Calcutta University waives off fees for academic year 2021-22 for all UG, PG courses

The University of Calcutta has also decided to waive the fees that students had to pay while collecting mark sheets and grade sheets of the semester exams.

Calcutta University has announced that it has decided to waive off the fees for students of all postgraduate and undergraduate courses. Owing to the financial constraints families have been facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University has decided to waive off fees for the academic year 2021-22. 

Calcutta University will not take any fees including admission fees, tuition fees and examination fees. The University of Calcutta has also decided to waive the fees that students had to pay while collecting mark sheets and grade sheets of the semester exams.

As per the notification released by the varsity, “This is for the information of all concerned that in view of the present pandemic situation, the University has waived off all fees like Admission fees, Tuition fees and Examination fees of the students (PG and University UG students) for the academic year 2021-2022 for different semesters and it is not required for the students to pay fees for collecting the Mark sheets/Grade Sheets of different semester examinations.”

Over the past one-and-a-half years, many families have faced financial setbacks. This decision will be of some help to them.

Meanwhile, the Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal has begun the Calcutta University UG admission. The Department will be releasing the merit lists for various undergraduate courses by August 31, 2021. Once the merit lists are released, candidates will have to confirm their seats and pay the admission fee by September 30, 2021. They will get a time period of 30 days to decide.

Once all the admission formalities are completed, the new academic session/first semester will begin on October 1, 2021. 

Read More:

• Calcutta University Courses & Fees 2021
• Calcutta University Placement Trends & Updates