M.Sc. in Zoology 

at Ravenshaw University Cuttack, Cuttack

According to Ravenshaw University NIRF report 2024, the key highlights of Ravenshaw University placements 2023 as compared with 2022 and 2021 are presented below:

Admission to Ravenshaw University is conducted in online mode via SAMS, Odisha. Interested students need to visit the official website SAMS for the same. While the admission process for UG course is completely merit based on the basis of scores obtained by the students in Class 12, admission to PG and doctoral-level programmes is completely entrace-based. For admission to all PG courses, such as MA, MSc and MBA, CPET exam is conducted by OSHEC and for MCA, the university accepts scores of OJEE exam for final admission. 

The percentage requirement varies course-wise. Candidates need to fulfil both educational and aggregate requirement to apply for a course. Below is course-wise Ravenshaw University eligibility:

The university offers merit-based and need-based scholarships to students. National Scholarships are also awarded by the Government of India through the Directorate of Higher Education, Orissa. Below-mentioned are some of the Ravenshaw University scholarships:

Other than the ones mentioned in the above table, the university offers Sports Scholarship, Sanskrit Merit Scholarship, Physically Handicapped Scholarship, Hindi Merit Scholarship, Post Matric Scholarship (For SC/ ST students) and Jindal Scholarship, among various others. For the details on the same, students are advised to visit the official website of Ravenshaw University.

As per the latest Ravenshaw University placement information, a total of 574 students were placed out of 1557 students during the UG 3-year placements in 2023. In addition to this, the median package offered to UG 3-year students stood at INR 2.62 LPA. The median package offered to UG-3-year students in 2022 stood at INR 2.6 LPA. Upon comparing the placement stats of 2022 and 2023, a rise of nearly 1% was witnessed in the UG 3-year median package.

Ravenshaw University has signed five MoUs with various institutes. The names of these are mentioned below:

1) Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Centre, University of Kentucky, USA

2) National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack

3) Museum Geelvinck, Heerde, Netherlands

4) Zoological Survey of India

5) School of Culture and Society, India and South Asian Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark for research collaboration, and student and faculty exchange for research and innovation.

Ravenshaw University admissions are both merit and entrance based. Moreover, Ravenshaw University is conducted by Student Academic Management System (SAMS), Odisha. Candidates can visit the official website to apply. Additionally, below are the details regarding the Ravenshaw University application fee:

• The application fee for the undergraduate programmes is INR 500. This fee is exclusive of the Bank Processing Fees which is to be paid online at the time of application.

• The admission fee for postgraduate programmes is to be submitted at the time of admission. The fee ranges between INR 2,160 and INR 4,960 for different student categories and stream courses.

• The application fee for PhD is INR 1,500.

Ravenshaw University admission is both merit and entrance based for the undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The University provides a wide range of UG, PG and doctoral-level courses in the stream of Arts, Commerce, Management, Science and Software & IT, namely BSc, BA, BCom, BBA, BSc, MSc, MA, MCom and PhD. Admission to Ravenshaw University is conducted in online mode via SAMS, Odisha. Interested students need to visit the official website SAMS for the same.