Vidyasagar University is a well recognised and prominent institute in West Bengal offering undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral courses with multiple specializations. The admission to the UG and PG courses are provided either on the basis of merit scores achieved in class 10 +2 or VUMAT entrance exam scores. Besides this the university & its affiliated colleges also accept the scores of CAT/ MAT and NET/SET/ UGC(JRF) for admission in MBA and Ph.D. programs respectively. The college also offers courses in distance education mode.

Vidyasagar University has a highly developed and well experienced faculty of 158 academic staff members for providing guidance and motivation to over 4000 students including 3428 postgraduates and 611 doctoral students. 

Vidyasagar University has been placed at 24th position overall among India's best Central Government Universities according to the surveys conducted by India today. Besides this the University has also been accredited by NAAC with grade 'B' & UGC.

The rural campus of 182.75 acres has been divided into two parts: Main campus (103.79 acres) and residential campus (35 acres) which include Library, hostel, laboratories, gym, sports complex, hospital and medical facilities, auditorium, animal House, convenience store and canteen. 

The university provides different scholarships to the needy and meritorious students so that students can continue their studies without any further obstacles. Vidyasagar University provides better opportunities of placements and internships with a great percentage record of 75% and 70% respectively. 

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Vidyasagar University Quick Facts

  • Vidyasagar University has various departments for almost all subjects. These departments are Applied Mathematics with Oceanology, Physics, Chemistry, Anthropology, Fishery Sciences, Botany, Biomedical Laboratory Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, Electronics, GIS, Zoology, English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Santali, History etc.
  • The University has different centres for different purposes like women studies centre, University scientific instrumentation centre, Gandhian Study Centre, computer centre, social research centre, Centre for adivasi studies and museum, Centre for life sciences. 

Vidyasagar University Rankings 

  • Vidyasagar University has been ranked at 565th position among Indian Universities and 9480th position among world Universities by Unirank 2021. 
  • Vidyasagar University has been placed at 9th position among universities of West Bengal and 1451th position among Asia's universities by Edurank 2021.

Vidyasagar University Courses and Fees

Vidyasagar University offers admission to the UG and PG courses with multiple specializations. The university also offers courses in Distance Education Mode. The university conducts VUMAT for admission into MBA course followed by group discussion & personal interview. The university also accepts scores of various entrance exams for providing admission in different courses. Mentioned below is the table of different courses along with their different specializations, eligibility and selection criteria: 

Course Course Details Selection Basis
BA Duration: 3 years Fees: INR 1,100/yr
Specialisation: Philosophy, Hindi, Sociology, Human Rights, English, Sanskrit, Accountancy, Economics, Physical Education, History, Statistics, Disaster Management, Anthropology, Mathematics, Geography, Santali, Education, Political Science, Music, Travel and Tourism Management, Bengali
Eligibility: The candidate must have completed the 10+2 class level board examination from a recognised board
The university provides admission on the basis of merit scores achieved by the students in 10+2 class level board examinations.
BA(H) Duration: 3 years
Fees: INR NA
Specialisation: Philosophy, Bengali, History, Music, Sociology, English, Political Science, Economics, MathemGeneral, Anthropology, Santali, Hindi, Sanskrit, Education, Statistics
Eligibility: The candidate must have completed the 10+2 class level board examination from a recognised board
BBA Duration: 3 years
Fees: INR NA
Specialisation: General, Hospital Management
Eligibility: The candidate must have completed the 10+2 class level board examination from a recognised board
BSc Duration: 3 years
Fees: INR 1,900/yr
Specialisation: Defence Studies, Physics, Military Science, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Electronics, Physiology, Computer Science, Nutrition, Microbiology, Botany, Geology, Zoology, Aquaculture
Eligibility: The candidate must have completed the 10+2 class level board examination from a recognised board
B.Lib.I.Sc. Duration: 1 year
Fees: INR 1,900
Specialisation: Library Science
Eligibility: The candidate must have completed bachelor's degree in the relevant specialisation.
B.Voc. Duration: 3 years
Fees: INR 2,100/yr
Specialisation: Automobile, Fishery and Farm Management, Food Processing, Garment Designing, Healthcare, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Hospitality Management, Hotel and Hospitality, Medical Laboratory Technology, Photography and Animation, Retail Management and Operation, Software Development, Theatre and Stagecraft, Theatre Studies, Tourism and Aviation Management, Tourism and Service Industry, Tourism And Hotel Management 
Eligibility: The candidate must have completed the 10+2 class level board examination from a recognised board
BMLT Duration: 3 years
Fees: INR 62,300
Specialisation: Medical Laboratory Technology Eligibility: NA
BCA Duration: 3 years
Fees: INR 2,780
Specialisation: Computer Eligibility:
LLB Duration: 3 years
Fees: INR /yr
Specialisation: General
Eligibility: The candidate must have completed bachelor's degree from a recognised University
B.Ed. Duration: 3 years
Fees: INR /yr
Specialisation: Education
Eligibility: The candidate must have completed bachelor's degree with at least 50% marks in the aggregate in the qualifying examination
MA Duration: 2 years
Fees: INR 1400/yr
Specialisation: English, History, Bengali, Sanskrit, Political Science and Rural Administration, Philosophy, Economics & Rural Development, Santali, Sociology, Hindi, Music Eligibility: The candidate must have completed bachelor's degree from a recognised University

