WBJEE PUBDET 2017 : Counselling, Eligibility, Pattern, Seats, Admissions

About PUBDET

Presidency University, Kolkata offers Under-Graduate Programmes to B.A./ B.Sc. through a Common Entrance Exam PUBDET 2017, which is conducted by West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB).

The Exam

PUBDET 2017 is for admission to Undergraduate Courses.
The medium of admission tests is English except for vernacular subjects like Hindi & Bengali.

Seats Distribution of UG Courses

Bengali (37 Seats); English (37 Seats); Hindi (48 Seats); History (42 Seats); Philosophy (37 Seats); Political Sci. (30 Seats); Sociology (29 Seats); Life Sciences (102 Seats), Chemistry (50 Seats), Economics (46 Seats); Geography (25 Seats); Geology (30 Seats); Mathematics (48 Seats); Physics (48 Seats), Statistics (25 Seats) and Performing Arts (20 Seats)

Eligibility Criteria for PUBDET-2017

Citizenship: Applicant must be a citizen of India.

Candidates who have passed/appeared in the Higher Secondary Examination (10+2 system) conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education, West Bengal, or an equivalent examination, not before 2016, are eligible to apply.

For admission, the candidate must pass any of the aforementioned examinations, with at least five recognized subjects (full marks not less than 100), including English language.

For candidates with International ‘A’ level or International Baccalaureate qualifications, at least three subjects at the IGCSE level and three subjects at the ‘A’ level are required, with English in either of the two levels. If required, such candidates may seek help from the Chair Persons of the Admission Committee of the Presidency University
Please contact the office of the concerned Faculty Deans at Presidency University before submitting their applications.

Dept./Subject wise Eligibility Criteria

Besides the minimum aggregate, the candidate must also fulfil following special academic criteria for admission in respective courses.
Bengali: The candidate may apply from Arts/Science stream at 10+2 level. The candidate must have Bengali as one subject with 60% marks in Bengali

English: The candidate may apply from Arts/Science stream at 10+2 level. The candidate must have English as one subject with 65% marks in English-A (WBHS) or 75% in English

History The candidate has to apply from Arts stream at 10+2 level. The candidate must have History as one subject with 65% marks in History

Philosophy: The candidate may apply from Arts / Science / Commerce stream at 10+2 level. The candidate must have English as one subject with 65% marks in English

Political Science: The candidate may apply from Arts / Science stream at 10+2 level. The candidate must have English as one subject with 60% marks in English

Sociology: The candidate may apply from Arts / Science / Commerce stream at 10+2 level. The candidate must have English as one subject with 70% marks in English

Hindi: The candidate may apply from Arts / Science stream at 10+2 level. The candidate must have Hindi as one subject with 60% marks in Hindi

Performing Arts: The candidate may apply from Arts / Science stream at 10+2 level. The candidate must have English as one subject with 60% marks in English

Physics: The candidate has to apply from Science stream with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics at 10+2 level. The candidate must have secured 80% in Physics and 80% in Mathematics

Chemistry: The candidate has to apply from Science stream with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics at 10+2 level. The candidate must have secured 80% in Chemistry

Mathematics: The candidate has to apply from Science stream with Mathematics as one subject at 10+2 level. The candidate must have secured 80% in Mathematics

Statistics: The candidate has to apply from Science stream with Mathematics as one subject at 10+2 level. The candidate must have secured 80% in Mathematics or 80% in Statistics (if Statistics is one of the subjects taken at the 10+2 level)

Life Sciences: The candidate has to apply from Science stream with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics/Statistics and Biology at 10+2 level

Economics: The candidate may apply from Arts / Science / Commerce stream at 10+2 level. The candidate must have Mathematics (not Business Mathematics) as one subject with 70% marks in English (A/B) and 75% in Mathematics

Geography: The candidate may apply from Arts / Science stream with any three of the following subjects at 10+2 level: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Statistics, Economics, Political Science, Sociology, History, Geography, and Geology

Geology: The candidate has to apply from Science stream with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics at 10+2 level. The candidate must have secured 70% in each of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.