University of Calcutta

Also known as Calcutta University, CU

state public university in Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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The University of Calcutta is a public university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, that serves as a major educational institution in the region. As one of India's older universities, it plays an important role in higher education and research across multiple disciplines in eastern India.

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Official name: University of Calcutta
Employees: 5500
Official website: www.caluniv.ac.in
Image: University of Calcutta 7382.JPG
Students count: 22520

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Commons category: University of Calcutta
native label: কলিকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
inception: 1857-00-00
social media followers: 1298
street address: 87/1, College Street
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The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (CU), is a public state research university located in Kolkata, also known as Calcutta, in West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate colleges and 16 institutes in Kolkata and nearby areas. It was established on 24 January 1857 and is the oldest multidisciplinary university of the Indian Subcontinent and the Southeast Asian Region. Today, the university's jurisdiction is limited to a few districts of West Bengal, but at the time of its establishment, it had a catchment area ranging from Kabul to Myanmar. It is accredited as an "A" grade university by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).

The university has a total of fourteen campuses spread over the city of Kolkata and its suburbs. Since 2020, 151 colleges and 21 institutes, and centres have been affiliated with CU. The university was fourth in the Indian University Ranking 2021 list, released by the National Institutional Ranking Framework of the Ministry of Education.