Brainware University, Barasat

B.Tech

The B.Tech CSE page titles the programme Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering. Duration: 4 years. Eligibility: minimum 60% in 10+2 with Physics and Mathematics mandatory, plus one listed third subject, and minimum 45% in any three subjects taken together, with a pass in English. A 5% relaxation is printed for reserved category candidates. A lateral-entry route, B.Tech CSE-LE, is printed as 3 years, with minimum 45% in a relevant diploma, BSc or BCA, and the same 5% relaxation.

The homepage engineering list also names undergraduate CSE, AI and ML, AI and Robotics, Cyber Security, and Data Science and AI, plus B.Tech Biotech under biotechnology. Postgraduate lines on that list are CSE, CSE Data Science, AI and ML, and Robotics and Automation. Diploma lines named there are CSE, EE and ME. Durations for those other engineering names are not printed on the homepage list.

BBA and management

The BBA page titles the programme Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours). Duration: 4 years. Eligibility: minimum 50% in 10+2 in any discipline, with a 5% relaxation for reserved category candidates. The homepage management list also names BBA Business Analytics, BBA Digital Marketing (the link is bba-digital-marketing.php), BBA Hospital Management (bba-hospital-management.php), and B.Com.

The MBA page titles the programme Master of Business Administration. Duration: 2 years (4 semesters). Eligibility: minimum 50% in graduation in any discipline, with a 5% relaxation for reserved category candidates. The same homepage list names MBA Hospital Management and M.Com. Doctoral lines named there include PhD Management, PhD Commerce and PhD Hospital Management.

Other schools named on the homepage

• Computational and applied sciences: BCA, BCA AI and ML, ANCS, MCA, MSc ANCS, Mathematics, and PhD in CS and Mathematics.
• Biotechnology and biosciences: B.Tech Biotech, BSc Biotech, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, and PhD in Biotech.
• Medical and allied health: medical lab science, BMRIT, anaesthesia and OTT, physician associate, pharmacy, optometry, physiotherapy, CCT, nursing, food nutrition and dietetics, plus listed PG and diploma names including GNM.
• Law: LL.B., BBA LL.B., B.A. LL.B., LLM, and PhD in Law.
• Agriculture, communication and multimedia, and humanities: agriculture, agronomy, horticulture, animation and multimedia, media science and journalism, English, and psychology, with the UG, PG and PhD names printed on that homepage list.

Admission steps

The admission procedure page says counsellors guide programme choice. The printed steps are: select a degree or diploma programme; apply online; fill the online form; appear for the Brainware Entrance Test (BET) and qualify; send the listed documents by mail or WhatsApp; pay by NEFT, IMPS or UPI and send the payment details; complete the anti-ragging form; receive an admission letter.

Document lists are printed for the 2025-2026 session for UG, PG and diploma. Original marksheets and certificates must be produced for verification. The page says a false or falsified record can bar the student from any course.

Exams by programme

B.Tech CSE: the programme page says admission follows current guidelines through BET, JEE Main, WBJEE, or other approved routes, subject to eligibility and seat availability. It also says students who meet the eligibility criteria can apply for direct admission on Class 12 merit and personal counselling.

BBA: the programme page says admission is generally merit-based. It says candidates may appear for BET, and a later line says BET may be used for scholarship eligibility. Counselling and a personal interaction are also printed.

MBA: the programme page says admission is based on BET and/or merit in relevant national-level management entrance examinations, plus document verification. The same page’s FAQ names CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT, or a university-specific test. A cutoff score or rank is not printed for any of these exams.

The homepage says admissions are open for 2026-27.

University schemes printed on the homepage

The homepage scholarship block prints these tuition-fee waivers. A rupee amount for the merit and master’s schemes is not printed.

