Colleges in Kolkata

NSOU Kolkata offers study materials to the students after they enroll themselves in the programmes offered at the university. Students can collect their SLM, i.e. self-learning material from their allocated learner support centre. To collect the SLMs students have to show their receipt provided by the university. Students can also study from a softcopy of the same available on the official website. The study material is available in two mediums, i.e. English and Bengali.

Netaji Subhas Open University offers an MA in History through the School of Social Sciences. The course is spread over a minimum duration of two years and can be completed up to five years. The eligibility criteria are different for students from the CBCS and non-CBCS categories.

For Non CBCS: Candidates, who have a graduation degree (10+2+3) and have scored at least 300 marks in History, are eligible to apply for the programme.

For CBCS: Candidates, who have a graduation degree (10+2+3) with Core Course (CC/Discipline Specific Elective (DSE)/ Equivalent in History, are eligible to pursue the programme.

NSOU is a State-open university and offers programmes in part-time mode. The university offers the following programmes in the humanities stream:

·       BDP/BA in Bengali, English

·       PGP/MA in Bengali, English, English Language Teaching, Journalism and Mass communication

·       Diploma in English Language Teaching

·       Advance Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication, Public Relations and Advertising, and English Language Teaching

Candidates who want to pursue an MBA programme from NSOU Kolkata don’t have to appear for any entrance test. The eligibility criteria of the programme don’t require a score of any entrance test. Candidates, who have a graduation degree in the stream of Medicine/Law/Engineering/Pharmacy/Architecture are eligible to pursue the programme directly.

Netaji Subhas Open University is an open university and does not offer programmes in regular mode to the students. Therefore, the university campus does not have any infrastructural facilities for the students. The university offers study material to the students that help them to study and prepare for the programme. The university offers a library facility to students at the regional study centre of Kalyani. The university has also started to collaborate with local public libraries to extend help to the students.

NSOU is a state-open University. The university was announced and launched by the then Chief Minister of West Bengal. The university is not a private university and falls in the category of state open university. The university offers programmes in distance mode and online mode through its different departments.

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).

There is no specific information available on how many students can do a BA at IIHM Kolkata. However, IIHM Kolkata offers a BA programme in Hospitality Management from the University of West London UK, and admission to this programme is completely entrance-based and depends upon candidates’ performance in a common exam for the selection of candidates in all campuses of IIHM. The final selection is based on the performance of candidates in the Group Discussion (GD)