JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Science
On-line submission of application(s) for admission to M.Sc (Day & Evening) Courses 2020- 21

All applicants must have completed results of Bachelor's Degree course from any
University/Institute recognized by the UGC at the time of online application.

Clarification of Honours papers:

Non CBCS system:- Honours/Major papers only
CBCS system:- Core papers and DSE papers only

Eligibility Criteria For M.Sc.(Day) Courses

The minimum eligibility criteria for admission to the M.Sc.(Day) courses in various subjects are as
follows:

Subject General OBC-A/ OBC-B SC/ST/PD/Sports

60% marks in the 3-year B.Sc. 54% marks in the 3-year B.Sc. 45% marks in the 3-year B.Sc.
(Honours/ Major) in Electronics/ (Honours/ Major) in (Honours/ Major) in Electronics/
Electronic
Physics with Mathematics as one Electronics/ Physics with Physics with Mathematics as one
Science
of the subsidiary/ pass/ GE Mathematics as one of the of the subsidiary/ pass/ GE
subjects. subsidiary/ pass/ GE subjects. subjects.

Instrumentation 50% marks in the 3-year B.Sc. 45% marks in the 3-year B.Sc. 41% marks in the 3-year B.Sc.
(Honours/ Major) in Physics/ (Honours/ Major) in Physics/ (Honours/ Major) in Physics/
Instrumentation/ Electronics. Instrumentation/ Electronics. Instrumentation/ Electronics.
Or Or Or
50% marks in the 3-year B.Sc. 45% marks in the 3-year B.Sc. 41% marks in the 3-year B.Sc.
(Honours/ Major) in Chemistry (Honours/ Major) in (Honours/ Major) in Chemistry
(with pass/ GE subject in Chemistry (with pass/ GE (with pass/ GE subject in
Mathematics). subject in Mathematics). Mathematics).
All Candidate should have passed All Candidate should have All Candidate should have
Physics, Chemistry, & passed Physics, Chemistry, & passed Physics, Chemistry, &
 Mathematics in the H.S.
Mathematics in the H.S. Level. Mathematics in the H.S. Level.
Level.

Minimum 55% marks in B.Sc. Minimum 49.5% marks in Minimum 41% marks in B.Sc.
(Honours/ Major) in any branch B.Sc. (Honours/ Major) in any (Honours/ Major) in any branch
Biotechnology of Science with at least 50% branch of Science with at least of Science with at least 50%
marks in Mathematics in H.S. 50% marks in Mathematics in marks in Mathematics in H.S.
level. H.S. level. level.

58.5% marks in the 3-year

65% marks in the 3-year B.Sc. 48.75% marks in the 3-year
B.Sc. (Honours/ Major) in
(Honours/ Major) in Geography B.Sc. (Honours/ Major) in
Geography with any one of the
with any one of the following as Geography with any one of the
Geography following as subsidiary/pass/
subsidiary/pass/ GE subject: following as subsidiary/pass/ GE
GE subject: Mathematics,
Mathematics, Statistics, subject: Mathematics, Statistics,
Statistics, Economics, Physics,
Economics, Physics, Chemistry Economics, Physics, Chemistry
Chemistry

Eligibility Criteria For M.Sc.(Evening) Courses

The minimum eligibility criteria for admission to the M.Sc.(Evening) courses in various subjects
are as follows:

Subject General OBC-A/OBC-B SC/ST/PD/Sports

55% marks in the 3-year B.Sc. 49.5% marks in the 3-year B.Sc. 41% marks in the 3-year B.Sc.
(Honours/ Major) in Physics with (Honours/ Major) in Physics (Honours/ Major) in Physics with
Physics
Mathematics as one of the with Mathematics as one of the Mathematics as one of the
subsidiary/ pass/ GE subjects. subsidiary/ pass/ GE subjects. subsidiary/ pass/ GE subjects.

55% marks in the 3-year B.Sc. 49.5% marks in the 3-year B.Sc. 41% marks in the 3-year B.Sc.
(Honours/ Major) in Chemistry (Honours/ Major) in Chemistry (Honours/ Major) in Chemistry
Chemistry
with Mathematics as subsidiary/ with Mathematics as subsidiary/ with Mathematics as subsidiary/
pass/ GE subjects. pass/ GE subjects. pass/ GE subjects.

45% marks in the 3-year B.Sc. 40% marks in the 3-year B.Sc.
50% marks in the 3-year B.Sc.
Mathematics (Honours/ Major) in (Honours/ Majors) in
(Honours/ Major) in Mathematics.
Mathematics. Mathematics.
 SC/ST CATEGORY

As per circular Nos. BC-16014/1/82-SC dt.06/08/1984 & BCD-1, D.O.12017/11/89-SCD(R.CELL) dt.09/01/1990

and letter No.1510-SCW dt.31/05/2007 from the Government of West Bengal, Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes
of the States other than West Bengal are not entitled to get the benefit of reserved quota in Educational Institutions in
West Bengal. Such students may get the benefit of reserve quota if they have domicile certificate of 10 years resi -
dency in West Bengal.

OBC-A/OBC-B CATEGORY

The candidates who will be provisionally selected under the OBC- A or OBC- B categories must produce an OBC
certificate (the date of issue of the certificate should not be earlier than December 2019) issued by the competent
authority that clearly indicates (i) the category (A or B) they belong to; (ii) that they do not belong to creamy
layer of the society, at the time of counselling/ admission.
OBC-A and OBC-B candidates from the States other than West Bengal are not entitled to get the benefit of
reserved quota in Educational Institutions in West Bengal. Such students may get the benefit of reserve quota
if they have domicile certificate of 10 years residency in West Bengal.

