West Bengal State University: Admission to PG & B.Lib.Sc. Programmes, 2026-2028

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West Bengal State University

Barasat, West Bengal

Admission to PG & B.Lib.Sc. Programmes, 2026-2028

West Bengal State University
Barasat, West Bengal
Admission to PG & B.Lib.Sc. Programmes, 2026-2028

Commencement of Submission of Online Application Form 19^th June, 2026
Last date of Submission of Online Application Form 09^th July, 2026

Applications are invited for admission to 2-year (NEP) M.A., M.Sc., M.Com., M.R.S. Courses to be made online through University Websites:
http://www.wbsupgadmission.com , https://www.wbsu.ac.in
On and from 19^th June, 2026 to 9^th July, 2026. For other information please see the Prospectus 2026 in the webpage. Admission of students under reserve Quota will be as per govt. of W.B. rules.

Online Applications are invited for admission to the 1st Semester of 2-year above mentioned P.G. Programmes. The Subjects are:
Economics, Geography, Psychology,
Anthropology, Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry,
Computer Science, Electronics, Food & Nutrition, Microbiology, Physics, Physiology, Mathematics, Statistics,
Zoology, Commerce (Accounting & Finance), Master of Rural Studies,
Bengali, Education, English, Film Studies, Hindi, History, Journalism & Mass Communication,
Sanskrit, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Urdu, Arabic &
Bachelors in Library and Information Sciences (B.Lib.Sc.)

NB: Number of seats and seats reserved for SC/ST/OBC/EWS and Differently-abled students (PWD) for each subject have been shown in PROSPECTUS 2026.

The Prospectus 2026 (Information Brochure) can be downloaded from the official websites of the University www.wbsupgadmission.com , www.wbsu.ac.in

Online applications are invited for admission to P.G. Programmes for the academic session 2026-2028 through our official website www.wbsupgadmission.com / www.wbsu.ac.in commencing from 19/06/2026. A help desk for filling in the online form is available on the website. No off-line application will be entertained. Candidates who have appeared/are due to appear in UG 6th Semester 2026 (under NEP) provided that they have cleared all semester examination upto 5th Semester / Passed in the 3 years UG under CBCS / Part-III (I+I+I) examinations and have got clear results or its equivalent from UGC recognised Universities may apply.

All admissions to any of the above programmes are provisional and be treated as final only when the candidate successfully completes the $6^{\text{th}}$ semester examination and submits the relevant marksheet.

Instructions for filling the Application Form available on the website.

No Application Fees for this year as per Govt. order.

Commencement of Submission of Online Application Form: 19/06/2026
Last date of Submission of Online Application Form : 09/07/2026
Admission Test (tentative): between 13/07/2026 to 17/07/2026
Classes for Academic Session 2026-2028 will commence (Tentatively) from 01/08/2026

Admission Fees Payment: Instant through Debit / Credit Card. Through payment Gateway Debit / Credit Card / Multibank internet banking / digital wallets / UPI payment system will be considered.

Intake Capacity

Sl. No.	Subjects	Seats for 2026-28
1	Anthropology	19
2	Bengali	57
3	Biochemistry	17
4	Botany	17
5	Chemistry	17
6	Commerce	41
7	Computer Science	20
8	Economics	28
9	Education	39
10	Electronics	17
11	English	32
12	Film Studies	20
13	Food & Nutrition	28
14	Geography	24
15	Hindi	32
16	History	48
17	Journalism & Mass Communication	27
18	Master of Rural Studies	20
19	Mathematics	28
20	Microbiology	14
21	Philosophy	32
22	Physics	17
23	Physiology	17
24	Political Science	32
25	Psychology	18
26	Sanskrit	40
27	Sociology	28
28	Statistics	26
29	Zoology	19
30	Urdu	26
31	Arabic	38
32	Bachelors in Library and Information Science (B.Lib.Sc.)	49

