M.A. in Rural Management 

at Visva Bharati University, West Bengal - Other

Dear aspirant, Glad to meet you. fee structure at Visva Bharati University for M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication: INR 47,000 TOTAL FEES. Visva Bharati University is a Government University in Santiniketan, West Bengal. Admissions will be granted on the basis of merit in the Common University Entrance Test. Candidates seeking admission to the UG courses have to appear for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET UG 2022). CUET UG 2022 Phase 2 exam, which was earlier scheduled to be conducted from August 12 to August 14, will now be conducted from August 24 to August 28. Admit cards for the same will be released soon on the official website - cuet.samarth.ac.in. CUET UG 2022 Phase 3 exam will be conducted as per the earlier schedule on August 17, 18, and August 20, 2022.

Visva Bharati University offers MA programme across 27 specialisations via its Bhasha- Bhavana (Institute of Languages, Literature and Culture), Vidya Bhavana (Institute of Humanities & Social Sciences), Palli Samgathana Vibhaga (Institute of Rural Reconstruction) and Vinaya Bhavana (Institute of Education). Admission to all these is subject to merit in the last qualifying exams, i.e. UG degree except for ‘Comparative Literature’ and ‘Education’ specialisation.

Visva Bharati University offers good placements annually for courses like BSc, MSc, MA, BDes, etc. The placement details of the 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 batch 2024 is disclosed in the NIRF report 2023. Let’s take a look at the key highlights of Visva Bharati University placements for the Class of 2022 and 2023 in the table below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2022)	Placement Statistics (2023)
Median package (UG 3-year)	INR 3.60 LPA	INR 4 LPA
Median package (UG 4-year)	INR 5.40 LPA	INR 5 LPA
Median package (PG 2-year)	INR 4.50 LPA	INR 6 LPA
Total students (UG 3-year)	1,015	1,079
Total students placed (UG 3-year)	116	135
Total students (UG 4-year)	229	259
Total students placed (UG 3-year)	104	233
Total students (PG 2-year)	1,827	1,869
Total students placed (PG 2-year)	508	814

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

The total tuition fee for a BSc course at Visva Bharati University ranges from INR 2,500 to INR 7,500. On the other hand, the tuition fee for Jadavpur University BSc courses ranges from INR 1.5 Lacs to INR 4.1 lakh. Therefore, it can be explicitly seen that Visva Bharati University is quite affordable for BSc courses compared to Jadavpur University. However, the fee is only one component that candidates consider while comparing the colleges and universities. There are many more components that candidates can consider, such as placement packages, seats, ranking, affiliation, etc. 

The following are the details mentioned in the NEST 2024 result pdf:

• Candidate's name
• Roll Number
• Total Marks
• Percentile
• Merit Rank
• Category
• J & K/ Ladakh Rank
• Divyangjan Rank

Calcutta University has more no. of affiliated colleges for the BSc course than VBU. Calcutta University has around 80 colleges and VBU has one, i.e. J.D. Birla Institute. The seat intake at Calcutta University is also greater than that at VBU.