VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN [VCW] Admission Date, Contact, Address, Website, Map

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Updated on - March 01st, 2022

Vivekananda College For Women, situated in Kolkata is affiliated with the University of Calcutta, Kolkata. The college offers 25 courses across 5 streams namely, Arts, Education, Science, Commerce and Banking, Performing Arts. The 25 courses are offered at the UG and PG level. Students may also enrol themselves for M. Phil and Ph. D programs that encourage work on research projects under the mentorship of PhD-qualified guides. Admission to the college is mainly merit-based except for the MA program. The 40% MA seats are filled in by the students qualifying for the college entrance exam.

Vivekananda College for Women Highlights

A brief of the college and the various courses offered is given below:

Established \| Type	1961 \| Public
Affiliated to	University of Calcutta
Courses offered	BA, BA (Hons), B. Com, B. Sc, and MA
Application Mode	Online
Admission Criteria	Merit-based
Facilities	Gym, Medical, Library, Common Room, Canteen, etc.
Scholarship	Yes
Official Website	https://www.vivekanandacollegeforwomen.org/

Vivekananda College For Women Highlights

Established	1961
Approved by	NAAC,UGC
Entrance Examinations	No

Vivekananda College for Women has various undergraduate as well as postgraduate courses for its students. The details of the various courses offered at Vivekananda College for Women is given below:

Course	Details
BA	Duration: 3 years Eligibility: Higher Secondary / Intermediate ( ie. 10+2 ) or any other examination recognized as equivalent shall be eligible Selection Criteria: Merit-based Specializations: Bengali, Economics, Education, English, Geography, History, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Sanskrit, and Sociology.
B.Com	Duration: 3 years Eligibility: Any student with higher secondary/ intermediate ( ie. 10+2 ) or any other examination recognized as equivalent shall be eligible. Selection Criteria: Merit-based
B.Sc	Duration: 3 years Eligibility: A student with higher secondary/ intermediate ( ie. 10+2 ) or any other examination recognized as equivalent shall be eligible Selection Criteria: Merit-based Specializations: Anthropology, Botany, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, and Zoology.
M.A	Duration: 2 years Eligibility: Candidate must be a graduate with a bachelor’s degree of 3 years of duration from a recognized university Selection Criteria: merit based on graduation marks ( for the 60% University of Calcutta reserved students ) and merit-based through entrance exams ( for 40% non-University of Calcutta students ) Specializations: Bengali and Geography

Vivekananda College for Women FAQ's

What is the admission process for MA programs?

For the MA program, 60% of the total number of seats are earmarked for the University of Calcutta students only. The admission for this 60% will be on the basis of merit on graduation marks.The remaining 40% of the seats are offered to non-University of Calcutta students who have to appear for the university entrance exam and admissions are offered on the basis of the merit list prepared by the college.

How are UG and PG course results announced?

The UG and PG results are announced online on the official website.

How is the faculty of the college?

The faculty of the college is highly qualified with Master’s and Doctoral degrees in their relevant fields. The faculty members are working at the posts of Associate and Assistant Professors.

VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN - FEES & ELIGIBILITY

Course	Fees	Eligibility
BACHELOR OF ARTS [BA]	4.28 Thousand ( 1st Year Fees )	10 + 2
MASTER OF ARTS [M.A]	32.90 Thousand ( 1st Year Fees )	10 + 2 + 3
BACHELOR OF ARTS {HONS.} [B.A{HONS.}]	4.72 Thousand ( 1st Year Fees )	10 + 2
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE [B.SC]	5.14 Thousand ( 1st Year Fees )	10 + 2
BACHELOR IN SCIENCE {HONS.} [B.SC{HONS.}]	7.54 Thousand ( 1st Year Fees )	10 + 2
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE [B.COM]	--	10 + 2
PH.D [PH.D]	--	10 + 2

VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN TOP COURSES, FEES & ELIGIBILITY

BACHELOR OF ARTS [BA]

3 YEARS GRADUATION DEGREE(BACHELORS) ON CAMPUS FULL TIME

₹4,380 (1st Year Fees)

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MASTER OF ARTS [M.A]

2 YEARS POST GRADUATION DEGREE(MASTERS) ON CAMPUS FULL TIME

₹32,900 (1st Year Fees)

