:
The final admission will be conducted strictly on the basis of merit and according to the position in the merit list.
The score shall be calculated taking into account the following academic records and shall be expressed in percentile score-

Academic Record	Weightage
Percentage of Higher Secondary (10+2) Marks	10%
Percentage of Graduation Marks (at the time of entrance test, submission of final transcript is compulsory, failing which his/her candidature will be cancelled)	20%
Percentage of Entrance Test Marks	70%
10% of Graduation percentage will be added with it for UBKV pass outs only	70%

Documents required during Application Process:
Scanned copy of the following documents/images, as applicable, must be uploaded on online admission portal while applying-

Passport size photograph of the candidates (Format: jpg, Size 20 kb -100 kb).
Signature of the candidates (Format: jpg, Size 20 kb -50 kb).
Self-attested copy of proof of date of birth i.e., either Birth certificate from competent authority or admit card of Madhyamik / equivalent (10th) examination (Format: jpg/pdf, Size 200 kb -300 kb).
Self-attested copies of both sides of the mark sheet of Higher Secondary / equivalent (10+2) examination (Format: jpg/pdf, Size 200 kb -300 kb).
Self-attested copies of both sides of the mark sheets of all eight semesters of Bachelors’ Degree examination (Format: jpg/pdf, Size 200 kb -300 kb)
Self-attested copies of both sides of the final transcript (if available) of Bachelors’ Degree examination (Format: jpg/pdf, Size 200 kb -300 kb).
Self-attested copy of caste/category certificate (Format:jpg/pdf, Size 200 kb -300 kb).
Candidates belonging to OBC category are instructed to bring original OBC NonCreamy Layer Certificate and original caste certificate [they must submit Non-creamy layer certificate issued on or after 01.04.2026 along with the revalidated OBC certificate of the Competent Authority as per recent guidelines of Govt. of West Bengal].
EWS Certificate MUST BE issued on or after 01/04/2026.
Self-attested copy of domicile certificate (for candidates belongs to West Bengal) as per the format available in the admission portal or website of the University (Format: jpg/pdf, Size 200 kb -300 kb).

# Hostel accommodation will be provided as per availability of room(s) in the hostel. University is not liable to provide hostel to all the admitted students from very beginning of the study programme.

Guideline for Entrance Test for admission to M.Sc. Agriculture / M.Sc. Horticulture / M.Sc. Forestry for the Session 2026-27
M.Sc. entrance test will be conducted module wise (following ICAR AIEEA PG Major Subject Group) for Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture from the session2026-27.

Module	Discipline / Department
Physical Sciences	Soil Science
Agronomy	Agronomy
Plant Sciences	Genetics & Plant Breeding, Plant Pathology, Seed Science & Technology
Entomology & Nematology	Entomology / Agricultural Entomology
Plant Biotechnology	Biochemistry
Social Sciences	Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Extension Education
Statistical Sciences	Agricultural Statistics
Horticulture	Floriculture & Landscaping; Fruit Science; Post Harvest Management; Vegetable Science; Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops
Forestry / Silviculture & Agroforestry	Forestry

*Module wise syllabus is available in the University Website

Duration of the Test – 1 hour; Total marks – 70.
Questions pattern: MCQ type Questions with four alternatives, each of 1 mark (70x1=70).
There will be negative marks for MCQ is 0.25 for each wrong answer.
The final merit list will be prepared based on marks obtained in Higher Secondary (marks of 5 bestsubjects including English as compulsory), B.Sc. and Entrance test.
The syllabi for entrance test in M.Sc. (Agriculture), M.Sc. (Horticulture) and M.Sc. (Forestry) are available in the University Website www.ubkv.ac.in )

Contact:
+91 79084 86286
admission@ubkv.ac.in

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