(1)Admission of students in the University shall be made on the basis of merit.(2)Merit for admission in the University may be determined either on the basis of marks or grade obtained in the qualifying examination or on the basis of marks or grade obtained in a relevant entrance examination conducted by the University or by Common Entrance Test conducted at the State or National level:Provided that any achievement in co-curricular activities or extra-curricular activities may be given weight age at the discretion of the University:Provided further that the admission criteria for specific courses, as prescribed by the concerned Regulatory Bodies, shall be adhered to.(3)The seats in engineering, technology and management courses in the University or the colleges and other institutions subsumed in the University shall be guided by the existing framework of the All India Entrance Examination or the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board through its state level common entrance test and counselling process until the University opts to work out its own entrance examination framework for admission into the courses as per the decision of the Governing Board.(4)The University shall keep five percent of total intake reserved for filling up with economically weaker persons in the manner as may be notified by the State Government from time to time.
