Best Anthropology Colleges in Kolkata - Courses, Fees, Admissions 2026

According to the 2025 NIRF data, the university witnessed an impeccable placement season. Students pursuing UG, PG and integrated course got placed in various reputed organisations. Given below is the University of Calcutta placement highlights as per the NIRF report 2025:

Course	Number of Students Placed	Median Salary
UG 3-Year	10	INR 7 Lakh
UG 4-Year	142	INR 11.89 Lakh
UG 5-Year	78	INR 8.5 Lakh
PG Integrated 5-Year	23	INR 8 Lakh
PG 2-Year	2796	INR 11.5 Lakh
PG 3-Year	10	INR 11.5 Lakh

Note: Placement data for 2026 has not been released yet. The data will be updated here once released by the university.

Established in 1997, the Netaji Subhas Open University is a UGC-approved University. The university offers courses in distance mode. It has been accredited by NAAC with an A grade and has also been recognised by DEC and the Gov. of West Bengal. It is also an active member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), the Association of Asian Open University (AAOU), and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU).

West Bengal State University admissions are conducted for the students on the basis of cut off declared by the institute. The institute accepts CAT scores for admission to the MBA programme every year. To check West Bengal State University cutoff 2023, a candidate can visit the Shiksha website. The website provides the previous year's cutoff trends for various courses. However, if a candidate is looking for a subject-wise cutoff marks for all 33 subjects and category-wise cutoff for General, EWS, OBC, SC, ST, PwD, and Transgender, they can visit the WB SET Exam Cutoff page on the Shiksha website. As you know all categories have different cutoffs yearly. 

The median salary granted to students upon a successful placement from the Acharya Prafulla Chandra College (APCC) is INR 1.99 LPA, indicating the institution's commitment to fostering prosperous career beginnings, with graduates receiving a commendable financial remuneration.

Vivekananda College for Women provides programmes including M.Sc, B.A, B.Sc, M.A, B.A. (Hons), B.Com in streams such as Science, Humanities & Social Sciences, Arts ( Fine / Visual / Performing ), Teaching & Education, Accounting & Commerce, and are excellent for students to build their careers. The institute has specializations in Geology, Hindi, Physics, Botany, Statistics, Chemistry, Zoology, Mathematics, English.

The seats availability for offered courses at Mrinalini Datta Mahavidyapith goes up to 1099.

The seats availability for offered courses at Maharaja Nandakumar Mahavidyalaya goes up to 2832.

The flagship courses offered at Acharya Prafulla Chandra College are M.A, M.Sc, B.A, B.Sc. The Institute has experienced faculty offering the best education to students. On the basis of Shiksha verified reviews, Acharya Prafulla Chandra College has a rating of 3.45 by students. The college's Campus Life, Placements, Faculty, and Infrastructure have been rated as 4, 2.5, 3.88 and 3.13 respectively.

For Visva Bharati University admissions to various UG & PG courses, candidates have to fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria, followed by the other selection rounds. Find below the course-wise eligibility and selection criteria related to Visva Bharati University course admissions 2025:

Course Name	Eligibility	Selection Criteria
BSc	Class 12 with 50%	CUET
BA	Class 12 with 45%	CUET
MSc	Graduation with 45%	ICAR AIEEA, CUET-PG
MA	Graduation with 45%	CUET PG
UG Diploma	Class 12	CUET

Candidates can check below the steps to fill the application form at Vidyasagar University:

• Go to the official website of college. 
• Click on Apply now
• Fill out the Application Form.
• Submit documents such as mark sheets, certificates, passport pics, entrance exam scorecards. These are necessary for admission.
• Fill out the Application Form.
• Provide the entrance exam score 
• Pay application fee 

University of North Bengal has affordable fee strcture which includes multiple components including caution deposit, exam fee, tuition fee, and more. It is to be noted that this fee information is sourced from the official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to changes. The below-mentioned are UG courses tuition fees: 

Courses	Tuition Fees
BSc	INR 1.32 K - 1.42 L
BA	INR 1.8 K - 1.2 L
BA LLB	INR 16 K
BCom	INR 2.16 K - 2.04 L

Both the AP LAWCET and CLAT entrance exam are conducted for admission to the Law schools in India, however, the syllabus for these exams are different on many parameters and candidates should strategise differently for both the exams. AP LAWCET exam has sections including Current Affairs, Legal Aptitude, Contract Law, Constitution, etc. and the CLAT entrance exam sections include English Language, Legal Aptitude, Mathematics, etc. AP LAWCET does not have mathematics subjects, AP LAWCET exam focus more on regional knowledge. CLAT generally covers the deeper aspects of the particular subject. 

The seats availability for offered courses at Rabindra Bharati Mahavidyalaya goes up to 632.