UNIVERSITYOFCALCUTTA

Admission Notice for M.A., M.A./M.Sc.(Eco)& (Museology) & M.Com. (Day & Evening)
courses
for the session 2017-2019.
Applications are invited for admission to M.Com, M.Sc (Eco) & Museology, M.A courses in :-
Bengali, Comparative Indian Language & Literature, English, Linguistics, Pali, Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, Arabic & Persian, French,
Buddhist Studies, History, Ancient Indian History & Culture, Islamic History & Culture, Archaeology, Museology, Philosophy,
Political Science, Sociology, Economics , South & South East Asian Studies, Education, Journalism & Mass Communication and
Commerce.
N.B:- Total no. of seats and seats for General & reserved (SC/ST/OBC-A&B) categories for each subject have been shown in
Section no.3 of the information brochure.
1. Eligibility: Please see Section no.2. of the information Brochure.
The Information Brochure can be downloaded from the official website of Calcutta University www.caluniv.ac.in
2. Forms:
a) Submission of application form for admission to Post Graduate Courses and the payment of requisite fees will only be
through online mode.
b) Applicants intending to get admission under Sports Quota are required to submit the Hard Copy of their online application
forms with e-receipt attached with, at the respective office of the Secretary between 24.06.2017 and 05.07.2017 from 11 am
till 3 pm on all working days.
c) For Museology, candidates with M.A. and M.Sc. degree or persons in service (see Brochure Sec.2. III/A, B & C) will apply in
off-line form obtainable from the Secretary Office (Alipore Campus) from 11 am till 3 pm on all working days..
Candidates who have passed Pre M.A. examination will apply offline on application form obtainable from the office of the
Secretary U.C.A.C, from 11 am till 3 pm on all working days.
For Buddhist Studies, candidates with M.A. in any subject of humanities group will also apply offline on application form
obtainable from the office of the Secretary U.C.A.C, from 11 am till 3 pm on all working days.
Candidates applying under Foreign Quota are exempted from appearing at the Entrance Examination. However, they may
have to appear before an interview in person or through online, if the requirement so arises.
3. Application Fee:
a) An Application Fee of Rs. 100/= for General & Rs.50/= for SC/ST/PWD categories will have to be paid online at
www.onlinesbi.com of State Bank of India.
b) Applicants submitting additional forms in Allied Subjects, will have to pay through online mode Rs.100/= for each
additional form. Subject Code/Group must be mentioned at the time of e-payment of application fees e.g. for
Bengali____01; for Commerce___13, etc.
c) Mode of payment of application fee : Application fee may be deposited in any of the following manner : (a) Through State
Bank Collect system; i) By internet banking/debit card/credit card of any bank. (ii)Make payment online at www.onlinesbi.com
(State Bank Collect) and print the e-receipt. If you face any difficulty during payment please contact Sri Sudip Kumar Datta,
Dy. Manager, SBI, and C.U. Branch on 033-2241-1678 (During working hours). For SBI collect-system additional commission for
bank transactions is to be borne by the candidate.

N.B. Copy of the fee deposit receipt (e-receipt) must be attached with the hard copy of the application form at the office of the
secretary as and when required.

4. Reservation :The reservation policies of West Bengal State Higher Education Institutions (reservation in Admission)
Act, 2013 and West Bengal State Higher Education Institutions (reservation in Admission) Rules, 2014 will be followed in respect
of admission of SC/ST/OBC-A&B and PWD.
5. Documents required at the time of admission or submission of hard copy of application form as and when required.
Self Attested copy :
1) B.A. / B.Sc./ B.Com Part 1 , Part II & Part III mark sheets.(Hons.)
2) SC/ST/OBC/PWD certificate. (Certificate issued by the competent authority of West Bengal only).
NOTE. SC/ST/OBC certificates issued by States other than West Bengal will be acceptable subject to the production
of domicile certificate from a competent authority (See Brochure Section 19).
Original copy :
3) Person with Disability (Handicapped) certificate from the competent authority.
4) Sports certificate for sports Quota Only (Details shown in the brochure vide Section no. 8)
NOTE: All such copies of participation certificates must be duly attested by the Principal/Teacher in Charge of the
institution the candidate attended.
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6. For M.Com Course : Preference for Day or Evening classes and preference for special paper in 2 year(1)
Accounting & Finance or (2) Marketing must be selected in the application form.
7. Admission schedule (2017 - 2019 session)
a. Application forms will be available online from : 24.06.2017.
b. Dates of Submission of application from : 24.06.2017 to 05.07.2017
c. Last Date of submission of application fees : 06.07.2017
d. Date of publication of the Provisional Merit list (for all subjects ) : 07.07.2017
e. Date of submission for correction in Format-I (Brochure) : 07.7.2017 to 12.07.2017 (till 4-00 pm)
f. Date of publication of corrected list : 13.072017
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g. Date of publication of the 1 selection list for 60% seats (all subjects) : 14.07.2017.
h. Date of admission from 1st selection list for 60% Seats : 25.07.2017 to 27.07.2017.
i. Admit Cards for Entrance Test can be downloaded (40% Seats) from: 13.07.2017.
j. Dates of Entrance Test for 40% of Seats: (Duration 1 hour each) as per schedule below

