B.A.(Hons) in Political Science 

at Cotton University, Guwahati

Cotton University application process varies for UG, PG, and PhD programmes. Candidates need to apply through the university website, and Assam State Admission Portal for PG and UG programmes respectively. Eligible candidates must visit the official website of the university and click on the Applicant's Login given under different programmes, such as PhD, UG, PG, and HSC, and fill out the application form and pay the application fee.

Yes, Cotton University Jaipur accepts entrance exams for admission to UG, PG, and doctoral courses. The entrance exam includes CUET and any other state-level entrance exam for admission to UG, PG and PhD courses, respectively. Additionaly, the university conducts university-level entrance exams i.e, Cotton University Post-Graduate Entrance Examination for admission to PG courses. 

Cotton University in Guwahati has a good placement record. According to the NIRF report 2023, 13 UG and 95 PG students were placed during the placements. The median package offered to UG (3-year) students during placements 2023 stood at INR 5.34 LPA. For PG (2-year) and PG (3-year) courses, the median package offered during Cotton University placements 2023 was INR 3.62 LPA and INR 3.80 LPA, respectively. The university has a placement cell that organizes various activities to prepare students for placements, and around 50-60% of students got placed in various courses.

According to placement statistics at Cotton University, the highest package offered was INR 5.34 LPA, which was the median package given to UG (3-year) students during placements in 2022. The median package is not stated for PG (2-year) or PG (3-year) courses. According to reports, the typical compensation package for different companies that come to Cotton University is between INR 5 and 7 LPA.

Cotton University has concluded the Online Counselling process for admission to UG courses. Cotton University admission 2023 to UG courses is based on CUET UG scores followed by the counselling conducted at the university level. Cotton University concluded UG admissions 2023 after the release of merit lists up to two rounds. For more information regarding Cotton University CUET cutoff 2023, click here.  At the UG level, Cotton University offers admission to four-year UG courses, including BA, BSc and BCA through CUET UG scores. 

As a Higher Education institution, Cotton College has gone through several milestones from the initial phase of being under Calcutta University to the present when it is one of the full-fledged autonomous state universities of Assam. It is a Public State University established in 1901 by Sir Henry Stedman Cotton, the Chief Commissioner of the erstwhile British province of Assam.

It was established in 2017 by the provisions of an Act enacted by Assam Legislative Assembly to merge the Cotton College State University and Cotton College.