Xavierian's Review of St. Xavier's College, Kolkata

It's a great heritage institution one can be a part of. A lot of opportunities lie in this college. Once a Xavierian, can help you get thourough alot of great contacts & meet a lot of renowned & good people. Personalities like Amitabh Bachhan, Shah Rukh Khan have visited our college, inspiring students to work for their dreams.

The Course is completely Research Based. The entire syllabus is based on UGC Curriculum & the college being an Autonomous gets alot of perks when it comes to decision making. The entire exam structure is decided by the College Administration even though it gets its affiliation from Calcutta University. The exam structure is comparatively difficult than the other colleges in order to help the students get use to research & self study. 60% of the Paper is designed to be simple & in favour of the students but it's not that easy though & the rest 40% is a higher & deeper version of the syllabus.

Placements & Job Opportunities for my course isn't that well-to-do. Opportunities for other courses are really great. We have a Placement Cell which looks into the entire placement process & also provides internship opportunities to the students. I have never been into any internship but from sources, the internships are good enough.

Xavotsav is the Cultural Fest celebrated by our college which is organised by St. Xavier's College Student Council. It is the biggest cultural fest in West Bengal. Every Department in our college has its own annual Departmental Fest. For example, Mathematics Dept. has Analytica as it's annual fest. Statistics has Epsilon Delta as it's fest. Science Association - Sigma 2020 Commerce Society - Insignia Computer Science - eXabyte

Yes, it is quite feasible for few Departments which includes Science & Arts Courses. It is quite expensive for Commerce Department. The entire fee structure is quarterly basis. There's a level of transparency in the entire process. Charges for Electricity, Development, Library & miscellaneous.

We don't have any scholarships or loan facility available in college. But yes if any student is going thourough a financial crisis & has proved himself with great academic result, college Administration looks into such cases with great concern & helps the student to do better.

We have a Sports Club in our college which helps students with talent in sports to excel by going in different state level competitions. We also have Annual Sports Day to facilitate Sports in students. We have a lot of meaningful societies with different aim in college. Every society has its own impact in the society. We are apolitical college & here the college administration is complete against such practices. We have different labs for different courses. Microbiology Lab, Biotechnology Lab and what not.

Yes. St. Xavier's College Calcutta Alumni is known in the entire nation for it's sources. Great personalities have graduated from our college. Personalities like Sajiv Goenka, Vijay Malya, Sashi Tharoor, along with many great celebrities have been a part of this institution. This makes our college a renowned one with students who belong to the most affluent & impactful families of the city.

I got admission in this college via Merit List Process. There was an index calculation which was on the basis of my Class 12 Marks & on this Index Calculation, a merit list was declared. I wanted to pursue Mathematics as my stream but I got in the first list of Computer Science & took admission. The cutoff for Mathematics was too high for me to get featured in the first two lists, but after two weeks, third list for Mathematics Honors was declared which had my name and so I changed my stream from Computer Science to Mathematics.

The faculty, no doubt is one of the best not only in West Bengal but also in the Country. All Professors have their own research papers published in reputed journals. Some are currently doing PhD & some have already completed.