Syndicate clears 80% PG quota at Calcutta University for third-year UG exit students
Telegraph | 18 April 2026
Calcutta University’s syndicate has decided that 80% of its postgraduate seats will be reserved for undergraduate students who exit colleges at the end of their third year in 2026, the vice-chancellor said on Friday.
CU has around 6,000 postgraduate seats.
“The syndicate, the university’s highest decision-making body, approved the new PG regulations across the three faculties — arts, science and commerce,” VC Ashutosh Ghosh said on Friday.
Students enrolled in the four-year undergraduate programme have the option to exit at the end of their third year under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
Those who complete the four-year programme in July next year will be eligible for admission to a one-year PG programme, and 20% of CU seats will be reserved for them.
“The syndicate has approved that the students...will be admitted to the two-year PG programme based on admission test and UG performance,” the VC said.
He said that of the 80% reserved seats, 60% will be set aside for students exiting from CU-affiliated colleges.
“Students from the non-CU-affiliated colleges who will be exiting at the end of the third year will be admitted to a two-year postgraduate programme based solely on admission test.”
Graduation degree
The syndicate has formally concluded that the students exiting after the third year will be awarded a degree that will say they have graduated with one major.