College Street Campus Alipore Campus

Date Subject & Time
19.07.2017 English (12.00 Noon)
19.07.2017 Economics (2.30 PM),
Buddhist Studies (2.30 PM)
20.07.2017 Bengali (12.00 Noon),
Urdu (2.30 PM)
22.07.2017 Sanskrit (12 Noon),
Commerce (2.30 PM)
23.07.2017 Hindi, Arabic, Persian
& Pali (12 Noon)
Linguistics (2.30 PM)
Date Subject & Time
19.07.2017 History (12.00 Noon), Education (2.30 PM)
20.07.2017 A.I.H.C. (12.00 Noon), Sociology (2.30 P.M.)
22.07.2017 I.H.C. (12 Noon),
Philosophy, Archaeology (2.30 PM)
23.07.2017 S & SEAS (12 Noon),
Political Science, Museology (2.30PM)
24.07.2017 Journalism & Mass Communication (12.00 Noon)
Comparative Indian Language and Literature (2.30 PM)

k. Date of publication of the provisional Merit List (40% of seats) : 27.07.2017.

l. Date of publication of 2nd Selection list for 60% seats : 28.07.2017.
m. Dates of admission for 2nd Selection list for 60% seats : 29.07.2017 and 31.07.207.
n. Date of publication of 1st Selection list for 40% seats : 31.07.2017.
o. Dates of admission from 1st Selection list for 40% seats : 01.08.2017 to 04.08.2017.
p. Commencement of class (Tentatively) from : 07.08.2017.
N. B. i) Forms sent by post will not be accepted.
ii) Selection will be made as per university admission rules.
iii) The list of eligible candidates for admission shall be made on the basis of marks and marks obtained by the
students of affiliated colleges and the autonomous colleges under this University will be considered at par with each other.
iv) Application Fee must be submitted separately for each application form for admission to P.G. Course in Museology/
Economics/ Pali/ Linguistics/ Buddhist Studies/ Comparative Indian Language & Literature/ South and South-East Asian Studies/
Archaeology.
v) Admission will be made strictly on the basis of merit, taking preference into consideration.
vi) Selection lists will be published on the University website and displayed on the notice board. No personal communication
will be made with the selected candidates.
vii) CU candidates with results showing P.N.C. should not apply.
ix) Selection will be made strictly in order of merit on the basis of percentage of marks for 60% of seats
for C.U. current year students and for the remaining 40% of seats, in order of merit on the basis of the
marks obtained at the subject wise Entrance Test for Non C.U. and C.U. current year and back year
students. The Entrance Test for respective course will be conducted through MCQ Booklets and OMR
Sheets. The MCQ Booklets will comprise 50 questions with a total of 100 marks; each question carrying 2
marks. Black Ball Pen must be used for darkening the correct answer on the OMR sheet.

Accreditation of Marks: For each correct answer 2 marks and for not attempted answer 0 (zero) mark
will be awarded whereas for every wrong answer 0.5 marks will be deducted (Minus Marking). In case,
two or more candidates obtain same marks in the entrance test, the candidates with less negative
marking will be placed in higher position in the merit list.

Admit Cards are to be downloaded by the candidates.

For additional information, latest updates, please visit University website: www.caluniv.ac.in,
and/or www.caluniv-ucsta.net regularly.

Dated: 22.06.2017
Asutosh Building, Secretary, UCAC
Kolkata - 700 073.