M.A. in Philosophy 

at Presidency University, College Street

Presidency University Kolkata offers MA courses in various specialisations viz., Philosophy, Performing Arts, Political Science, History, etc. When it comes to placements, the Presidency University Kolkata offers good placements annually. The placement details of the MA batch 2024 are yet to be released on the official website. Once it is released, it will be updated here. However, the placement details of PG 2-year batch 2023 is disclosed in the NIRF report 2024. Let’s take a look at the key highlights Presidency University Kolkata placements for the PG 2-year Class of 2022 and 2023 in the table below:

Note: The above-mentioned data are gathered from the Presidency University Kolkata NIRF report 2024.

In order to get admission at Presidency University, Kolkata for MA course, the candidate should have pass PUMDET entrance exam. The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) conducts PUMDET to shortlist aspirants for admission in MA programmes offered at Presidency University, Kolkata. Presidency University Master Degree Entrance Test (PUMDET) comprises separate entrance tests for admission in Science and humanities courses. When applying for admission through PUMDET, candidates are supposed to apply for a maximum of two subjects. 

No, in order to get admission for MA at Presidency University, Kolkata the student have to pass PUMDET entrance exam. PUMDET 2024 application process is yet to start. The exam conducting body will release the PUMDET exam schedule soon at the official website of the exam. However, PUMDET 2023 application process was held between January 31 to February 21 on the official website of the exam. For this academic session, once the application form is released, candidates will be able to apply for PUMDET exam by visiting the official website of the WBJEE.  The PUMDET application process will be held online. The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) conducts PUMDET to shortlist aspirants for admission in MA and MSc programmes offered at Presidency University, Kolkata.

The common eligibility criteria for Presidency University, Kolkata MA History is graduation with 50% aggregate. The university offers eight MA specialisations. The common eligibility criteria for all MA specialisations is Graduation with 50% aggregate. 

The candidate have cleared (not before 2019) or appeared for BA (Hons) examination in 2023 from any recognised University. Appeared for BA  (Hons) exam and should have their final results at the time of counselling and produce their original mark sheets/grade cards of all semester/annual examinations passed at the Bachelor’s level. Such candidates must fulfil the academic eligibility norms for their applied courses tabled below for admission.

The candidate should appeared for their final BA (Hons) examination, but their final results have not been declared at the time of counselling, such candidates shall be given provisional admission on the basis of production of their previous mark sheets/grade cards of all previous semester/annual examinations at their Bachelor’s level. However, candidates are supposed to submit their final mark sheet till the mentioned date to ensure that they fulfil their minimum eligibility criteria for admission. Must secure the minimum required percentage of marks/CGPA in honours/major subject as per the following table in their BA (Hons) examination for final and confirmed admission.

The final placement report 2024 is yet to be released. Once it is out, the total number of students placed in 2024 placement at Presidency University Kolkata will be updated here. However, as per the NIRF report 2024, a total of 13 students of the UG 3-year batch were placed out of total 393 students during Presidency University Kolkata placements 2023. The following table showcases the total number of students and the number of students placed during Presidency University Kolkata placements between 2021 and 2023:

Note: The above-mentioned data are gathered from the Presidency University Kolkata NIRF report 2024.

Students who are looking for admissions at the UG and PG level course, the student have to appear the entrance exams. For UG course, Presidency University, Kolkata has PUBDET and for PG courses, it has PUMDET. Since, the university is adhered to the entrance exam scores, there are no any other medium to get admission apart from this. 

In order to get admission at Presidency University, Kolkata, the candidate should meet the last educational qualification as per requirement. The University offers UG, PG and PhD courses. Candidates can follow the table below to know the course-wise eligibility from the table below:

Some of the top recruiters of Presidency University Kolkata during the past years included CTS, Wipro, TCS, Deloitte, IBM, CITI Bank, etc. These recruiters placed students of the University in new-age job roles. According to the report, a total of 13 UG 3-year and 88 PG 2-year students were placed during Presidency University Kolkata placements in 2023. Further, the median package offered during UG 3-year and PG 2-year placements in 2023 stood at INR 6 LPA and INR 7 LPA, respectively.

Presidency is new University and Jadavpur University is older one and having ranking higher than the presidency University. Also jadavpur university provides higher package than Presidency University.Jadavpur University provides package of 5.04 Lacs per annum where as Presidency offers 3.40 Lacs per annum. Also the jadavpur University students got special recognition as compared to other universities so one should prepared Bsc from jadavpur university rather than Presidency University