Eligibility Criteria

Sl. No.	Programme	Subjects / Departments	Programmes Eligibility for Admission
Sl. No.	Programme	Subjects / Departments	CBCS & I+I+I	NEP
1	M.R.S. (2-Years duration)	Rural Studies	Honours graduate in any subject	Major / Minor / MDP (any subject)
2	M.A. / M.Sc. (2-Years duration)	Economics	B.A. / B.Sc. (Hons.) in Economics, Students should have sufficient mathematical background. Preference will be given to students who had mathematics as a pass subject at the UG level	Major / Minor / MDP with Economics
3	M.A. / M.Sc. (2-Years duration)	Geography	B.A. / B.Sc. (Hons.) in Geography	Major with Geography
4	M.A. / M.Sc. (2-Years duration)	Psychology	B.A. / B.Sc. (Hons.) in Psychology	Major with Psychology
5	M.Sc. (2-Years duration)	Anthropology	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Anthropology	Major / Minor / MDP with Anthropology
6	M.Sc. (2-Years duration)	Biochemistry	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry / Biochemistry / any branch of Life Sciences	Major / Minor / MDP with Chemistry / Biochemistry / any branch of Life Sciences
7	M.Sc. (2-Years duration)	Botany	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Botany	Major / Minor / MDP with any branch of Life Sciences
8	M.Sc. (2-Years duration)	Chemistry	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry	Major / Minor / MDP with Chemistry
9	M.Sc. (2-Years duration)	Computer Science	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Computer Science	Major / Minor with Computer Science
10	M.Sc. (2-Years duration)	Electronics	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Electronics or Physics or B.Tech. (Electronics)	Major / Minor / MDP with Electronics or Physics or B.Tech. (Electronics)
11	M.Sc. (2-Years duration)	Food & Nutrition	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Food & Nutrition / Nutrition	Major / Minor with Food & Nutrition / Nutrition
12	M.Sc. (2-Years duration)	Microbiology	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Microbiology / Biotechnology / Biochemistry / Medical Microbiology and/or Medical Laboratory Technology with Microbiology / Biochemistry / Pathology or Zoology / Botany with Microbiology as major paper and/or Chemistry as pass subject	Major / Minor / MDP with Microbiology / Biotechnology / Biochemistry / Medical Microbiology and/or Medical Laboratory Technology with Microbiology / Biochemistry / Pathology or Zoology / Botany with Microbiology as major
13	M.Sc. (2-Years duration)	Physics	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Physics	Major / Minor with Physics
14	M.Sc. (2-Years duration)	Physiology	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Physiology	Major / Minor / MDP with Physiology
15	M.Sc. (2-Years duration)	Mathematics	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Mathematics	Major with Mathematics
16	M.Sc. (2-Years duration)	Statistics	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Statistics or Mathematics or Computer Science (Mathematics or Statistics as at least one of the course)	Major / Minor / MDP in Statistics or Mathematics or Data Science or Economics (Mathematics or Statistics as at least one of the course)
17	M.Sc. (2-Years duration)	Zoology	B.Sc. (Hons.) in Zoology	Major / Minor in Zoology
18	M.Com. (2-Years duration)	Commerce	B.Com. (Hons.)	Major / Minor with Commerce
19	M.B.A. (2-Years duration)	Management & Marketing	Graduates in Science / Arts / Commerce / Management / Medical / Engineering / Law (5 year) / B.Tech. / M.Tech. and equivalent courses under 10+2+3 system or equivalent with 50% marks in Graduation / Post Graduation or in aggregate (5% relaxation for SC / ST / OBC) Desirable Qualification: Qualified in CAT / MAT / XMAT / GMAT / GATE and relevant UGC-specified National / State Level Entrance Tests.	Major / Minor / MDP from any subject. Desirable Qualification: Qualified in CAT / MAT / XMAT / GMAT / GATE and relevant UGC-specified National / State Level Entrance Tests.
20	M.A. (2-Years Duration)	Bengali	B. A. (Hons.) in Bengali	Major / Minor / MDP with Bengali
21	M.A. (2-Years Duration)	Education	B. A. (Hons.) in Education	Major / Minor / MDP with Education
22	M.A. (2-Years Duration)	English	B. A. (Hons.) in English	Major with English
23	M.A. (2-Years Duration)	Film Studies	Honours Graduate in any subject	Major / Minor / MDP (any subject)
24	M.A. (2-Years Duration)	Hindi	B.A. (Hons.) in Hindi	Major in Hindi
25	M.A. (2-Years Duration)	History	B.A. (Hons.) in History	Major in History
26	M.A. (2-Years Duration)	Journalism & Mass Communication	Honours in any Subject or Media Science or Media Studies	Major / Minor / MDP (any subject)
27	M.A. (2-Years Duration)	Sanskrit	B.A. (Hons.) in Sanskrit	Major / Minor with Sanskrit
28	M.A. (2-Years Duration)	Philosophy	B.A. (Hons.) in Philosophy	Major / Minor with Philosophy
29	M.A. (2-Years Duration)	Political Science	B.A. (Hons.) in Political Science	Major in Political Science
30	M.A. (2-Years Duration)	Sociology	Honours Degree from all Social Science, Humanities and Natural Science (i.e. Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Zoology, Botany etc.) discipline	Major / Minor / MDP (any subject)
31	M.A. (2-Years Duration)	Urdu	B.A. (Hons.) in Urdu	Major / Minor / MDP with Urdu
32	M.A. (2-Years Duration)	Arabic	B.A. (Hons.) in Arabic	Major / Minor / MDP with Arabic
33	B.Lib.Sc. (1-Year Duration)	B.Lib.Sc.	Graduate in any subject	Major / Minor / MDP (any subject)