The candidate must have qualified the entrance exam conducted by the University with the required valid scores
M.Com. Duration: 2 years Fees: INR 1550/yr
Specialisation: General, Farm Management
Eligibility: The candidate must have completed bachelor degree from a recognised University
M.Sc. Duration: 2 years
Fees: INR 2140/yr
Specialisation: Geoinformatics And Remote Sensing, Biomedical Science, Clinical Nutrition, Geography, Microbiology Botany, Computer Science, Chemistry Applied Mathematics with Oceanology And Computer Programming, Zoology, Human Physiology, Physics, Anthropology, Electronics Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Botany and Forestry, Environmental Management, Food Science and nutrition, Nutrition and Dietetics, Psychological Counselling, Medical Laboratory Technology, Human Physiology with Community Health, Physics And Techno Physics, Applied Mathematics, Aquaculture Management and Technology
Eligibility: The candidate must have completed bachelor's degree in the relevant specialisation from a recognised University
MBA Duration: 2 years
Fees: INR 32,050/yr
Specialisation: General, Rural Management
Eligibility: The candidate must have completed the bachelor's degree from a recognised University
MCA Duration: 2 years
Fees: INR 24,805/yr
Specialisation: Computer
Eligibility: The candidate must have completed Bachelor of Computer Application or equivalent degree from a recognised University
The university selects the students on the basis of entrance exam conducted by the University
MFSc Duration: 2 years
Fees: INR 20,070/yr
Specialisation: Fisheries Science
Eligibility: The candidate must have completed bachelor's degree in the relevant specialisation from a recognised University
MSW Duration: 2 years
Fees: INR 22,000
Specialisation: Social Work
Eligibility: The candidate must have completed bachelor of Social Work or equivalent degree from a recognised University
The candidate must have qualified the entrance exam conducted by the University.
M.Tech. Duration: 2 years Fees: INR NA Specialisation: Chemical Science and Technology Eligibility: The candidate must have completed the bachelor's degree in the relevant specialisation
M.Ed. Duration:  1 year
Fees: INR NA
Specialisation: Education
Eligibility: The candidate must have completed Bachelor of Education from a recognised University
M.Phil. Duration: 2 years
Fees: INR 10,000/yr
Specialisation: Earth System Sciences, Environmental Studies, Life Science
Eligibility: The candidate must have completed master's degree in the relevant specialisation
The candidates are selected on the basis of entrance exam conducted by the University followed by interview round
Ph.D. Duration: 3 years
Fees: INR /yr
Specialisation: Fishery Science, English, philosophy, Bengali, History, Geography, Political Science, Economics, Library And Information Science, Hindi, Sociology, Commerce, Management, Human Physiology, Computer Science, Physics, Anthropology, Environmental Science, Zoology, Electronics, Remote Sensing and GIS Applications, Chemistry, Microbiology, Applied Mathematics
Eligibility: The candidate must have completed a master's degree in the relevant specialisation with 55% aggregate marks. 
The candidates are selected on the basis of entrance exam conducted by the University followed by interview round.

