Calcutta University

University of Calcutta (also known as Calcutta University) is a state university in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India, founded in January 24 1857. This is the first modern multi-disciplinary university in South Asia, the oldest institution which has the status of University Senate Serampore College (University), Serampore have the freedom to deliver a degree in theology, if only.

In India, recognized as a "Five Star University" and "Potential Center of

Excellence" by the UGC. In all public universities in India, Calcutta University, first in terms of highest number of students passed the test, Ph.D admission eligibility in the science conducted by Central Government (CSIR-UGC NET) to became eligible to pursue Ph.D studies with full Government Scholarship.

The University is a State Government administered urban-based affiliating and analysis university. It has its axial campus in College Street (called Ashutosh Shiksha Prangan) and another campuses are in Alipore (called Sahid Khudiram Siksha Prangan), South Sinthi, Ballygunge (called Taraknath Palit Shiksha Prangan), Hazra and Rajabazar (called Rashbehari Shiksha Prangan). Calcutta University, which entered into force on January 24 1857 and 41-member Senate is university policy. When this was founded as a river basin covers an area of Lahore to Rangoon (now Myanmar) and Ceylon and India, the largest university.

The University has several locations in the city of Calcutta and many subsidiaries are divided into suburbs. The University additionally has abounding affiliated colleges advance over southern West Bengal. The campus of the university, situated on College Street, extended over a breadth of 2.7 acreage (0.011 km2). The campus is additionally accepted as the Asutosh Siksha Prangan and contains Darbhanga, Hardinge Centenary Building and Asutosh Building. The Institution Offers affiliated for support of beyond the scope of the autonomous institutes and centers, which are mainly based in Calcutta, and in Bangalore, and also in Patna. These are either the direct supervision of, or offer courses in collaboration with universities and independent authority to provide scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students of the university.

The Calcutta University has one hundred and fifty three affiliated colleges under this university. It has 65 departments grouped into eight faculties: Arts; Agriculture; Commerce, Social Welfare & Business Management; Engineering & Technology; Journalism, Library Science and Education; Home Science, Fine Arts and Music; Science and Law. The university has eighteen Research Centres, six hundred and fifty Teachers, three thousand Non-Teaching Staffs and twelve thousand and four hundred Post Graduate Students.