After publication of admission notification, you can access it online through our admission website (Link will be availble in admission notification).

You have to verify your filled-in admission form or eligibility criteria from your selected Study Centreas printed on your filled-in admission form (for Post Graduate Geography and Zoology eligibility criteria verification done during centralised counselling process).

After paying the admission fees thefilled-in admission form should be submitted to your selected Study Centre along with authenticated photocopies of relevant documents. However, for Post Graduate Geography and Zoology admission fees are collected only after allotment of seat during centralised counselling process. Thereafter, selected candidate should submit his/her admission form along with authenticated photocopies of relevant documents to the allotted Study Centre.

Application for change of Study Centre after taking admission can be made together with a fee of Rs. 500/- (payable through DD drawn in favour of Netaji Subhas Open University payable at Kolkata). Such application will be considered under circumstances like change of place of service, shifting of family and change of marital status only with documentary evidence.

The applicant must register a General Missing Diary (GD) with local police station at earliest. To get a duplicate Enrollment-cum-Identity Card you should write an application addressed to the Registrar of this University along with a DD of Rs. 500.00 (drawn in favour of Netaji Subhas Open University payable at Kolkata) and the GD. The application must be forwarded by the Study Centre Coordinator with official seal.

You can choose your Study Centre as per your convenience. However, since all your programmes are not available at all the Study Centres, you should ensure that the course you are applying for is available at the Study Centre opted by you. Normally the Centre opted by you shall be allotted to you. However, in exceptional/unavoidable cases the University may allot a different Centre to you and insuch cases the decision of the University is final.

The fee can be paid through online (via payment gateway) and offline (through bank challan) mode. For more details regarding payment method, please see the detailed admission notification or guideline for online admission process in the University website.

You cannot send application form by post as there is process for verification of eligibility criteria inthe admission step at your selected Study Centre.

After submission of application form at Study Centre and subsequently processed at the Headquarters and if you are found eligible for admission, you will receive from your Study Centre an Enrollment-cum-Identity Card as proof of your admission along with detailed information about your enrollment number, Study Centre, subject of study etc.

Fees once paid for admission to a particular course will not be refunded (for further refund policy visitour admission website). It is also not adjustable against any other course of this University.

Application for change of subject after admission in BDP course will not be entertained under any circumstances. The candidates should, therefore, be very careful as regards the choice of course/subject of study before taking admission.

A student is permitted to take admission for only one Bachelor Degree Programme (BDP) of NSOU during his/her tenure of enrollment in the University. Any violation of this rule will lead to cancellation of the candidature of the students concerned and in such cases no fees will be refunded. However, a Student of the BDP course can take simultaneous admission in any one Diploma/Certificate/Training Programme of the University. But, in the event of any clash of dates arises in counselling and/or examinations schedule between the two programmes taken, the University will not be in a position tomake any adjustments for its mitigation.

We provide face-to-face contact between learners and tutors/counsellors at Study Centres to clarify your doubts and answer your academic quarries. This is called "Counselling" which is normally held onweekends at NSOU study centres.

The counselling session are not compulsory for theory papers. However, it is adviced to attend thesession as far as possible. It is always beneficial to share your views on the subject with your counsellors and fellow learners; comprehend some of the complex ideas/concepts or difficult issues discussed in your materials, and get clarifications for many of your doubts which you would not have solved yourself.

Your study centre will inform you about the counselling schedule. Normally counselling would beheld on Saturdays and Sundays. You should contact your study centre coordinator for the counselling schedule.

The PCP session are not compulsory for theory papers. However, it is advised to attend the session as far as possible, in future which will be immensely useful in certain respects to share your views onthe subject with your counsellors and fellow learners; comprehend some of the complex ideas/conceptsor difficult issue discussed in your materials, and get clarifications for many of your doubts which youwould not have solved yourself.

Your Study Centre will inform you about the PCP schedule. Normally PCPs are held on Saturdays and Sundays. You should contact your Study Centre Coordinator for the counselling schedule which is also available in the website.

The purpose of assignment is to help you to get through the courses. Your counsellor or evaluator will write teaching type comments on your assignment responses to facilitate your learning. Assignment is a process of formative evaluation. It will help you understand how you are progressing in your studies. Yes, the assignments for all theory papers are compulsory. It means you need to submit the assignments per paper within the stipulated time for being eligible to appear in the term-end examination. The assignments carry 30% weightage in the final result.

You should submit the assignment response at your study centre as per the date mentioned in the assignment.

All the assignments submitted earlier will be carried forward till your registration validity period.

No, you cannot improve an assignment grade in any circumstances.