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How to Apply

Candidates seeking admission into the Vidyasagar University can register online through the official website and submit the required application form along with the application fee. The necessary steps to apply are given below: 

  • Visit the official website of Vidyasagar University.
  • Register yourself as a new user
  • After registration, Log in using username and password received on the registered Email Id.
  • Now, click on the Apply/Resume Form fillup link.
  • Fill all the required details as asked in the form.
  • Upload the scanned copy of photograph and signature.
  • Take the print out of the form and attach the required documents.
  • Pay the application fees through debit card/credit card/net banking.
  • Submit the form and take out the print out for offline use.

Vidyasagar University Placements

  • The placement cell of Vidyasagar University invites various multinational companies like Teleperformance, Wipro for the recruitment process in the placement program every year. 
  • The highest salary package offered to any student was 7.20 LPA whereas the average package offered was 2.4 LPA. 

The top Recruiters who come for placements in 2020 in the Vidyasagar University are mentioned below in a tabular form:

Accenture Reliance TCS
Geovista IDFC Bank Deduce Technologies
Genesys Idea Cellular AWAI

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Vidyasagar University Scholarships

  • The university provides merit cum means scholarships to the students of Arts, Commerce and Science streams amounting INR 14,400 to INR 16,800. 
  • Other Scholarships provided by Vidyasagar University are Sahapedia UNESCO fellowship 2020, Scholarship @365 Data Science and Commonwealth scholarship.
  • Vidyasagar University also provides with the facility of post matric scholarship to the students of SC, ST & OBC categories. 

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Vidyasagar University Facilities

Medical Unit: Vidyasagar University provides medical facilities with the assistance of 1 medical officer, 2 medical assistance and 1 general lady assistant. The medical unit provides medicines for the common ailments to the students and the staff of University. Besides this the unit also provides ECG, blood glucose measuring Oxygen and facility of Pulse Oximeter and first aid facilities for the well being of the students. 

Sports: Vidyasagar University also provides sports facilities to the students with the assistance of sports officer, Sports Assistant, gymnasium instructor separately for men and women. The sports committee of the university organises various tournaments for different Sports like football, cricket , volleyball, kho kho, Kabaddi, Athletics, Chess and Yoga. The university also participated in the inter varsity tournament in various games and sports. 

Animal House: The university also provides a facility of teaching and Research institution performing research activities on animals with a well-established state of the art Central Animal House Facility (CAFH). This cell is used to fulfill the requirements on animal experimentation of various investigators from different departments in the university.

FAQs

Ques. Does the Vidyasagar University have a grievance redressal cell?

Ans. Yes, Vidyasagar University has a grievance redressal cell for acknowledging the Complaints of the students related to caste discrimination, academic and non academic matter, sexual harrasment and ragging cases. The university's grievance redressal cell assures to provide solutions for the complete disposal of the concerns.

Ques. Does Vidyasagar University have an Internal Quality Assurance Cell?

Ans. Yes, Vidyasagar University has an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), the objectives of which is to: 

  • Develop an internal quality system for Cognizant steady and planned action to improve the academic administrative and societal performance of Vidyasagar University.
  • Maintain a regular cycle of reviews of all faculties and administrative service units.

Ques. Does Vidyasagar University have accommodation facilities?

Ans. Vidyasagar University has four hostels, two for boys and two for girls. These hostels have different capacity of seats ranging from 120 to 187 seats. The hostels are equipped with all the facilities like indoor and outdoor games, Amenity Centre for both boys and girls, Gymnasium yoga trainer newspapers etc. which make the hostels comfortable and suitable for living. 

Ques. What is the seat matrix for different courses in Vidyasagar University?

Ans. The seat matrix for different courses in Vidyasagar University are mentioned below in a tabular form: 

Course Intake
Zoology 45 Seats
Computer Science 35 Seats
Bengali 105 Seats
Sanskrit 95 Seats
Philosophy 105 Seats
Geography 65 Seats

Ques. What are the documents required at the time of admission in Vidyasagar University?

Ans. The documents which are required at the time of admission in Vidyasagar University are mentioned below: 

  • Migration certificate
  • BPL certificate
  • Caste certificate
  • Printout of application form
  • Marksheet of 10th and 12th class.
  • Sports certificate (if required)

Students have to bring the self attested copies of the documents mentioned above at the time of counselling.