Best Colleges in West Bengal

West Bengal is the most important state of eastern India. West Bengal has many educational institutions of academic excellence like IIM, IIT, NIT, Jadavpur University, Calcutta University, IISER and many more. The top colleges in West Bengal offer courses like B.Tech, MBA, M.B.B.S. B.A L.L.B, M.Tech, LLM. The top 10 colleges in West Bengal offer courses at undergraduate courses, postgraduate courses and doctoral levels. The entrance exam accepted by the top colleges in West Bengal is JEE Main/ JEE Advanced, WB JEE, CAT GATE, CUET, WB PGET, CMAT, NEET, JEMAT and others.

Top Colleges/Universities in West Bengal : Admission Process 2024

Candidates applying to the top colleges in West Bengal should fulfil the eligibility criteria of the course applied and follow the complete admission process. The details of the admission process is mentioned in the table below:

College Name	Admission process
IIT Kharagpur	IIT Kharagpur Admission is based on JEE Advanced, GATE and JAM scores.
IIM Calcutta	IIM Calcutta Admission is based on a CAT score followed by a personal interview and written ability test.
Jadavpur University, Kolkata	Jadavpur University Kolkata Admission is based on WBJEE, WB JECA, GATE, and GPAT.
Calcutta University	Calcutta University Admission for B.Tech is based on JEE Main/ WBJEE.
The University of Burdwan, Bardhaman	Burdwan University Admission for MBA is based on MAT/CAT/XAT/CMAT and M.Tech is based on GATE scores.
IIEST Shibpur	IIEST Shibpur Admission is based on scores of JEE Main and GMAT.

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

List of Top Colleges in West Bengal - NIRF Ranking 2024

NIRF stands for National Institutional Ranking Framework, which is a ranking system followed by the Government of India to rank colleges and universities across our country.. The NIRF Ranking 2024 of the top colleges in West Bengal are mentioned below:

College Name	Category	NIRF Rank 2024
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Architecture	2
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta	Management	5
Jadavpur University	University	9
St. Xavier`s College, Kolkata	College	6
Calcutta University	University	18
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Kolkata	Research	38
Rama Krishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Kolkata	College	3
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Nadia	Agriculture	13
West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata	Agriculture	28
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur	Engineering	49
National Institute of Technology Durgapur	Engineering	44
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Howrah	College	17
Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Kolkata	College	24
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata	Law	4
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata	Medical	22
Medical College, Kolkata	Medical	44
Raja Narendra Lal Khan Women's College - Autonomous, Midnapore	College	101-150
Midnapore College, Paschim Medinipur	College	32
International Management Institute, Kolkata	Management	56

Top Colleges in West Bengal: Fee-Wise

The top colleges in West Bengal offer courses with different fee structures at different levels. The top 10 colleges in West Bengal functioning under the ownership of government and private bodies with their fee structure is mentioned below:

Top 5 Government Colleges in West Bengal: Fee-Wise

College Name	Fee Range
IIT Kharagpur	Rs 1,500 to Rs 20,00,000
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

Top 5 Private Colleges in West Bengal : 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
IIT Kharagpur	B.E/B.Tech, M.E/M.Tech, Executive MBA
Jadavpur University, Kolkata	B.E/B.Tech, B.A, B.Sc (Hons.), M.E/M.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
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata	BA LLB Hons, B.Sc LLB, LLM

Top Colleges in West Bengal: Placements Wise

Top colleges in West Bengal have a career development centre/ placement cell that helps students with the career planning process and selection of the right career path.The placement link of the top colleges in West Bengal along with top recruiters, and the median salary for undergraduate and postgraduate courses as per NIRF report 2023 are mentioned below:

College placement link	Median Salary - UG	Median Salary -PG
IIT Kharagpur Placements	Rs 18,75,000	Rs 14,23,243
IIM Calcutta Placements	NA	Rs 31,00,000
Jadavpur University Placements	Rs 10,00,000	Rs 8,00,000
NIT Durgapur Placements	Rs 8,10,000	Rs 8,15,000
IIEST Shibpur Placements	Rs 7,30,000	Rs 7,50,000

Top Colleges in West Bengal: Cutoff Wise

Candidates applying to the courses in top colleges in West Bengal 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
IIT Kharagpur Cutoff	IIEST Shibpur Cutoff
IPGMER Kolkata Cutoff	NUJS Kolkata Cutoff
NIT Durgapur Cutoff	Medical College, Kolkata Cutoff

Top Colleges in West Bengal: College Predictor

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

Note: The top colleges in West Bengal provides all the required facilities to students like well-equipped laboratories, library, hostels, conference rooms and sports facilities.The top 10 colleges in West Bengal support their students by providing different kinds of government and non-government scholarships.