Compare VIT Vellore vs St Xavier's College Kolkata

• Candidates will be called for an counseling in the order of merit of their aggregate marks secured in their undergraduate degree programmes calculated up to the fourth semester or second year, whichever is applicable -This is inclusive of Languages / EOP and all the subjects they have studied up to pre-final year.
• Candidates for admission to other UG programmes will be selected based on the performance in the H.Sc., / Intermediate, and for PG programmes based on the performance in the UG degree.
• Eligible candidates shall be called for counseling and the admission is decided based on the marks in the qualifying examination.

Admission is based on Entrance exam conducted by St. Xavier's College.

• B.Sc.degree from a recognized university in any branch of Biological Science that includes Botany / Zoology, Microbiology / Biochemistry/Biotechnology / Nutrition (or) Home Science / Agricultural Science /Medicine with an 60% of marks (Inclusive of all subjects)
• The aggregate marks obtained in the subjects in UG Degree Programme should be 50% for the following categories:
   
  • Applicants belonging to SC/ST category should submit community certificate
  • Applicants hailing from Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and the North Eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. They should submit Nativity Certificate
    Applicants from Correspondence / Open University mode are not eligible

• Candidates who have cleared the B.Sc Major (Honours) in Microbiology or any other subject of
  Life sciences with a minimum of 55% marks in Honours (45% for reserved category).
• Candidates who have completed a 2nd year or 5th Semester in 2018 and are awaiting final year /
  6th-semester Examination Results are also eligible to apply. Admission for such candidates will be
  provisional and be conditional to their passing the qualifying examination with the minimum
  required marks [55% for General and 45% for Reserved category].
• No candidate shall be eligible for admission after a lapse of more than five years from the year of
  passing the previous qualifying examination. The year of admission will not be taken into account
  while calculating five years from the year of passing the previous qualifying examination.