Calcutta University

No, depending on the programme a candidate wishes to apply for; the admission process varies. Admission to the majority of Calcutta University courses is determined by either merit or an entrance exam. BSc, BA, and BCom admission process is merit-based. Meanwhile, BTech and MBA programs use WBJEE, CAT, MAT, and other exams. 60% of the seats are held for CU applicants by the institution, with the remaining 40% remaining available for admission to candidates other than CU who pass an entrance exam.

Ohh! if you are scoring 50 percentile in CAT, you will stay  so close to get admission at Calcutta University for MBA course but you won't get selection. The Calcutta University cutoff 2024 for the open category candidates stood at 50.35 percentile. However, if a candidate belong to OBC AI quota, then 50 percentile will surely get him/her admission at Calcutta University. The Calcutta University CAT cutoff 2024 for OBC AI quota was 40.

Calcutta University accepts CAT exam scores. Based on Calcutta University cutoff 2024, the MBA rank stood at 50.35 for the General AI category candidates. Similarly, for the OBC AI category candidates, the MBA last-round closed at 40. Candidates can check out category-wise cutoff from the table below:

As per the Calcutta University cut off 2024, in order to be eligible for Master of Business Administration (MBA) Global, a candidates must have a minimum CAT score of 50.35 Percentile for the General category belonging to All India Quota. It is mandatory for candidates to meet the minimum cutoff decided by the university for MBA admissions. Now, if we talk about the 2025 CAT cutoff,   over the years, it remained the same. So, the expected percentile can stood the same at 50.35 in upcoming admission cycle.

If you can get admission to Calcutta University with a rank of 7K will depend entirely on the category you belong to. For the General AI category, admissions are not possible since the overall Calcutta University WBJEE cutoff 2025 ranged from 545 to 5256. 

However, if you belong to the General HS category, a rank of 7000 might get you admitted but only to the BTech in Jute and Fibre Technology course, since its last round cutoff was 13248. To know the cutoff for other categories, students can go to this page. 

Visva Bharati College does have affiliated and constituent colleges, but BA courses offered at Visva Bharati University are through the university itself. On the other hand, Calcutta University offers BA courses through its affiliated colleges, which are more than 80 in number. Additionally, the number of seats offered in BA courses at Visva Bharati University is 978. On the other hand, Calcutta University offers a total number of 86,845 seats for BA courses. 

Calcutta University has more no. of affiliated colleges for the BSc course than VBU. Calcutta University has around 80 colleges and VBU has one, i.e. J.D. Birla Institute. The seat intake at Calcutta University is also greater than that at VBU.