Fees for PG Admission 2026-28

Type	Programmes	Fees
Group-A	Bengali, Education, English, Hindi, History, Philosophy, Sanskrit, Sociology, Political Science, Urdu	Total Admission Fees of Rs. 4,600/- for Group–A (non Lab based subjects) + Apart from above Rs. 400/- is to be paid for new Registration
Group-B	Anthropology, Botany, Chemistry, Journalism and Mass Communication, Biochemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Microbiology, Physiology, Zoology, Master of Rural Studies, Psychology, Statistics, Food and Nutrition, Geography, Film Studies, Electronics, Economics, Computer Science, Commerce	Total Admission Fees of Rs. 5,800/- for Group–B (Lab based subjects) + Apart from above Rs. 400/- is to be paid for new Registration
Group-C	Arabic	Total Admission Fees of Rs. 7,000/- + Apart from above Rs. 400/- is to be paid for new Registration

Admission fees for Other Professional Programmes
Bachelor in Library and Information Sciences (B.Lib.Sc.)	Total Admission Fees of Rs. 20,000/- + Apart from above Rs. 600/- is to be paid for new Registration

Instructions/Guidelines for the Applicants

Candidate must follow the Admission Schedule to be notified on WBSU admission website time to time.
Before filling up Application Form, candidates must go through carefully the details in this Information Brochure.
It is suggested that the candidates should carry recent testimonials, scanned photograph with him/her while applying on-line, so that right information may be entered. The applicants are advised to fill in the forms carefully, after successful registration and submission of final application form, no editing is permissible, in respect of Caste Category, preference if any etc. is not permissible.
Application Forms found to be incomplete or supported by insufficient documents even after the notified period for correction or updating will be summarily rejected.
If an Applicant is found to have suppressed any fact/ information regarding previous degree his/her application will be summarily rejected.
The admission of a candidate will be cancelled, at any stage, if the candidate is found to have suppressed any fact/ information regarding previous degree, year of passing or any information which may render him ineligible.
The detailed Admission Schedule / Admission Test Schedule (i.e. time, venue etc.) will be notified from time to time on the admission portal of the University Website.
All information, given in the Brochure, is provisional and subject to change from time to time, and will be notified in the admission portal.
Applicants are advised to keep their Online Application Number & Password in safe custody.
Admission will be cancelled at any stage if a candidate is found to have not cleared all/any of the 6 (Six) Semesters’ examinations for CBCS or 3-Years Hons. or Major / Minor / MDP Subjects upto 5 (fifth) Semesters’ examination or have submitted False/Untrue information or insufficient documents.
Applicants are advised to take a print after successfully submitting Application forms and produce the same as and when it is required by the University authority.
Merit List will be published at http://www.wbsupgadmission.com , https://www.wbsu.ac.in .
After publication of each phase of selection list, candidates will be given two to three working days to get admitted in the University. To complete the Admission Process they have to prepare themselves with necessary documents (All testimonials original and photocopy, Proof of birth, Caste certificate, Income certificate, EWS Ceritificate, OBC-NCL Ceritificate (applicable for OBC Candidates), Domicile certificate, (if necessary) 10th std. Mark sheet & Admit Card, 10+2 std. Mark sheet & Admit Card (if required original & photocopy for verification after online admission). Admission of students who provide false information will be cancelled immediately without any refund of fees.