2024 Bethune College Online UG Admission Notification and Merit Lists

 Bethune College is one of the prestigious colleges in Kolkata as well as West Bengal for admission to undergraduate general courses. This college offers UG courses in B.A and B.Sc – both pass and honours in many subjects. In this article you will get complete information related to online submission of application form, last date of submission, honours subjects offered, eligibility criteria, merit list publication etc of the college in year 2024.

Admission And Merit List Important Dates

Admission Portal will be open from 24 June to 07 July: CLICK HERE

Honours and Pass Courses Details

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2023

MERIT LISTS

Phase No.	List Type	Published On	List
1	List For Admission	26/07/2023	5TH LIST FOR ADMISSION (PROVISIONAL)
1	List For Admission	24/07/2023	4th LIST FOR ADMISSION (PROVISIONAL)
1	List For Admission	22/07/2023	3RD LIST FOR ADMISSION (PROVISIONAL)
1	List For Admission	20/07/2023	2ND LIST FOR ADMISSION (PROVISIONAL)
1	List For Admission	18/07/2023	1st list for admission (Provisional)
1	Final Merit List	18/07/2023	FINAL/ RECTIFIED PROVISIONAL MERIT LIST

 

 Admission And Merit List Important Dates

Admission to B.A. (Hons.)/B.Sc. (Hons.) (CBCS) Degree Course for the session 2023-24 under University of Calcutta

INFORMATION BROCHURE

Admission to 4 year B.A./B.Sc. (Hons. with or without Research) (CCF 2022) Degree Course for the session 2023-24 under University of Calcutta
Online applications for admission will be received from 1st July, 2023 (from 4 p.m.) to 15th July, 2023 (up to 11.59 p.m.) 24x7 through the website: www.bethuneadmissions.ac.in

Visit the above website regularly for updated information.
Queries related to B.A./B.Sc. admission may be sent to : bethunecollegeadmission@gmail.com

UG Admission Information Brochure 2023

UG Admission Notice Dated : 29 Jun 2023

Sl. No.	Event	Schedule
1	Online Application Form fill up	01 July (4 PM) to 15 July (11.59 PM)
2	Publication of subject wise full list of applicants (Provisional)
3	Reporting of discrepancies (if any) in the published list of applicants (only through email to be sent to bethunecollegeadmission@gmail.com with scanned copy of supporting document)
4	Publication of subject wise rectified Full Merit List (Provisional)
5	Publication of 1st list for admission (Provisional)
6	Online Admission (1st Cycle)
7	Publication of 2nd list for admission (Provisional)
8	Online Admission (2nd Cycle)
9	Publication of 3rd list for admission (Provisional)
10	Online Admission (3rd Cycle)
11	Publication of 4th list for admission (Provisional)
12	Online Admission (4th  Cycle)
13	Publication of 5th list for admission (Provisional)
14	Online Admission (5th Cycle)
15	Publication of 6th list for admission (Provisional)
16	Online Admission (6th Cycle)
17	Publication of 7th list for admission (Provisional)
18	Online Admission (7th Cycle)
19	Publication of 8th list for admission (Provisional)
20	Online Admission (8th Cycle)
21	Online Registration under WISH LIST*
22	Publication of provisional WISH LIST
23	Publication of 9th list for admission (Provisional)
24	Online Admission (9th Cycle)
25	Publication of 10th  list for admission (Provisional)
26	Online Admission (10th  Cycle)
27	Publication of 11th  list (Provisional)
28	Online Admission (11th  Cycle)
29	Publication of 12th  list (Provisional)
30	Online Admission (12th  Cycle)
31	Publication of 13th  list (Provisional)

General Information and Requirement for Admission :

