Presidency University

86/1, College Street, Kolkata - 700 073

Ref: PU/FC/138/notice/admission/2020 Date: 02/11/2020

Admission Notice
for Two – Year (four semesters) Master Degree Courses
(Open Quota)
(Session : 2020-2021)

Online applications are invited from the Indian citizens who have passed their Graduation(with
Honours / Major) in the year 2019 or 2020 for admission into following two-year (four semesters)
full time Post Graduate Master of Arts (BA) and master of Science (BSc) Courses for the session
2020-2021. Only completed online application will be considered. Application form will be available
online from 5th November, 2020 (4 p.m. onwards) to 16th November, 2020 at
http://presiuniv.ac.in/. There will be no application fee. A candidate will be allowed to apply for one
subject only. Reservation policy will be followed as per Govt. rule. Incomplete application and
application with invalid or wrong information is liable to be cancelled at any stage of admission.

The admission in Master degree courses for different categories will be based strictly on merit. The
General Merit Rank (GMR) of individual candidate and General Merit List will be prepared based on
the academic score (details are given below) only.

Available Subjects (Major/ Honours):

MA in Bengali, English, Hindi, History, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology

MSc in Biotechnology, Chemistry, Applied Economics, Geography, Applied Geology, Life Sciences,
Mathematics, Physics, Statistics

Eligibility:

a) Applicant must be a citizen of India.

b) There is no upper or lower age limit.
c) Candidates must have passed (not before 2019) the Graduation with Honours/Major from
any recognised University/Institute.
d) The candidate must satisfy the requirement of minimum marks and subject if study in
graduation level as per the following table.

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 PG Courses Required Honours/ Minimum Required Percentage of Marks/ CGPA
Major Subject (which ever is higher) in Honours/ Major subject
General SC/ST OBC-A/B PwD
Bengali Bengali 50%/5.5 37.5%/4.125 45%/4.95 47.5%/5.225
English English 50%/5.5 37.5%/4.125 45%/4.95 47.5%/5.225
Hindi Hindi 50%/5.5 37.5%/4.125 45%/4.95 47.5%/5.225
History History 50%/5.5 37.5%/4.125 45%/4.95 47.5%/5.225
Philosophy Any subject 50%/5.5 37.5%/4.125 45%/4.95 47.5%/5.225
Political Political Science 50%/5.5 37.5%/4.125 45%/4.95 47.5%/5.225
Science
Sociology Any subject 50%/5.5 37.5%/4.125 45%/4.95 47.5%/5.225
Performing Performing Arts / any 50%/5.5 37.5%/4.125 45%/4.95 47.5%/5.225
Arts allied subjects
Chemistry Chemistry 55%/6.0 41.25%/4.50 49.5%/5.40 52.25%/5.70
Applied Applied Economics 55%/6.0 41.25%/4.50 49.5%/5.40 52.25%/5.70
Economics
Geography Geography 55%/6.0 41.25%/4.50 49.5%/5.40 52.25%/5.70
Applied Applied Geology 55%/6.0 41.25%/4.50 49.5%/5.40 52.25%/5.70
Geology
Life Sciences Any branch of Life 55%/6.0 41.25%/4.50 49.5%/5.40 52.25%/5.70
Sciences
Mathematics Mathematics 55%/6.0 41.25%/4.50 49.5%/5.40 52.25%/5.70
Physics Physics 55%/6.0 41.25%/4.50 49.5%/5.40 52.25%/5.70
Statistics Statistics 55%/6.0 41.25%/4.50 49.5%/5.40 52.25%/5.70
Biotechnology a) Any branch of Life 55%/6.0 41.25%/4.50 49.5%/5.40 52.25%/5.70
Sciences with
Chemistry as GE/Pass
course subject
OR
b) Biotechnology
OR
c) Chemistry

Important dates:

Application start date : 5th November, 2020 (From 4 p.m.)

Application end date : 12th November, 2020
Publication of Provisional Merit list and other lists (tentative) : 20th November, 2020
Intake Capacity (Open Quota:20% of total seats):**

Course-wise and category-wise availability of seats is as follows.

Subject General SC ST OBC-A OBC-B Total** PwD

Bengali 5 1 0 1 1 8 0
English 5 1 0 1 1 8 0
Hindi 3 2 1 0 0 6 0
History 6 1 1 1 0 9 0
Philosophy 4 0 0 0 0 4 0
Political Science 5 1 0 1 1 8 0
Performing Arts 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
Sociology 4 1 1 0 0 6 0

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 Chemistry 5 1 0 1 1 8 0
Applied
Economics 5 1 0 0 0 6 0
Geography 5 1 0 0 0 6 0
Applied Geology 2 1 1 1 0 5 0
Life Sciences 7 3 1 1 1 13 0
Mathematics 2 1 1 1 0 5 0
Physics 5 1 0 1 1 8 0
Statistics 2 1 1 1 0 5 0
Biotechnology 11 5 1 2 1 20 1
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* PwD (Person with Disability) seats are included in the total number of seats in respective courses.

