Colleges in Kolkata are the main institutions of higher education. A huge number of colleges are spread all over this metropolitan city of Calcutta. Some of these colleges are government-owned, whereas some other are privately-owned institutions. However, all those colleges are connected with a regional university. Here, the universities looks after the examination-related procedures of those colleges.
In 1817, Presidency College was established in Calcutta as the first sciences and liberal arts college. On the other hand, the Scottish Church College was also established in Kolkata in 1830.
Some other well-known colleges in Kolkata include:
- St. Xaviers College
- Lady Brabourne College
- Bethune College
- Ashutosh College
- Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy
- Behala College
- Shree Sikshayatan College
- Charu Chandra College
- Bhawanipur Education Society College
- Maulana Azad College
- Jogeshchandra Chaudhuri College
- hidderepore College
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- Muralidhar Girls College
- New Alipore College
- Ram Krishna Mission College
- Narendrapur
- Rani Birla Girls College
- Bangabasi College
- Acharya Jogadish Chandra Bose College
- Bidhannagar College
- Sarojini Naidu College
- Vidyasagar College
In most of these colleges different types of study courses are offered to the eligible candidates. In Kolkata, one will also find a number of good law colleges, such as, National University of Juridical Studies, Surendranath Law College, South Calcutta Law College, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College and several others.
With the course of time, a huge number of engineering colleges (Narula Institute of Technology, Bengal Institute of Technology, Institute of Engineering and Management, Saint Thomas College of Engineering etc.), technological institutions (College Of Ceramic Technology, Institute Of Jute Technology, Bengal Institute Of Technology and so on) and medical colleges (National Medical College, RG Kar Medical College, Nilratan Sircar Medical College etc.) are cropping up in Kolkata.
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