Jadavpur University

Jadavpur University maintains a very strict policy of reservations, where 90% of the total engineering seats are reserved for students who hold a domicile certificate of West Bengal. Rest 10% of seats are for students from the rest of India under the All-India quota. Such high percentage of reservations for home-state students makes the competition for the All-India seats incredibly high.

The university offers 1,355 seats for the BE course, distributed across 16+ departments. The maximum student intake is offered in the "core" departments: Mechanical Engineering (148 seats), Electrical Engineering (148 seats), and Civil Engineering (147 seats). The seat matrix is planned in a way that the departments are supported by adequate lab facilities and faculty expertise.

Jadavpur University WBJEE cutoff 2025 was released for admission to the BE and BTech course branches and the BPharma course for various AI and HS quota categories.

For the OBC HS quota, the overall cutoff ranged from 772 to 41254. For this quota, BTech CSE emerged as the most competitive course for admission, with the first round cutoff being 772 and last round rank being 1046.  

Students can refer to the table below to know the cutoff for the OBC HS quota.

Candidates need to appear for an admission test conducted by Faculty of Arts, Jadavpur University for admission to MA. Aspirants can download the previous year question papers from the university's website. Candidates can practice the paper to get an idea of the type of questions asked in the test.

Jadavpur University offers several programmes across the streams of management, engineering, science, humanities, commerce, pharmacy, architecture, education, etc.. Jadavpur University is not very expensive. The tuition fee at Jadavpur University ranges between INR 1,200 – INR 5.1 L. The fee is exclusive of other charges including Examination fee, Application fee, etc.

Jadavpur University Kolkata offers admission on the basis of the merit acquired in the last qualifying exam, and scores of entrance exams. JU has specified a minimum aggregate ranging between 50-80% for different courses. Candidates with 85% have a decent chance at getting admission to JU.

Jadavpur University offers admission on the basis of both, merit and entrance scores. The eligibility differs for each course. Candidates who wish to apply to JU Kolkata, must fulfil the course-specific eligibility.

Jadavpur University Kolkata tuition fee costs around INR 1,200 - INR 5.1 L. The fee is exclusive of other components including application fee, examination fee, security deposit, etc. The fee is taken from the official website. It is subject to change. Aspirants can check the official website before applying.

Jadavpur University offers admissions on the basis of merit and entrance, both. The university requires entrance exam including CAT, XAT, MAT, ATMA, JEMAT, GATE, GPAT, WBJEE, CUET PG, etc. to offer admission to the courses. To get admission to Jadavpur University, candidates must fulfil the course-specific eligibility.

Jadavpur University is accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council with an 'A+' grade. NAAC is an autonomous body that evaluates and accredits institutions across India. The university also offers several NBA-accredited programmes.