🏛️ Universities & National Institutes in Kolkata

State, private and deemed universities and the national research institutes of Kolkata.

Listed in no particular order — this is not a ranking.

University of Calcutta

State University

📍 College Street

Founded 1857; the first modern university in India.

Jadavpur University

State University

Founded 1955; engineering, arts and science.

Presidency University

State University

📍 College Street

Presidency College (1817) became a university in 2010.

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C)

Institute of National Importance

Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)

Institute of National Importance

📍 Baranagar (B.T. Road)

Founded 1931 by P.C. Mahalanobis.

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur

Institute of National Importance

📍 Shibpur, Howrah

Founded 1856 as Bengal Engineering College.

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata

Institute of National Importance

📍 Mohanpur (Nadia)

About 50 km from the city.

The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS)

National Law University

Rabindra Bharati University

State University

📍 Jorasanko / B.T. Road

Founded 1962; arts, music, dance and drama.

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT)

State University · Technology

📍 Haringhata / Salt Lake

Affiliating university for the state's engineering colleges.

The West Bengal University of Health Sciences

State University · Health

Affiliating university for medical and nursing colleges.

West Bengal State University

State University

Affiliating university for North 24-Parganas colleges.

Netaji Subhas Open University

State Open University

Open and distance learning.

Aliah University

State University

St. Xavier's University, Kolkata

Private University

Jesuit university, 2017.

Adamas University

Private University

Private university.

Techno India University

Private University

Private university of the Techno India group.

Sister Nivedita University

Private University

Private university of the Techno India group.

University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata

Private University

IEM group university.

Amity University Kolkata

Private University

Amity's Kolkata campus.

National Research Institute

Founded 1917 by J.C. Bose.

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

National Research Institute

📍 Bidhannagar

S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences

National Research Institute

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS)

National Research Institute

Founded 1876; India's oldest research institute.

CSIR–Indian Institute of Chemical Biology

National Research Institute

CSIR laboratory.

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