Best Colleges in Kolkata

Kolkata is important commercial, business, financial and educational centre of eastern India. Kolkata is one of the best education centre of India with many oldest and prestigious educations institutions and colleges of our country. Top 10 Colleges in Kolkata offers courses in the streams of Engineering and Architecture, Management and Business Administration, Medicine and allied sciences, Education and Pharmacy. Top Colleges in Kolkata offers courses in distance, full time and part-time mode. The colleges in Kolkata are owned by. Top 10 colleges of Kolkata admission is based on entrance exams like JEE Main, WBJEE, GATE, NEET PG,CAT, MAT, WB PGET, JEMAT, CMAT.

Top Colleges in Kolkata: Entrance Exam Schedule 2024

CAT - Common Admission Test (CAT) is conducted every year in online mode for admission to IIMs, IITs, NITs, MNITs and other B schools and colleges in India.

GATE - Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering(GATE) is a national level exam conducted by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in online mode every year.

WBJEE - WBJEE is common entrance test for admission to UG courses in Engineering/Technology/Pharmacy/Architecture.

TJEE - TJEE is conducted in offline mode for admission to UG courses in the field of Engineering.

JEE Main- Joint Entrance Examination (Main) is conducted by NTA twice a year in online mode

Top Colleges in Kolkata Admission- Eligibility Criteria

Courses	Eligibility Criteria
B.Tech	Candidates must have completed 10+2 or equivalent as Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics are required as compulsory subjects with a valid score in JEE Main/WBJEE/TJEE.
M.Tech	B.Tech/B.E degree and/or master’s degree in sciences in a relevant discipline and valid score in GATE.
M.B.A	Candidates must have competed bachelor’s degree from a recognised university with a valid score in CAT/XAT/MAT/JEMAT
B.Sc (Hons.)	Candidates must have completed 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics/Computer science/
B.A (Hons.)	Candidates must have completed 10+2 with relevant subjects

List of Top Colleges/Universities in Kolkata - NIRF Ranking 2024

The rankings are given to top 10 colleges of Kolkata based on the information given by the college sources based on parameters defined by NIRF. The top colleges in Kolkata as per their NIRF ranking 202 are mentioned below:

College Name	Category	NIRF 2024 Rank
Jadavpur University, Kolkata	University	9
Calcutta University Kolkata	University	18
IISER Kolkata	Overall	61
IIM Calcutta	Management	5
St. Xavier`s College, Kolkata	College	6
Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Kolkata	College	24
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata	Medical	22
Medical College, Kolkata	Medical	44
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata	Law	4

Top Colleges in Kolkata: Fee Wise

The top colleges in Kolkata offers courses at different levels with different fee structure. The course fee of the top 10 colleges in Kolkata ranges from Rs. 3,780 to Rs. 31,00,000 depending upon the type of the course.The top colleges in Kolkata provide fee concession and scholarships to its students. The top 10 colleges in Kolkata assist with scholarships provided by West Bengal government, AICTE, MHRD, national scholarship portal.

Top 5 Government Colleges in Kolkata Fee Wise

College Name	Fee Range
Jadavpur University, Kolkata	Rs 79,600 to Rs 5,76,000
Calcutta University Kolkata	Rs 2,890 to Rs 8,30,000
IISER Kolkata	Rs 1,46,000 to Rs 3,92,000
IIM Calcutta	Rs 15,750 to Rs 31,00,000
NUJS Kolkata	Rs 1,65,000 to Rs 15,91,000

Top 5 Private Colleges in Kolkata Fee Wise

College Name	Fee Range
St. Xavier`s College, Kolkata	Rs 46,000
IMI Kolkata	Rs 1,50,000 to Rs 13,08,000
Institute of Engineering And Management, Kolkata	Rs 2,21,000 to Rs 6,32,000
Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata	Rs 1,61,000 to Rs 8,15,000
Genesis Institute of Management and Technology, Kolkata	Rs 2,70,000

Top Colleges in Kolkata: Course Wise

College Name	Top Courses
Jadavpur University, Kolkata	B.E/B.Tech, B.A, B.Sc (Hons.), M.E/M.Tech
Calcutta University Kolkata	B.A (Hons.), B.Sc (Hons.), B.Com (Hons.), B.E/B.Tech
IISER, Kolkata	M.S, BS MS, Ph.D
Indian Institute of Management,Calcutta	M.B.A, P.G.D , Executive M.B.A
Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Kolkata	B.A (Hons.), B.A, B.Sc (Hons.), M.Sc, M.A
St. Xavier`s College, Kolkata	B.A (Hons.), B.Sc (Hons.), P.G.D (Post Graduate Diploma)

Top Colleges in Kolkata: Placements Wise

Top colleges in Kolkata have placement cells that looks after the placement activities Major recruiters from top 5 colleges of Kolkata are Microsoft, Adobe, Airtel, Bajaj Auto, Bennett Coleman, Berger Paints, Jubliant Organisation Ltd, Accenture India, Wipro, Honeywell, Amazon, Capegemini, GE Digital, Deutsche Bank, Deloitte, HCL technologies and ICICI Bank.The placement details for some of the top colleges of Kolkata as per NIRF report 2023 are mentioned below :

Placement Link	Median Salary 2022 - (UG)	Median Salary 2022- (PG)
Jadavpur University, Kolkata Placements	Rs 10 Lakhs	Rs 8 Lakhs
IIM Calcutta Placements	NA	Rs 31 Lakhs
Calcutta University Placements	Rs 9.20 Lakhs	Rs 9.80 Lakhs
IISER Kolkata Placements	Rs 7 Lakhs	NA
St. Xavier`s College, Kolkata Placements	Rs 5.8 Lakhs	Rs 6 Lakhs

Top Colleges in Kolkata: Cutoff Wise

Candidates seeking admission to the courses in top colleges in Kolkata are required to meet the cutoff score of the course specified by the college. The cutoff details for the colleges in Kolkata is mentioned below:

IIM Calcutta Cutoff	Jadavpur University Cutoff
IPGMER Kolkata Cutoff	Guru Nanak Institute of Dental Science and Research, Kolkata Cutoff
NUJS Kolkata Cutoff	Medical College, Kolkata Cutoff

Top Colleges in Kolkata: College Predictor

CAT College Predictor	WBJEE College Predictor
JEE Main College Predictor	XAT College Predictor
NEET PG College Predictor	CMAT College Predictor

Note: Kolkata is comparatively cheaper than other metropolitans in India. Kolkata has numerous colleges and universities of academic excellence. The Top colleges in Kolkata provides necessary facilities like well stocked library, well equipped classrooms, clubs, societies, theatre,sports facilities, health and welfare benefits to its students. Kolkata is well connected with all modes of transport.