• Only Female candidates are eligible to apply.
• The college offers only Honours course at UG level. No General degree course is  offered.
• A candidate who passed the Higher Secondary or its equivalent Examination (10+2 level) in 2022 to 2018 from any recognized Board is eligible to apply for admission to the B.A./B.Sc. (Honours) courses.
• Candidates who passed in Vocational Stream are not eligible to apply for Honours Courses.
• A candidate must have passed in English (full marks not being less than 100) in the previous qualifying examination to apply for B.A / B.Sc. (Honours) Courses.
• A candidate may apply for a maximum of four Honours subjects.
• Aggregate marks shall be calculated by adding the marks of the BEST FOUR subjects (at least 100 marks paper). Marks in compulsory Environmental Education / Studies will not be taken into account for calculation of aggregate marks.
• Admission will be conducted strictly on the basis of merit. The subject wise merit lists will be prepared based on corresponding INDEX MARK for all categories of students.
• SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B candidates from only West Bengal are eligible for reservation benefits. SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B candidates from Other States will be treated as General Category candidates in the Merit List.
• Admission to Semester-wise Three Year B.A./B.Sc. (Honours) Degree Courses of Studies in Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) under the University of Calcutta will be guided by Admission and Examination Regulations (Notification No. CSR/3/18 dated 07.05.2018) and Amendments thereof of the University of Calcutta.
• Admission to any course of the college is provisional and is subject to final approval of the University of Calcutta.
• Anti-ragging declaration as mandated by the UGC is to be submitted online by every student after admission, failing which the registration process will not be initiated.
• A Girls’ Hostel of the College located at Karunamoyee, Salt Lake will be operative from this academic session.  Application for Hostel will be taken separately after admission. The details will be available in the college website in due time.
• Merit Lists for all subjects, Admission Schedule and all Admission Notices will be published on the website www.bethuneadmissions.ac.in.  

Reservation of seats :                                                                                   

• Reservation Policy for admission shall be guided by the West Bengal State Higher Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission), Act 2013 and Rules, 2014. Number of Reserved seats for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, OBC-A  & OBC-B are shown against each Honours subject.
• 5% of seats are reserved in each category for Persons with Disabilities (PWD)  candidates (with minimum 40% disability)  in terms of G.O. No. 1084(20)-Edn(U)/EH/1U-89/13 dated 07.12.18 of Dept. of Higher Education, Govt. of West Bengal

Courses Offered :

The college offers the following Honours courses of studies in the B.A. / B.Sc. stream:
Honours subject-wise seats & the corresponding combination of Generic Elective subjects
Seat Matrix

Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
HONOURS SUBJECTS	No. of Seats						GENERIC ELECTIVE SUBJECTS (Choose any two) *
	General	SC	ST	OBC-A	OBC-B	Total
1. BENGALI	21	8	2	4	3	38	a) SANSKRIT b)  PHILOSOPHY or POLITICAL SCIENCE or PSYCHOLOGY c)  HISTORY or WOMEN’S STUDIES
2. ENGLISH	25	10	3	5	3	46	a) HISTORY or WOMEN'S STUDIES b) PHILOSOPHY or PSYCHOLOGY or POLITICAL SCIENCE
3. HISTORY	21	8	2	4	3	38	a) ENGLISH or BENGALI or HINDI or SANSKRIT b) POLITICAL SCIENCE or PHILOSOPHY
4. PHILOSOPHY	21	8	2	4	3	38	a) ENGLISH or BENGALI or HINDI or SANSKRIT b) POLITICAL SCIENCE c) HISTORY or WOMEN'S STUDIES
5. POLITICAL   SCIENCE	21	8	2	4	3	38	a) ENGLISH or BENGALI or HINDI b) HISTORY or WOMEN'S STUDIES c) PHILOSOPHY or ECONOMICS
6. SANSKRIT	22	9	2	4	3	40	a) HISTORY or WOMEN’S STUDIES b) BENGALI c) PHILOSOPHY or POLITICAL SCIENCE
7. HINDI	12	4	1	2	1	20	a) HISTORY or WOMEN'S STUDIES b) PHILOSOPHY or PSYCHOLOGY or POLITICAL SCIENCE c) ENGLISH
8. PSYCHOLOGY (B.A.)	12	4	1	2	1	20	a) ENGLISH or BENGALI or HINDI or SANSKRIT b) HISTORY or WOMEN'S STUDIES

