Dear student

Bsc in geology is a 3 year undergraduate program that is offered in many colleges and admission into this stream is mainly on the basis of 10+2 score.

Pursuing this course will allow you to become a meteorologist,geologist,Geophysicist etc. You can also pursue a Masters degree in the same field and get even better jobs.

Here are some of the best colleges for Bsc in geology in West bengal and nearby places-

1 Presidency University,Kolkata

The fees of geology honours course in this college is 7.5k. It has a great library and a good placement cell that actively works for the benefit of the students.

You can read more about Presidency college through this link-

https://www.careers360.com/university/presidency-university-kolkata/bsc-geology-hons-course

2 IIT kharagpur

IITs are considered the top institutes of India. IIT kharagpur offers an Integrated course of Bsc+Msc in Applied Geology of 5 years. The highest package offered here has been 32 lakh and minimum of 7 lakhs from this course. A minimum score of 75% is required in 10+2 along with good score in Jee Advanced. The fee of this course is 80 k for first year. You can read more about this course here-

https://www.careers360.com/university/indian-institute-of-technology-kharagpur/msc-applied-geology-integrated-course

3 North Bengal University

NBU offers a 3 year course of Bsc in geology. A minimum score of 60% is required for admission in this course.The recruiting companies for geology students are ONGC,Tata Steel etc. The college also offers a course on Msc in geology,you can read more about it here-

https://www.careers360.com/university/university-of-north-bengal-siliguri/msc-applied-geology-course

4 IISER kolkata

IISER Kolkata one of the top research institutes of India offers a 5 year BS+MS dial degree in geological sciences. The salary package ranges from 8-9 lakhs. Admission is done on the basis of KVPY,Jee mains and Jee advanced as well as 10+2 result. The total fees is approximately 3 lakh 60k.

You can read more about this course here-

https://www.careers360.com/university/indian-institute-of-science-education-and-research-kolkata/bs-and-ms-geological-science-dual-degree-course

5 Jadavpur University

Jadavpur University offers BSc in geological sciences course of 3 years. Major recruiting companies are Vedanta and Jindal. The highest package offered here was 9 lakh and least was of 4 lakh.

You can read more about this university here-

https://www.careers360.com/university/jadavpur-university-kolkata/bsc-geology-hons-course

Hope this helped.

Best of luck!