• Brainware Vidyalankar Scholarship: 50% tuition fee waiver for 90% to under 95%, and 100% tuition fee waiver for 95% and above. Programme pages add that this scholarship is only for students who passed the qualifying examination in the current admission year, and only for Indian nationals.
• Brainware Merit Scholarship (Brainware Medha Britti): for students with 60% and above throughout their academic career. A waiver percentage is not printed.
• Brainware Vidya Jyoti: for pursuing a master’s after a bachelor’s. A waiver percentage is not printed.
• Brainware Sports Scholarship (Brainware Krira Ratna): 100% tuition fee waiver for international or national medalists, 50% for state-level medalists, and 25% for district-level medalists.
• Early Bird Offer: up to Rs 30,000 off on admission for a limited period on select courses. The homepage marks terms and conditions. This discount is not a programme fee.

The same homepage statistics block prints Rs 30 Cr+ scholarship. It does not attach a year or a per-student amount to that figure.

Other schemes named, without amounts

The scholarship page lists, for 2024-2025, the West Bengal Chief Minister Relief Fund (Nabanna) Scholarship, West Bengal Minorities’ Development and Finance Corporation, Kanyashree Prakalpa (K1, K2), Swami Vivekananda West Bengal Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship, a scholarship for SC, ST and OBC students in West Bengal, National Scholarship, Private Scholarship, and the Student Credit Card Scheme. The homepage also names SVMCM, WBMDFC Aikyashree, and the Student Credit Card Scheme. Amounts for these schemes are not printed on the pages read.

Figures printed for 2025

The homepage placement block prints 98% placement, 1,000+ global recruiters, highest CTC of Rs 36+ LPA, average CTC of Rs 4 LPA, and 1,300+ selections in 2025. B.Tech, BBA and MBA programme pages each print “98% Placed in 2025”. The placement overview page is titled Campus Placement 2025 and prints 98% placement, highest CTC of 36 LPA, average CTC of 4 LPA, 1,000+ pan-India recruiters, and 35+ hospital tie-ups.

The contact page prints a different pair, with no year on those two counters: highest CTC 27 LPA and average CTC 3.12 LPA, beside 98% placement, 1,000+ pan-India recruiters, and 35+ hospital tie-ups. Both sets are official page text. They are not combined into one figure here.

MBA page: it says the highest salary offered for that programme was INR 9.50 LPA, with an average of INR 4.31 LPA, described as the latest placement data for the programme. A batch year is not printed next to those two MBA figures.

The placement page describes pre-placement training from day one, soft-skills training, boot camps, industry visits, live projects, and internships. Named internship lines include Hindustan Unilever and Tata 1mg. International partners named on that page and the homepage include Livingstone College (North Carolina, USA), Sejong University and Hanyang University (Republic of Korea), Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (Argentina), and Kasama University College of Health Science and Technology (Zambia).

Generic salary ranges in the career-options copy, such as entry-level bands for B.Tech or BBA graduates, are not treated as the university placement record.

No cutoff score or rank printed

The admission page and the B.Tech, BBA and MBA pages do not print an opening rank, a closing rank, or a cutoff score for BET, JEE Main, WBJEE, CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT, or any other exam. Eligibility percentages printed for those programmes are qualifying marks, not cutoffs.

IIRF 2023 and 2024

The rankings page says Brainware University secured the top position among private engineering colleges in West Bengal and ranked No. 1 in Employability in the IIRF 2023 and 2024 Engineering Ranking India, for two consecutive years. The same page also says “No. 1 Technical Private University in West Bengal” without a year on that sentence.

Other rankings with a year

• uniRank University Ranking 2024: the rankings page says Brainware University was ranked the No. 2 private university in West Bengal. B.Tech, BBA and MBA pages separately say uniRank 2026 ranked it No. 2 private university in West Bengal.
• Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2024: the rankings page says the university was recognised as the Best Private University in West Bengal. Programme pages separately print Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2025 as among the top 100 private universities in West Bengal.
• Federation for World Academics (FWA): the rankings page says No. 1 multidisciplinary university in West Bengal and among the top 100 universities in India. A year is not printed on that FWA paragraph.