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BACHELOR OF ARTS {HONS.} [B.A{HONS.}]

3 YEARS GRADUATION DEGREE(BACHELORS) ON CAMPUS FULL TIME

₹4820.00 (1st Year Fees)

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE [B.SC]

3 YEARS GRADUATION DEGREE(BACHELORS) ON CAMPUS FULL TIME

₹5210.00 (1st Year Fees)

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BACHELOR IN SCIENCE {HONS.} [B.SC{HONS.}]

3 YEARS GRADUATION DEGREE(BACHELORS) ON CAMPUS FULL TIME

₹7610.00 (1st Year Fees)

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BACHELOR OF COMMERCE [B.COM]

3 YEARS GRADUATION DEGREE(BACHELORS) ON CAMPUS FULL TIME

PH.D [PH.D]

3 YEARS PHD DOCTORATE ON CAMPUS FULL TIME

About Placement

Vivekananda College for Women Placements

Vivekananda College for Women has tie-ups with employment agencies that select students from the campus and send them to placement interviews. These employment agencies (EMCONS, ABP Career Cell, etc) have a very high reach and help the students selected from campus to get placed in large organizations.

Some meritorious students also get placed in major industry giants such as IBM.

The placement cell of Vivekananda College for Women organizes free training courses such as Advanced Excel and Tally ERP towards helping students to get gainful employment. They also hold constant career counseling free of cost.

Apart from this, the placement cell of Vivekananda College for Women is constantly working on general qualitative development of the students through organizing regular compulsory Communicative English and General Intelligence classes for all students. These courses are run throughout the year and are a necessary part of the curriculum at Vivekananda College for Women.

FACILITIES

MEDICAL

CAFETERIA

LIBRARY

HOSTEL

SPORTS

LABS

COMPUTER LAB

CLASSROOM

AUDITORIUM

GYM

CANTEEN

Gym: The college has a small gymnasium equipped with advanced equipment like an automatic walker machine, a twister, and standing exercise bike is erected adjacent to the Games Room.
Medical: Regular medical checkups are done by registered medical practitioners who visit the campus from time to time. First aid and basic medicinal support are always provided to students and staff in cases of emergencies. In certain extraordinary cases, the college helps in the treatment of chronic diseases.
Not only physical illnesses are treated, trained registered psychologists to counsel the students as well as staff to get out of mental stress, depression, and trauma.
All the support that is provided to its students are free of cost
Library: The college library is very spacious and spread over a total of 2000 sq. ft. It has 2 reading rooms and a total seating capacity of a total of 48 students at a time. Students also have access to over 30000 books
Common room: There is a spacious common room for leisure activities and indoor as well as board games. It serves as a hangout spot for the students
Sports: Vivekananda College for Women has facilities of indoor as well as outdoor games. There is a large and spacious game room for students to play games such as table tennis ( for which regular training sessions are held ), Chinese checkers, carom, ludo, etc. The outdoor gaming infrastructure is also taken care of. For games like football, cricket, the student’s practice in the grounds of the University of Calcutta. The College also has a great cricket and a table tennis team
Infrastructure: Vivekananda College for Women has a computer training center which started in January 2002. The aims of this training center was to make students computer literate at nominal rates and enable learning of the students so that they can compete with their peers
Cafeteria: The college canteen offers food to students catering to vegetarian as well as nonvegetarian preferences at subsidized rates so students can afford them.
Auditorium: The college auditorium is quite small as the seating capacity of the auditorium is merely a hundred and fifty. However, it is well equipped with air-conditioning, screen, sound system, make-up room, and toilet facility, etc. It is ideal for holding seminars and training sessions
The faculty of the college is highly qualified with Master’s and Doctoral degrees in their relevant fields. The faculty members are working at the posts of Associate and Assistant Professors. The college has maintained good relations with its alumni and had a strong networking among the alumni association. They also constantly come back for providing training sessions
Laboratories: The college has a departmental based laboratories for the students well equipped with modern teaching aids for the convenience of the students
Convenience Store : The store is the go-to place for all the I stationery requirements of the students of the college
Parking Facility: The college has a cycle stand that can accommodate nearly 20 cycles and two-wheelers at any point

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