Courses Offered by University of Calcutta

University of Calcutta is one of the most premier centers for higher studies in India. Established in the year 1857, this university has created a separate identity of its own in the global scenario of post graduate studies. As the university started to spread its wings, it has come up with various types of courses, which will help the students to reach their dream career in the long run. Here we are providing you with a brief introduction about the courses at the University of Calcutta.

University of Calcutta offers the students a wide array of courses both for the graduate and post graduate level studies. All these courses can be classified into five broad groups:

• Arts or Humanities
• Agriculture
• Education, Journalism and Library Science
• Commerce, Social Welfare and Business Management
• Engineering and Technology

In the wide arena of courses offered by the Calcutta University, the subjects related to Arts and Humanities, occupy a special place. In the study of Arts and Humanities at the Calcutta University, students can apply for the M.A and M.Phil courses.

The University of Calcutta also offers students a wide range of facilities regarding the study of different languages, such as, Bengali, Arabic, Chinese, Germany, French, Hindi, Pali, Persian, Russian and Urdu. Students can apply to take admission in the certificate or diploma courses, offered on these subjects. One of the most unique features of the University of Calcutta in the field of M.Phil studies is that, it offers an opportunity to the students to do M.Phil on the South and South East Asian studies.

Though the Arts and Humanities faculty of the Calcutta University has attained global recognition due to its excellence and course variety, other programs offered by the University of Calcutta are of equal excellence and diversity. The department of Agricultural Science offers various opportunities to specialize on various subjects, such as: Genetics and Plant Breeding, Agronomy, Horticulture, Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science, Plant Physiology and Seed Science & Technology.

The department of Commerce, Social Welfare and Business Management, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Department of Education, Journalism and Library Science, each of them has various types of courses to be offered to the students, so that they can get perfect breakthrough to get into their dream career.

Faculty of Science and Department of Law also have separate course curriculum of their own. Course structure of all the subjects, offered by the respective departments are quite up to date and have been prepared in a quite planned way, so that the students are not going to face any sorts of trouble when they will step into the hard struggle for choosing proper career.

Admission Procedure in courses offered by Calcutta University:

University of Calcutta follows very strict guidelines for admission in both graduate and post graduate level programs. Selection of the students is done completely on the basis of marks, which they have attained in the previous examinations. Once all the applications are submitted, then the admission authority of the University of Calcutta prepares a merit list on the basis of marks obtained by the applicants. The requirement for minimum marks to apply for desired subjects may vary from department to department. But it has been observed that for Arts and Humanities, students having 45%-50% marks become eligible to apply and for Science subjects the requirement of marks become 50%-55%.

According to the intake capacity students of the respective departments, students get admission, following the merit list.

Department	Course - Classification
Anthropology	M.Sc.-Anthropology
Applied Physics	B.Tech-Instrumentation M. Tech-ElectricalEngineering
Arabic	M.A.-Arabic
Archaeology	M.A.-Archaeology
Atmospheric Sciences	M.Sc.-Atmospheric Sciences
Bengali	M.Phil-Bengali M. Phil-Economics
Biochemistry	M.Sc.-Bio chemistry
Biophysics	M.Sc.-Bio-physics Molecular Biology and Genetics
Botany	M.Sc.-Botany
Chemical Engineering	B.Tech-Chemical Engineering M. Tech-ChemicalEngineering
Chemical Technology	B.Tech-Oil Technology M. Tech-OilTechnology
Commerce	M.Com.-Commerce
Computer Applications	MCA-Computer Applications
Computer Science & Engineering	B.Tech-Computer Science And Engineering M.Tech-Computer Science And Engineering
Computer Science & Information Technology	B.Tech-Computer and Information Science M.Tech-Computer and Information Science
Education	B.Ed.-Education M. A.-Education M. Phil-Education M.Ed.-Education
Electrical Engineering	M.Tech-Electrical Engineering
Electronics	B.Tech-Optics and Optoelectronics M. Sc.-ElectronicScience M. Tech-Optics andOptoelectronics
Engineering & Technology	B.Tech-Ceramic Engineering
English and Foreign Languages	M.Sc.-Physics
English Language and Literature	M.Phil-English Language & Literature
French	M.A.-French
Genetics	M.Sc.-Genetics
Geography	M.Sc.-Geography
Hindi	M.Phil-Hindi
History	M.A.-Ancient Indian History & Culture M.A.-Islamic History & Culture M.Phil-History
HomeScience	B.Sc. (Hons.)-Food Nutrition B. Sc.(Hons.)-Vocational-Communication En. B. Sc.(Hons.)-Vocational-Nutrition DiplomaProgrammes-Home Science M. Sc.-HumanDevelopment
Information Technology	B.Tech-Information Technology M. Tech-InformationTechnology
Journalism and Mass Communication	M.A.-Journalism & Mass Communication
Law	L.L. B.-Law LL. B.(Hons.)-Law LL. M.-Law
Library and Information Science	M.LISc-Library and Information Science
Linguistics	M.A.-Linguistics
Marine Science	M.Sc.-Marine Science
MassMedia & Creative Writing	Certificate Course-Film & Television
Mathematics	M.Phil-Mathematics M. Sc.-AppliedMathematics
Museology	M.A.-Museology
Pali	M.Phil-Pali
Persian	M.A.-Persian
Philosophy	M.Phil-Philosophy
Physiology	M.Sc.-Physiology
Political Science	M.Phil-Political Science
Polymer Science And Technology	B.Tech-Polymer Technology
Psychology	M.Sc.-Applied Psychology M.Sc.-Psychology
Radio physics and Electronics	B.Tech-Radio physics and Electronics M. Tech-Radiophysics and Electronics
Sanskrit	M.Phil-Sanskrit
Science	M.Sc.-Statistics
Sociology	M.A.-Sociology
South & South east Asian Studies	M.Phil-South & South east Asian Studies
Statistics	M.Sc.-Statistics
Tamil	M.A.-Tamil
Urdu	Diploma Programmes-Urdu M.A.-Urdu
Zoology	M.Sc.-Zoology