Presidency University Kolkata

What is the average package at Presidency University Kolkata?

The average package at Presidency University Kolkata was ₹5,00,000 (₹5 LPA) in the 2025 placement season, with the highest package reaching ₹13,00,000 (₹13 LPA). For this government university (established in 2010, with academic roots in the 1817 Hindoo College and accredited NAAC 'A+'), placements are driven mainly by its science and analytics-heavy postgraduate departments rather than engineering, which shapes both the modest average and the strong department-level peaks. Some portals report a slightly higher 2025 aggregate of ₹5.98 LPA average CTC and a ₹14.37 LPA highest CTC against an 82% placement rate, but the core verified figures for the season remain a ₹5 LPA average and a ₹13 LPA high.

Because Presidency University Kolkata is a research-first public institution, package levels vary sharply by discipline: the Statistics, Economics and Geology departments run the most active placement cells, and Statistics graduates pull the overall numbers up well above the UG median.

Branch/Course-Wise Package Breakdown

The table below breaks Presidency University Kolkata's packages down by the courses that actually drive its placements, answering the question "which department earns the most here?" Read the Median column as the NIRF-reported figure for that course group and the Average/Highest columns as the department or aggregate outcome for that year. The university does not run engineering placements, so the strongest numbers come from postgraduate science programmes, especially M.Sc Statistics. Where a precise department-level figure is not separately disclosed by the university, the cell is marked accordingly rather than estimated.

The clear takeaway is that M.Sc Statistics is the highest-earning programme at Presidency University Kolkata, with a ₹8 LPA median, a ₹14 LPA high and a 70-80% placement rate that no other department matches. Postgraduate cohorts consistently out-earn undergraduates, where the 3-year UG median sits near ₹4.10 LPA. Economics is the second strongest, feeding analyst roles at firms like HSBC, EY and KPMG, even though a precise departmental average is not published.

Year-Wise Package Trend

This table tracks how Presidency University Kolkata's median and headline packages have moved across 2024, 2025 and 2026, answering whether outcomes are improving. The UG and PG medians are taken from successive NIRF reports, while the 2025 average and highest reflect the overall season. Note that NIRF separates UG 3-year and PG 2-year medians, so both are shown where available to avoid a misleading single number.

The trajectory at Presidency University Kolkata is recovering: the UG 3-year median rose from a low ₹2.40 LPA in 2024 to ₹4.10 LPA in 2026, and the PG 2-year median climbed from ₹4.31 LPA to ₹5.50 LPA over the same window. The 2025 season, with a ₹5 LPA average and ₹13 LPA peak, sits as the strongest aggregate year. The single biggest shift between 2024 and 2026 is the jump in PG students placed, from 44 to 112, signalling a widening of campus recruitment beyond a handful of departments.

Notable Offers & Package Distribution

The top offers at Presidency University Kolkata cluster around its analytics and quantitative talent: the ₹13-14 LPA highest packages of 2025 went to Statistics and allied science postgraduates, while the broad mass of offers sat closer to the ₹4-6 LPA median band typical of TCS, Genpact, Cognizant and banking-analyst roles. The distribution is therefore bimodal rather than uniform - a premium cluster of consulting, data and analyst roles at ₹8-14 LPA from recruiters such as HSBC, EY, KPMG and Deloitte, sitting above a high-volume cluster of IT-services and operations roles at ₹4-6 LPA from TCS, Wipro, Infosys, Capgemini, Tech Mahindra, ICICI Bank and Yes Bank.

In the 2025 cycle, more than 300 companies and 2,500-plus placement drives engaged with the campus, and Cognizant, Genpact, Mu Sigma, Deloitte and TCS were among the active mass recruiters. Crucially, Presidency University Kolkata concentrates its placement activity in three departments - Statistics, Economics and Geology - so a student's earning outcome depends heavily on choosing one of these high-conversion disciplines. Statistics alone, with its ₹8 LPA median and 70-80% placement rate, accounts for a disproportionate share of the premium offers.