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ApplyWest Bengal is the most important state of eastern India. West Bengal has many educational institutions of academic excellence like IIM, IIT, NIT, Jadavpur University, Calcutta University, IISER and many more. The top colleges in West Bengal offer courses like B.Tech, MBA, M.B.B.S. B.A L.L.B, M.Tech, LLM. The top 10 colleges in West Bengal offer courses at undergraduate courses, postgraduate courses and doctoral levels. The entrance exam accepted by the top colleges in West Bengal is JEE Main/ JEE Advanced, WB JEE, CAT GATE, CUET, WB PGET, CMAT, NEET, JEMAT and others.
Candidates applying to the top colleges in West Bengal should fulfil the eligibility criteria of the course applied and follow the complete admission process. The details of the admission process is mentioned in the table below:
College Name | Admission process |
IIT Kharagpur | IIT Kharagpur Admission is based on JEE Advanced, GATE and JAM scores. |
IIM Calcutta | IIM Calcutta Admission is based on a CAT score followed by a personal interview and written ability test. |
Jadavpur University, Kolkata | Jadavpur University Kolkata Admission is based on WBJEE, WB JECA, GATE, and GPAT. |
Calcutta University | Calcutta University Admission for B.Tech is based on JEE Main/ WBJEE. |
Burdwan University Admission for MBA is based on MAT/CAT/XAT/CMAT and M.Tech is based on GATE scores. | |
IIEST Shibpur | IIEST Shibpur Admission is based on scores of JEE Main and GMAT. |
CAT - Common Admission Test (CAT) is conducted every year in online mode for admission to IIMs, IITs, NITs, MNITs and other B schools and colleges in India.
GATE - Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering(GATE) is a national level exam conducted by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in online mode every year.
WBJEE - WBJEE is common entrance test for admission to UG courses in Engineering/Technology/Pharmacy/Architecture.
TJEE - TJEE is conducted in offline mode for admission to UG courses in the field of Engineering.
JEE Main- Joint Entrance Examination (Main) is conducted by NTA twice a year in online mode
NIRF stands for National Institutional Ranking Framework, which is a ranking system followed by the Government of India to rank colleges and universities across our country.. The NIRF Ranking 2024 of the top colleges in West Bengal are mentioned below:
College Name | Category | NIRF Rank 2024 |
Architecture | 2 | |
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta | Management | 5 |
Jadavpur University | University | 9 |
St. Xavier`s College, Kolkata | College | 6 |
Calcutta University | University | 18 |
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Kolkata | Research | 38 |
Rama Krishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Kolkata | College | 3 |
Agriculture | 13 | |
West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata | Agriculture | 28 |
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur | Engineering | 49 |
Engineering | 44 | |
College | 17 | |
Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Kolkata | College | 24 |
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata | Law | 4 |
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata | Medical | 22 |
Medical College, Kolkata | Medical | 44 |
Raja Narendra Lal Khan Women's College - Autonomous, Midnapore | College | 101-150 |
College | 32 | |
International Management Institute, Kolkata | Management | 56 |
The top colleges in West Bengal offer courses with different fee structures at different levels. The top 10 colleges in West Bengal functioning under the ownership of government and private bodies with their fee structure is mentioned below:
College Name | Fee Range |
IIT Kharagpur | Rs 1,500 to Rs 20,00,000 |
Rs 79,600 to Rs 5,76,000 | |
Rs 2,890 to Rs 8,30,000 | |
Rs 1,46,000 to Rs 3,92,000 | |
Rs 15,750 to Rs 31,00,000 |
College Name | Fee Range |
Rs 46,000 | |
Rs 1,50,000 to Rs 13,08,000 | |
Rs 2,21,000 to Rs 6,32,000 | |
Rs 1,61,000 to Rs 8,15,000 | |
Rs 2,70,000 |
College Name | Top Courses |
IIT Kharagpur | B.E/B.Tech, M.E/M.Tech, Executive MBA |
Jadavpur University, Kolkata | B.E/B.Tech, B.A, B.Sc (Hons.), M.E/M.Tech |
IISER, Kolkata | M.S, BS MS, Ph.D |
Indian Institute of Management,Calcutta | M.B.A, P.G.D , Executive M.B.A |
B.A (Hons.), B.A, B.Sc (Hons.), M.Sc, M.A | |
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata | BA LLB Hons, B.Sc LLB, LLM |
Top colleges in West Bengal have a career development centre/ placement cell that helps students with the career planning process and selection of the right career path.The placement link of the top colleges in West Bengal along with top recruiters, and the median salary for undergraduate and postgraduate courses as per NIRF report 2023 are mentioned below:
College placement link | Median Salary - UG | Median Salary -PG |
Rs 18,75,000 | Rs 14,23,243 | |
NA | Rs 31,00,000 | |
Rs 10,00,000 | Rs 8,00,000 | |
Rs 8,10,000 | Rs 8,15,000 | |
Rs 7,30,000 | Rs 7,50,000 |
Candidates applying to the courses in top colleges in West Bengal are required to meet the cutoff score of the course specified by the college. The cutoff details for the colleges in Kolkata is mentioned below:
Note: The top colleges in West Bengal provides all the required facilities to students like well-equipped laboratories, library, hostels, conference rooms and sports facilities.The top 10 colleges in West Bengal support their students by providing different kinds of government and non-government scholarships.