Bachelor of Science (Honours)
HONOURS SUBJECTS	No. of Seats						GENERIC ELECTIVE SUBJECTS
	General	SC	ST	OBC-A	OBC-B	Total
1. BOTANY	19	8	2	4	3	36	(a) CHEMISTRY (b) ZOOLOGY.
2. CHEMISTRY	21	8	2	4	3	38	(a) MATHEMATICS (b) PHYSICS
3. COMPUTER SCIENCE	13	5	1	2	2	23	(a) MATHEMATICS (b) PHYSICS/ STATISTICS
4. ECONOMICS	19	8	2	4	3	36	(a) MATHEMATICS (b) POLITICAL SCIENCE/ STATISTICS/    COMPUTER SCIENCE
5. MATHEMATICS	19	8	2	4	3	36	(a) PHYSICS (b) CHEMISTRY/ COMPUTER SCIENCE/ STATISTICS
6. PHYSICS	19	8	2	4	3	36	(a) MATHEMATICS (b) CHEMISTRY/ COMPUTER SCIENCE/ STATISTICS
7. ZOOLOGY	19	8	2	4	3	36	(a) CHEMISTRY (b) BOTANY
8. PSYCHOLOGY (B.Sc.)	12	4	1	2	1	20	(a) ZOOLOGY and  BOTANY OR (b) HISTORY/  WOMEN'S STUDIES  and  ECONOMICS/  STATISTICS
9. STATISTICS	10	4	1	2	1	18	(a) MATHEMATICS (b) COMPUTER SCIENCE/  ECONOMICS/ PHYSICS

Reserved Seat for PWD candidates : In English Honours – 2 seats (1 from General Category and 1 from SC Category). In all other subjects – 1 seat from All Category

Some special criteria :

• To take STATISTICS as a Generic Elective subject a candidate must secure at least 70% marks in Mathematics at 10+2 level.
• To take ENGLISH as a Generic Elective subject a candidate must secure at least 60% marks in English at 10+2 level.
• If a candidate wish to take COMPUTER SCIENCE as a Generic Elective subject she must pass in Mathematics and Physics/Statistics/Computer Science  at 10+2 level.

 

Minimum Eligibility Criteria and Formula for INDEX MARKS calculation:

For GENERAL Category students
HONOURS SUBJECT	Subject(s) Required at 12th level	Minimum Eligibility		Formula for INDEX MARK
		Aggregate	Subject Marks
Bengali	Bengali, English	55%	Bengali - 60% English - 50%	Aggregate(%)+ 2´Bengali(%)
English	English	75%	English – 85%	Aggregate(%)+ 2´English(%)
History	English	50%	English - 50%	Aggregate (%) + Bengali/ English (%) (whichever is higher)
Philosophy	English, Philosophy / Psychology/ Political Science/ Sociology/ Mathematics/ Education	50%	Philosophy/Psychology/ Political Science/ Sociology/ Mathematics/ Education – 55% English – 50%	Aggregate (%) +  Philosophy/Psychology/ Political Science/ Sociology/ Mathematics/ Education (%) (whichever is higher)
Political Science	English	50%	English – 50%	Aggregate (%) + Bengali/ English (%) (whichever is higher)
Psychology	English	60%	English – 60%	Aggregate (%) + 2 x English (%)
Sanskrit	Sanskrit, English, Bengali	50%	Bengali – 55% English – 50 %	Aggregate (%) + Sanskrit (%)
Hindi	Hindi, English	50%	Hindi – 50% English – 50%	Aggregate (%) + Hindi (%)
Botany	Botany / Biology, Chemistry & English	60%	Botany / Biology – 65% Chemistry – 55% English – 50%	Aggregate (%) + 2 x Botany / Biology (%) (whichever is higher) + Chemistry (%)
Chemistry	Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics & English	60%	Chemistry – 65% Mathematics – 60% Physics – 50% English – 50%	Aggregate (%) + Chemistry (%) + Physics (%) + Mathematics (%)
Computer Science	Mathematics, Physics/ Comp. Sc./ Statistics & English	60%	Physics/ Computer Science/ Statistics – 60% Mathematics – 60% English – 50%	Aggregate (%) + Mathematics (%)
Economics	Mathematics & English	60%	Mathematics – 65% English – 50%	Aggregate (%)+ 2 x Mathematics (%) +          2 x English (%)
Mathematics	Mathematics, Physics & English	60%	Mathematics – 65% English - 50%	Aggregate (%) + 2 x Mathematics (%)
Physics	Physics, Mathematics & English	60%	Physics – 65% Mathematics – 60% English – 50%	Aggregate (%) + Physics (%) +    Mathematics (%)
Zoology	Zoology / Biology, Chemistry & English	60%	Zoology/Biology – 65% Chemistry – 55% English – 50%	Aggregate (%) + 2 x Zoology / Biology (%) (whichever is higher) + Chemistry (%)
Statistics	Mathematics, English	60%	Mathematics – 65% English - 50%	Aggregate (%) + Mathematics (%)
For SC, ST, OBC-A and OBC-B Category
All Honours Subjects	Same as above.	40% marks in aggregate or  40% marks in the subject or related subject. .		Index marks formula is same as mentioned above for each subject