For Sports category:

Candidate should have attained the standard of minimum 4th place in any Zonal Inter-University competition or
any team event/ sports/ games where direct All India Inter-University competition is conducted under the aegis
of AIU.
OR
th
Candidate should have secured minimum 8 place for individual event/ sports in any All India / Inter- Zonal
Inter-University Championship/ Tournament in the AIU conducted sports/games.
OR
Candidate having participation in any recognized National repute Competition/ National Championship
(representing any state) affiliated by competent authority of the respective National sports bodies (Ministry of
Youth Affairs & Sports / Indian Olympic Association) in the sports and games offered by the A.I.U.

For Chess, applicant having the FIDE rating (standard) 1700 and above for Boys and FIDE rating (standard)
1300 and above for girls is eligible to apply for admission under the sports quota.

For Tennis, applicant having the AITA ranking up to 300 for under 18 years boys/girls or ranking up to 500 for
open (Men/Women) category is eligible to apply for admission under the sports quota. The rating/ranking for
chess & tennis is applicable on the day / week of publication of advertisement for admission under sports quota.
For Cricket & Football, applicant must have represented any 1st Division Club or above with participation of
40% matches either in the current year or any one of the two preceding years organized by either CAB / IFA or
any State Association OR having the criteria as specified above.

Such sports representations are to be made within current year or any one of the two preceding calendar years
(i,e commencing from 1st January) only.
Certificates of participation (Click here for format) in Sports/Games must be obtained from the competent
authorities. Applicant must send the certificates in prescribed format along with a print out of online application
and all Sports Certificate in a single pdf format at the mail id ([email protected]) or by post
to the Office of the Dean and the Secretary, Faculty Council of Science, U.G. Science Building, Ground Floor,
Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, on or before January 5, 2021.

For PD category
Persons with 40% or more disability will only be considered for admission under PD category under RPD
Act, 2016.

Selection Procedure For M.Sc.(Day) & M.Sc.(Evening) Courses

Subject For applicants graduated from Other Universities (External)

Selection will be made on the basis of marks obtained in Honours/Major
Electronic Science
papers.
Selection will be made on the basis of marks obtained in Honours/Major
Instrumentation
papers.
Candidates will be selected strictly on the basis of results of:
i. 50% weightage of marks obtained in Honours/Major papers in Graduation.
ii. 25% weightage of marks obtained in Mathematics in H.S/equivalent
Biotechnology Examination.
iii. 25% weightage of marks obtained in Biology/Chemistry, whichever is higher,
in H.S/equivalent Examination.
Selection will be made on the basis of marks obtained in Honours/Major
Geography
papers.
Selection will be made on the basis of marks obtained in Honours/Major
Physics (Evening)
papers.
Selection will be made on the basis of marks obtained in Honours/Major
Chemistry (Evening)
papers.
Selection will be made on the basis of marks obtained in Honours/Major
Mathematics (Evening)
papers.

Tie Breaking Rule for all courses:

1st Level:- Total marks obtained in B.Sc (Hons.) examination including all subjects
2nd Level:- Percentage of Marks obtained in H.S/Equivalent examination
3rd Level:- Marks obtained in Mathematics in H.S/Equivalent examination
 Instructions to the Candidates seeking Admission to the M.Sc.(Day & Evening) Courses:
2020- 2021

 Maximum tenure of studentship for the admitted candidates will be as per the UGC
circular no- F.12-1/2015(CPP-II).
 A student who has obtained the Master Degree in the subject from any University in Indian is
not eligible for admission to the Master Degree course of this University.
 The employed candidate will need to take a printout of the duly completed application form and
Proforma-A (for school teachers only) or Proforma-B (for employed candidate other than school
teachers), as applicable, in support of their employment. Filled-in proforma along with application form
and photocopy of online payment receipt (duly authenticated by the bank) shall be submitted to the
office of the Dean & Secretary, Faculty of Science within January 6, 2021 otherwise the application
will be rejected.
 Deserving candidates should clearly indicate in the appropriate place of the application form
whether he/ she desires to be considered in the reserved seats, as per University Rules, for
SC/ST/PD/OBC-A/OBC-B/Sports categories. Otherwise they may miss the opportunity.
 The Admission Committee reserves the right of not selecting any candidate who is considered to
be physically unfit or otherwise unsuitable.
 No separate letter for councelling and/or admission will be issued to any candidate.
 Candidates who appear in the counselling on the scheduled date and time but cannot be
accommodated within the specified intake in each category will be placed in the waiting list.
Vacancies arising out of cancellation may be filled up from the waiting list in order of merit.
 Ragging is totally banned in the Jadavpur University Campus including hostel
premises,and anyone found guilty of ragging and /or abetting ragging is liable to be punished
appropriately. If any incident of ragging comes to the notice of the authority, the concerned
student shall be given liberty to and if his explanation is not found satisfactory, the authority
would expel him from the institution.
 Moreover, provisionally selected students will be required to submit undertaking as
required under the UGC Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational
Institution, 2010 (Regulation No.F.1-16/2007 (CPP-II) dated April, 2009).The undertakings have
to be duly signed by the candidate himself/herself and his/her parent/Guardian.
 Students from other Universities should have to submit his/her migration certificate within one
year from the date of admission, otherwise his/ her admission will be treated as cancelled.
 Students are to pay their tuition fees at the beginning of the particular session.
 Full-free and Half-free studentship to the extent of 15% and 10% respectively of the total
permitted intake may be granted to the deserving students fulfilling all the eligibility requirements to
that effect.
 All courses of the University are non-residential. Hostel seats are limited.
 Classes will commence after admission.