Homepage accolade lines

The homepage accolade list prints, as separate lines, IIRF Rankings 2026, No. 1 Liberal University in WB, No. 1 Engineering College under Private University in WB, No. 2 New Age Private University in WB, Best Engineering Institute by career 360, and Among Top 100 Universities in India. The page does not attach a body and a year to each of those rank lines, so they are not merged into one rank here.

Awards with a year

• Times of India Business Award: Best University in Infrastructure, Education, and Placement in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
• Times Now.in Excellence in Education and Institution Infrastructure Awards, East Chapter 2025: Best Institute in Engineering (Placement), Best Institute in MBA Education, and Best Institute in Law.
• ASSOCHAM 7th EduMeet and Excellence Award: best university for promoting industry-academia linkage. A year is printed on the placement page as 2023 for that linkage line.
• News18 Bangla Education Eminence, 2022, 2023 and 2024: Excellence in Academics and Placement for UG and PG.
• Zee 24 Ghanta Education Excellence Award in 2022, 2023 and 2024, and recognition for job-oriented courses in 2017 and 2018.
• The rankings page also names an ABP award, spelled there as Shikkha Shamman, for 2022, 2023 and 2024.
• Careers360: the rankings page says the university is rated AA+. That is a grade, not a numeric rating, and a year is not printed on that sentence. The rating field on this profile is left blank.
• Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, Ministry of Education: perennial fund award of Rs 1,75,000. A year is not printed on that paragraph.

Items with a year on the official pages

• 2026-27: the homepage says admissions are open, with an early-bird offer of up to Rs 30,000 off on select courses for a limited period.
• 2025: the homepage placement block prints 1,300+ selections in 2025, with 98% placement, highest CTC of Rs 36+ LPA and average CTC of Rs 4 LPA.
• 2025: Times Now.in East Chapter awards for engineering placement, MBA education, and law, as printed on the rankings page.
• 2024: uniRank No. 2 private university in West Bengal, and Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2024 as Best Private University in West Bengal, both on the rankings page.
• 25 February 2016: the homepage says this is the date the university was officially established.

TOTAL PROGRAMME FEE

The course-fees index is headed Fees Structure 2026-2027 and does not itself print rupee totals. The totals below are printed on the programme pages, in a semester table whose last column is Total. Each annual equivalent is that total divided by the printed duration. The annual fee field is the B.Tech CSE figure of INR 1,44,900 a year. These programmes print different totals.

• B.Tech CSE, 4 years, 8 semesters: semester fees INR 98,200, 96,200, 75,200, 75,200, 69,200, 64,200, 58,200 and 43,200. TOTAL PROGRAMME FEE INR 5,79,600. Annual equivalent INR 1,44,900.
• B.Tech CSE lateral entry, 3 years: TOTAL PROGRAMME FEE INR 2,56,200. Annual equivalent INR 85,400. A semester split for this route is not printed next to that total.
• BBA (Honours), 4 years, 8 semesters: semester fees INR 89,700, 88,700, 56,700, 56,700, 46,200, 44,200, 46,200 and 44,200. TOTAL PROGRAMME FEE INR 4,72,600. Annual equivalent INR 1,18,150.
• MBA, 2 years, 4 semesters: semester fees INR 1,41,700, 1,41,700, 1,18,200 and 1,08,200. TOTAL PROGRAMME FEE INR 5,09,800. Annual equivalent INR 2,54,900.

Application fee: each of those pages says the application fee of INR 5,000 is non-refundable. It is not part of the programme totals above. The pages also say fees are subject to change.

Hostel fees, not a programme fee

The hostel page is headed Hostel Fees 2026-27 and labels the amounts as proposed hostel fees for fooding and lodging, payable quarterly (the page spells that word quaterly), meaning 3 months in advance.

• Nursing students: 4-bed sharing room Rs 10,000 per month. Caution deposit Rs 10,000, refundable. Hostel joining fee Rs 10,000, non-refundable.
• Other students: 4-bed sharing room Rs 10,000 per month. 2-bed sharing room Rs 12,000 per month, printed as only for girls. Single room Rs 15,000 per month, printed as only for girls. The same caution deposit and joining fee are printed.