The College reserves the right to modify the above criteria as and when necessary. Please follow the website regularly for updated information.
Special condition (as per Admission and Examination Regulations (CSR/3/18 dated 07.05.2018) of the University of Calcutta) which is applicable to all categories of applicants :

A candidate shall be allowed to take up the subject under heading “A” if she had passed the subject(s) under heading “B” at the previous qualifying examination.

A	B
Mathematics	Mathematics/Business Mathematics
Statistics	Statistics/Business Mathematics/Mathematics
Physics	Physics and Mathematics
Chemistry	Chemistry
Botany	Biology/Botany/Bio-Technology
Zoology	Biology/Zoology/Bio-Technology
Computer Science	Mathematics and any one of Physics/Statistics/Computer Science

 

Fees to be paid at the time of Admission (including 4 months Tuition Fee) :

B.A. (Hons.)	Rs. 1881.00 (except Psychology as Hons. or Generic Elective  subject)	Rs. 1896.00 (with Psychology as Hons. or Generic Elective subject)
B.Sc. (Hons.)	Rs. 2071.00 (Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Psychology (B.Sc.), Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics & Economics Honours)

CERTIFICATE COURSES :

• DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER APPLICATION

A 2 year DIPLOMA in COMPUTER APPLICATION is conducted by WEBEL INFORMATICS LIMITED – A Govt. of West Bengal Undertaking for all newly admitted students (classes held according to routine within college hours). All students are advised to take admission in this course. A course fee of Rs.1200/- per annum (Rs. 2400/- for the entire course) is charged for the course.

• ETHICS AND VALUE EDUCATION

A compulsory 30 hours certificate course on ETHICS AND VALUE EDUCATION is conducted for all students of 1st and 2nd semester. The objective of this course is to create awareness, conviction and commitment of the students to social and moral values for improving the quality of life. A certificate is awarded to the students on completion of the course. A nominal course fee of Rs. 100/- is charged for this course.
3)  CERTIFICATE COURSE ON “BANGLAR BRATOCHARI” has been started from 2021. Students can join the course with a nominal fee of Rs.100/- per year

Under Graduate Degree Programmes

Bachelor of Arts

Bengali Honours  

English Honours

Hindi Honours

History Honours

Philosophy Honours

Political Science Honours

Psychology (B.A.) Honours

Sanskrit Honours

Women Studies (General)

Bachelor of Science

Botany Honours

Chemistry Honours

Computer Science Honours

Economics Honours

Mathematics Honours

Physics Honours

Psychology (B.Sc.) Honours

Statistics Honours

Zoology Honours

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