Which is better St. Xavier's College Kolkata or St. Xavier's University Kolkata?
Posted On - Oct 20, 2020St. Xavier’s College Kolkata is one of the most popular colleges in the country. It is an old college with a strict and disciplined curriculum. The college has a proven track record of offering excellent academics and co-curricular.
St. Xavier’s University is a new university and is still in the early stages of development. It won’t be fair to compare the two institutions at this stage.
St. Xavier's College Kolkata is an autonomous higher education institute in Kolkata. The college has recently secured 7th position among 1659 colleges in the list of top colleges in India, by the NIRF ranking 2020.
St. Xavier's College offers various undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma, and certificate courses to all. The courses are offered in BA, B Com, BSc, BMS, BEd, MA, M.Com, MSc, etc. St. Xavier’s University offers courses in BA, B Com, BMS, MA, M Com, MSW.
Admission:
St. Xavier's College:
It accepts applications from those who fulfill the admission criteria for the particular course.
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The student must have passed +2 with the minimum percentage required. The student must have obtained a minimum of 45% marks in each of the 4 aggregate subjects depending on the course selected for UG courses.
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The applicant must have completed and passed their graduation for BEd admission.
St. Xavier’s University:
It invites applications from students who have completed their +2 with the minimum percentage required and a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate subjects.
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A minimum of 45% in aggregate is required for admission to BA/B Com (Hons.) LLB.
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As for the subject combination, English is compulsory. The other 3 subjects vary depending on the course who likes to join.
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Admission is either merit-based or based on the performance of the students in the entrance exam required.
Placement Statistics:
St. Xavier's College:
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In 2018-19 more than 505 students got placements through on-campus drives and off-campus interviews.
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Annual CTC offered by the companies is between 3 Lacs to 20.5 Lacs.
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Axis Bank, Aditya Birla Group, NDTV, Google India Pvt Ltd., Larsen & Toubro, Zomato, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Tech. Mahindra Ltd., Federal Bank, etc are the popular recruitment partners.
St. Xavier’s University:
The university offers internships with some of the leading organizations like State Bank of India, United Bank of India, Press Trust of India, The Times of India, Coal India Limited, Tata Hospital, Hope Foundation, etc.
St. Xavier's College is one of the leading institutes in India. The college offers an extremely disciplined and strict curriculum to the students. Also, it is good for better placement records. St. Xavier’s University is a newly established institute and it will take time to compare this institute with other colleges/universities.
