Discontinued (Aug 2024)- B.Sc. (Hons.) in Library and Information Studies 

at University of Calcutta, College Street

BSc is offered in 11 specialisations. All the available specialisations in which the course is offered are:

• Physics
• Chemistry
• Mathematics
• Economics
• Microbiology
• Computer Science
• Geography, etc.

Calcutta University has achieved good placement numbers over the past few years. During 2023 placements, the number of students placed has dropped for all the UG and PG courses in comparison to 2022. For detailed analysis refer to the table below depicting the Calcutta University placement trends:

NOTE: The aforementioned placement statistics are collated from the NIRF report 2024.

No, you cannot get admission at a rank of 7000 at Calcutta University. The Calcutta University cutoff 2024 for the BTech courses at the undergraduate level has been released upto Round 3 seat allotment results. The WBJEE cutoff 2024 for BTech courses ranged between 903 and 3918 for General AI students. So, candidates having a rank of, 7000 cannot not even think of  getting admission at Calcutta University. However, for OBC AI category candidates, the required rank to get into Calcutta University is 27788 or below than that.

The Calcutta University highest package or the salary details for 2024 drive are yet to be released. However, the median package for the 2023 drive is disclosed in the NIRF report 2024. The highest median package offered during 2023 placements was INR 10 LPA, made to PG (2-year) and BTech students. Take a look at the below table depicting the course-wise median package for the Calcutta University placements 2023:

Regretfully, Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP do not usually hire students straight out of the University of Calcutta's Faculty of Law.

Several important factors

Indian legal schools teach civil law, but international law firms like Kirkland and Latham typically hire attorneys with training in common law. They favor hiring from National Law Universities or the best Indian law schools.

Being renowned international law firms, they typically don't recruit attorneys directly from universities, but rather from those who have some prior work experience or who have proven their expertise.

Their hiring procedure in India is extremely selective, prioritizing students from the best national law schools. Calcutta University's Faculty of Law doesn't seem to be a major target institution.

Nonetheless, the Faculty regularly places students in corporate openings, judgeship positions, and law firms, among other recruiters. However, it's unlikely that Kirkland & Ellis and Latham & Watkins would be regarded as top campus recruiters in particular. Later in their careers, students might apply to these companies for experienced hiring.

No, you cannot take admission at Faculty of law, Calcutta university with CLAT score. This is because CLAT is an entrance test only for admission in National Law Universities in India. The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) conduct entrance test which is WBCHSE entrance test, by which students can take admission at this Institute. Cutoffs will be released by the Institute according to the seats intake and applications. So, to take admissions at this Institute only this entrance test is to be qualified and students cannot use CLAT score to take admissions. 

No, students cannot join Faculty of law, Calcutta university directly without any entrance test for any course. Students need to qualify in the entrance test in order to get the admission. The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education conduts entrance test which is  WBCHSE entrance  exams . Through this entrance exam, students can take admission. A cut off will be released according to the seats intake and applications. Seat intake for different courses is also different and cut off will also be different. So if any student wants to take admission he /she need to qualify in the entrance exams as well as in the cut off. 

Yes, Calcutta University does offer BSc courses as general and honours courses for the duration of three years, divided into six semesters. The university offers BSc courses through the affiliated colleges and its campus. To get admission into the courses, applicants are required to complete their Class 12 from a Science stream with relevant subjects.