Bethune College

Bethune College was established in the year 1879 by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune. It is a Government womens college under the control of Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal. The college was started with one student which has now climbed up to over 1300 women students pursuing higher education in the fields of Arts and Science. It is affiliated to University of Calcutta for the courses at degree level.

The college is recognised by the University Grants Commission with a status of "College with Potential for Excellence". It is supported by the Rashtriya Uchchattar Shiksha Abhiyan [RUSA] and sponsored by Government under DST-FIST. The college is accredited with 'A' grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. The Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India provided financial support to most of the science departments. Bethune College has been ranked 91st in the colleges category by NIRF Ranking 2024.

The college has strives to achieve engagement of the administration, teachers and students in a highly academically congenial and co-operative environment. The college follows an efficient implementation of the semester-based curriculum across all subjects under the Choice Based Credit System. The ultimate objective of the CBCS is to introduce a wider range of choices to the student that would cater to the taste and aptitude, encourage academic mobility and foster freedom from a rigid System.

Bethune College Admission is provided in all of its 18 departments offering courses in Arts and Science. The courses offers are Undergraduate and Postgraduate level and admissions is on merit basis only. The college is a meeting place for students from the whole of Bengal and other states as well. It is a college with great history and reputation and is also a meeting place for students from all walks of life. 

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• Highlights
• Departments
• Courses
• Placements
• Scholarships
• Infrastructure Facilities
• FAQs
• Eligibility Criteria
• Admissions

Bethune College Highlights:

Bethune College Departments:

The college has 16 regular departments and 2 departments handled by temporary faculty. The departments are divided into 2 categories of Arts and Science.

• Department of Bengali
• Department of English
• Department of Hindi
• Department of History
  
• Department of Philosophy
  
• Department of Political Science
  
• Department of Sanskrit
• Department of Women’s Studies
• Department of Botany
  
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Computer Science
  
• Department of Economics
  
• Department of Mathematic
• Department of Physics
  
• Department of Psychology
  
• Department of Statistics
• Department of Zoology
  
• Department of Physical Education

Bethune College Courses:

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Bethune College Placements:

Bethune College helps its students to step up steadily in their future career and life as well. The college has a dedicated Career Counselling Cell which tries to get as many companies for the placements.

• Career Counselling Cell is proactive enough to explore diverse fields of employment for graduate and post graduate students.
• It meets with various companies and helps students to be placed according to their interests.
• The Career Counselling Cell conducts support programmes that enhance their chances and improve their skills and aptitudes.
• It works relentlessly to enhance connections with various other renowned organisations/industry leaders/institutes so that it can provide the best of the opportunities to its students.
• Bethune College Placements Cell has been successful in bringing the best of companies, like WIPRO, TCS, GENPACT etc.

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Bethune College Scholarship:

Students studying in Bethune College enjoy the perks of so many scholarships and fellowship programs to its students. 

• Bethune College Scholarships include stipends, full free and half free studentships are offered to the students.
• The college takes every care to process large number of scholarships funded by the Govt. of West Bengal, Union Govt. and various other agencies.
• Some of  the scholarships are 4. Sumita Mitra Memorial Prize & Scholarship, Chhanda Mitra Memorial Scholarship, Debendranath Das Memorial Scholarship, Kamalabala Mukherjee Memorial Scholarship, Nilmoni Mukherjee Scholarship, Sarala Ghosh Memorial Scholarship.
• These scholarships help students with fees as well as other needs.

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Bethune College Infrastructure Facilities:

The college has great infrastructure facilities coupled with Anglo-Indian Architecture. The campus has a lush green atmosphere with peaceful places to study.

• Bethune College Library is quite large with approximately 1, 10,000 books, including huge number of rare and old books which are being preserved through digitization.
• Both the Science Library and Arts Library are fully computerized with Internet facilities.
• There is a common room for the students with some indoor games facilities.
• Bethune College Facilitiesinclude internet and computer applications with most of the computers of the college are connected through LAN.
• Psychological counselling cell to cater to the needs of the adolescent students and render necessary help.
• Students are eligible to apply for seats at Calcutta University Undergraduate Girls' Hostel.
• Canteen facilities with good and hygienic food is served to the students.

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Bethune College FAQs:

1. How are the Scholarship facilities at Bethune?

Some of  the scholarships are 4. Sumita Mitra Memorial Prize & Scholarship, Chhanda Mitra Memorial Scholarship, Debendranath Das Memorial Scholarship, Kamalabala Mukherjee Memorial Scholarship, Nilmoni Mukherjee Scholarship, Sarala Ghosh Memorial Scholarship.

2. How are the extracurricular activities at the college?

The students of the College participate in many extracurricular activities like debate, extempore speech, creative writing, music, dance, poster designing, quiz and antakshari.

3. What PG courses are offered by the college?

The college offers MA and M.Sc courses in various disciplines?

4. How are the reservations for SC/ST students?

22% and 6% of the total number of seats in each Honours subject shall be reserved for SC and ST candidates respectively. SC/ST/OBC candidates from West Bengal only are eligible for reserved seats.

Bethune College Eligibility Criteria:

Bethune College Admissions:

The admissions to Bethune College are done Online and on the basis of Merit only. The college admissions are as per the guidelines provided by the Affiliating University and Government of West Bengal.

• Admission process is conducted online through the college official website and candidates should submit the form online only.
• A candidate can apply for a maximum of three different Honours subjects but separate application forms must be submitted for each Honours subject.
• Admission will be made strictly in order of merit.
• The procedure of admission to the three-year degree course starts after publication of the results of Higher Secondary Examination conducted by the West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education.
• M.A. and M.Sc. admission forms are available online after the publication of the results of Part III (1+1+1) B.A./B.Sc.(Hons.) examination conducted by Calcutta University.

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