M.Sc. in Virology and Immunology 

at Presidency University, College Street

No, the admissions to Presidency University Kolkata MSc course require candidates to appear for an entrance exam. Candidates need to appear for the Presidency University Master Degree Entrance Test for the general category students.

Admissions for special category candidates might be available without entrance exam. Candidates are required to confirm the same with the admission desk of the institute.

No, direct admission for MSc at Presidency University Kolkata is not possible. The university conducts an entrance exam for the same. The student have to sit for PUMDETWxam for MSc course. The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) conducts PUMDET to shortlist aspirants for admission in MSc programmes offered at Presidency University, Kolkata. Presidency University Master Degree Entrance Test (PUMDET) comprises separate entrance tests for admission in Science courses. 

Students can check MSc seats available at Presidency University, Kolakata for few of top specialisations from the table below:

In total, Presidency University offers eight  specialisations. The list of specialisations are mentioned in the points below:

• Biotechnology

  Chemistry

• Geology

   
• Immunology
• Mathematics
• Microbiology
• Physics
• Statistics

PUMDET is generally conducted in the month of June-July. The entrance exam dates are informed in advance for students to prepare well for the test. Last year, PUMDET exam scheduled was revised. PUMDET 2023 exam was held on July 30. After the exam, PUMDET result is declared on the official website of West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB). Candidates are informed that the result for Presidency University Master Degree Entrance Test (PUMDET) is declared in the form of Rank Cards.

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. 

Presidency University, Kolkata provides good placements to its graduating students. Check out the table below to know the key highlights of the Presidency University, Kolkata placement packages 2024:

NOTE: The above data is obtained from the NIRF report 2025

Presidency University, kolkata offers both Undergraduate and Post Graduate programmes. It also provides doctorate programmes. Courses from varies fields like science, arts, humanities and social sciences are available. The top courses offered by presidency University, Kolkata are B.A (hons) and BSc (hons), MA, M.Sc, and P.hd in multiple specializations. Presidency University also has 17 departments that offer PhD courses. 

PUMDET is generally conducted in the month of June-July. The entrance exam dates are informed in advance for students to prepare well for the test. Last year, PUMDET exam scheduled was revised. PUMDET 2023 exam was held on July 30. After the exam, PUMDET result is declared on the official website of West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB). Candidates are informed that the result for Presidency University Master Degree Entrance Test (PUMDET) is declared in the form of Rank Cards.

Yes. Candidates can choose the exam centre the nearest to them. However, candidates are advised that once the application form is submitted, the candidate can not change their exam centre so be careful.The allocation of the PUBDET exam centres was based on the choices gave by the candidate during the online form fill up. However, the centre mentioned will be final and no changes will be made. No request for change of allocated centre will be entertained under normal circumstances.