Kalimpong College, Darjeeling Admission 2025: Dates, Application Form, Courses, Fees & Eligibility

Kalimpong College, Darjeeling, is a highly sought-after affiliated college with a diverse range of undergraduate courses in arts, commerce, and science streams. The college strictly adheres to a merit system in admitting deserving students into different courses. The college is NAAC-accredited, indicating its focus on quality education.

Kalimpong College admission procedure is generally started before the commencement of the academic session during August-September. Aspiring students need to have passed the 10+2 examination of any recognised board to get eligible for Kalimpong College admission.

Following are the application steps for admission in Kalimpong College, Darjeeling:

• The college notifies its official website as well as through other media of the start of the admission procedure.
• The online application form on the college's official website must be filled in by the prospective students. The correct information must be given in the application form.
• Besides the application form, the documents must be submitted by the candidates.
• Candidates must pay the application fee as prescribed by the college. The payment can generally be made online using the options given on the college website.
• Following the closure of the last date of application submission, the college makes and releases merit lists for various programmes on the basis of the candidates' performance in the qualifying examination.
• Selected candidates are invited for document verification. Original documents must be brought to verify against the submitted copies.
• On successful validation of documents, those who are shortlisted are asked to pay the fee within the specified time period in order to reserve their seat.
• After the payment of the fee and all other formalities have been done, the admission is confirmed and students are issued their college ID and other information.

In the majority of the programmes, admission is solely on merit basis considering the marks secured in the last qualifying examination (10+2). The college also gives consideration for the availability of seats in a particular programme.

The undergraduate courses in Kalimpong College number 20, all full-time. Students can check the course details mentioned below

Kalimpong College BA Admission Process

Kalimpong College provides numerous BA courses, such as BA (General) and various honors courses. The BA (General) course consists of 450 seats. For honors courses, specialisations in English (65 seats), Political Science (65 seats), History (60 seats), Nepali (60 seats), Geography (28 seats), Economics (10 seats), and Philosophy (10 seats) are available. Enrollment in the courses is done on merit and seat availability.

Kalimpong College B.Com Admission Process

The college offers B.Com (General) with 110 seats and B.Com Accountancy (Honors) with 65 seats. Kalimpong College admission to these courses is also based on merit, taking marks secured in the entrance exam into consideration.

Kalimpong College B.Sc Admission Process

Kalimpong College provides B.Sc courses in different streams. They are B.Sc Bio Group (50 seats), B.Sc Geography (Honors) (28 seats), B.Sc Mathematics (Honors) (25 seats), B.Sc Pure (25 seats), B.Sc Zoology (Honors) (14 seats), B.Sc Botany (Honors) (14 seats), and B.Sc Economics (Honors) (10 seats). The admission to these courses is on merit and seat availability.

Kalimpong College BBA Admission Process

The college is also conducting a BBA (Honors) programme with a capacity of 40 seats. The admission is merit-based depending on the candidate's performance at the qualifying exam.

Kalimpong College Documents Required

The following documents must be submitted by the candidates:

• Qualifying examination (10+2) marksheet
• Pass certificate of the qualifying examination
• Character certificate from the institution last attended
• Caste certificate (if applicable)
• Recent passport-size photographs

The candidates should carry scanned and original copies of all the above-mentioned documents for Kalimpong College admission.