**Intake Capacity under different courses and under different category may be modified after
completion of admission under PUQuota (Home category). Modified intake capacity will be published in
due course.

Reservation of Seats for SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/PwD category of students

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 for admission in
reserved seats for SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/PwD.
a) However, availability of such reserve category seats shall be restricted to
students domiciled in West Bengal only.
b) Candidates claiming such seats must submit relevant Certificate issued from
either of the competent Authorities of Govt of West Bengal.
c) The certificate is to be produced at the time of reporting or as and when required by
the university. If the certificate is then found to be invalid, the candidate will lose
the opportunity of admission in reserve category.
d) PwD reservation is applicable for persons with more than 40% disability.
Procedure for Preparation of General Merit List

Academic score based on below given criteria will be calculated. This academic score will be used to
decide General Merit Rank (GMR) of individual student and to prepare the General Merit List.
Allotment of seat/admission will be done based on GMR only (not on category ranks). Category
ranks are only for information to candidates.

PG Courses Formula for Calculating Academic Score

Bengali Marks obtained in Honours

English Marks obtained in Honours
Hindi 60% of Marks obtained in Honours + 40% of Aggregate Marks
in Graduation
History 80% of Marks obtained in Honours + 20% of Marks obtained
in English at (10+2) level
Philosophy 75% of Marks obtained in Honours + 25% of Marks obtained

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 in English at (10+2) level
Political 80% of Marks obtained in Honours + 20% of Marks obtained
Science in English at (10+2) level
Sociology 25% of Marks obtained in Honours + 25% of Aggregate Marks
at Graduation + 25% of Aggregate Marks(best four) at (10+2)
level + 25% of Aggregate Marks obtained in English at (10+2)
level
Performing 50% of Marks obtained in Honours + 25% of Aggregate Marks
Arts obtained at (10+2) level + 25% of Marks obtained in English
at (10+2) level
Chemistry 50% of Marks obtained in Honours + 50% of Marks obtained
in Chemistry at (10+2) level
Applied Marks obtained in Honours
Economics
Geography 80% of Marks obtained in Honours + 20% of Marks obtained
in English at (10+2) level
Applied Marks obtained in Honours
Geology
Life Sciences 50% of Marks obtained in Honours/Major+ 25% of Aggregate
Marks at Graduation + 25% of aggregate Marks(best four) at
(10+2) level
Mathematics 80% of Marks obtained in Honours + 20% of Marks obtained
in Mathematics at (10+2) level
Physics 50% of Marks obtained in Honours + 25% of Marks obtained
in Mathematics at (10+2) level + 25% of Marks obtained in
Physics at (10+2) level
Statistics 75% of Marks obtained in Honours + 25% of Marks obtained
in Mathematics at (10+2) level
Biotechnology a) 50% of marks obtained in Honours/Major + 25% of marks
obtained in Chemistry at graduation level
+ 25% of marks obtained in English at (10+2) level
OR
b) 75% of marks obtained in Honours/Major + 25% of marks
obtained in English at (10+2) level
OR
c) 75% of marks obtained in Honours/Major + 25% of marks
obtained in English at (10+2) level

Note: (a) All marks (total, aggregate, average or individual subject) are out of 100. (b) The Aggregate
Marks at Graduation level is to be calculated considering all courses of study in Graduation level
including Compulsory Courses, Major/Honours Courses, GE/Pass courses. Overall CGPA is to be
considered as equivalent to Aggregate Marks at Graduation level. Aggregate Marks in the H.S. or
equivalent (10+2) examination is to be calculated considering marks in best four recognized subjects
(except Environmental Science).

Tie-breaking methodology

Tie-breaking methodology has been discussed. (a) In case of tie, the candidates will be judged
considering their Aggregate Marks obtained in Graduation level/Overall CGPA at the first instance.

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The candidate obtaining more aggregate marks/ Overall CGPA will have better rank. (b) If tie exists
thereafter, the process will be repeated considering the percentage of Aggregate Marks obtained by
them in H.S or equivalent (10+2) examination (c) If tie exists further by doing above exercises, all
such candidates will be placed in the same rank and will be considered for admission with bunching
effect.

Note: Adherence to the time schedule is mandatory and not relaxable.

Sd/-
Secretary, Faculty Councils
Presidency University

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