Education in West Bengal

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Education in West Bengal is provided by both the

.

History

London Mission Bengali Girls' School, Calcutta (LMS, 1869, p.12)[1]

Presidency College
.

La Martiniere Calcutta was established in 1836. John Bethune established a school for Indian girls in 1850 at a time when women's education was frowned upon in the society. The Bethune College
for girls was set up by him in 1879.

The oldest medical school in Asia, the

St Xavier's College was established in 1860. In 1906, the partition of Bengal led to widespread nationalistic and anti British feelings. This led to the setting up of the National Council of Education, Bengal. This later on became the Jadavpur University in 1955. The nation's first homeopathy college was established in the city in 1880. In 1883 Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu became the first women graduates from the University of Calcutta. In the process, they became the first female graduates of the British Empire
. Kadambini went on to become the first female physician trained in the Western system of medicine in South Asia. The Science College was established in 1917. The first blind school came into being in 1925.

After independence,

Indian Institute of Technology was set up at Kharagpur about 120 km from Calcutta. In 1960 the Regional Engineering college (presently National Institute of Technology) at Durgapur was set up. It is amongst the top NITs in India and also among the oldest. Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, the first among the Indian Institutes of Management, was set up in 1961 at Joka. It was the first national institute for post-graduate studies and research in management sciences. It was established with the help of the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Ford Foundation
.

Structure

Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School

West Bengal schools are run by the

etc. are some of the best schools of West Bengal.

Major universities

Ashutosh Building of the University of Calcutta at the College Street campus
The historic Presidency University at the College Street campus
refer to caption.
Jorasanko Thakur Bari where Rabindra Bharati University, a state university established in 1962, is located
refer to caption.
West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences is a legal education state university established in 2004

In West Bengal there is one central university, twenty seven state universities, eleven private universities and two deemed university. Besides, there are three Regional Centres of IGNOU at Siliguri, Kolkata and Raghunathganj and one Sub - Regional Centre of IGNOU at Darjeeling.

State universities

University Location Type Established Specialization Sources
Aliah University Kolkata State 1781 Arts, Sciences, Engineering, Management, Islamic Studies [2]
Alipurduar University Alipurduar State 2020 Arts,Science [3]
Bankura University Bankura State 2014 Arts, Sciences, Engineering, Law [4]
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya Nadia State 1974 Agriculture, Horticulture and Agricultural Engineering [5]
Biswa Bangla Biswabidyalay Bolpur State 2020 Science, Arts and Commerce [6]
University of Burdwan Bardhaman State 1960 Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Engineering and Law [7]
University of Calcutta Kolkata State 1857 Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Engineering and Law [8]
Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University Cooch Behar State 2012 Arts, Sciences [9]
Dakshin Dinajpur University Balurghat State 2021 Humanities and Basic Sciences [10]
Darjeeling Hills University Darjeeling State 2021 Humanities and Basic Sciences [11]
Diamond Harbour Women's University Diamond Harbour State 2013 Humanities and Basic Sciences [12]
University of Gour Banga
Malda
State 2008 Arts, Sciences, and Commerce [13]
Harichand Guruchand University Gaighata State 2021 Arts, Sciences, and Commerce [14]
Hindi University Howrah State 2021 Languages [15]
University of Kalyani Kalyani State 1960 Arts, Sciences, Commerce and Law [16]
Jadavpur University Kolkata
  • Autonomous
1955 Engineering, Technology, Science, Arts and Commerce [17]
Kanyashree University Krishnanagar State 2020 Arts, Sciences and Commerce [18]
Kazi Nazrul University Asansol State 2012 Arts, Sciences, Commerce, law and Engineering. [19]
Mahatma Gandhi University, West Bengal Mahishadal State 2020 Arts, Sciences and Commerce. [20]
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology Kolkata State 2000 Engineering and Management [21]
Murshidabad University Berhampore State 2021 Arts, Sciences and Commerce [22]
Netaji Subhas Open University Kolkata State and distance education 1998 Arts, Sciences, and Commerce [23]
University of North Bengal Siliguri State 1962 Arts, Sciences, Commerce, and Law [24]
Presidency University Kolkata State 1817 Arts and Sciences [25]
Rabindra Bharati University Kolkata State 1962 Arts, Fine Arts, and Performing Arts [26]
Raiganj University Raiganj State 2015 Humanities, Science [27]
Rani Rashmoni Green University Tarakeswar State 2020 Science [28]
Sadhu Ram Chand Murmu University
Jhargram State 2021 Science, Arts and Commerce [29]
Senate of Serampore College (University) Serampore State 1818 Theology [30]
Sidho Kanho Birsha University Purulia State 2010 Arts and Sciences [31]
The Sanskrit College and University
Kolkata State 2015 Sanskrit, Languages [32]
Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya
Cooch Behar State 2001 Agriculture, Horticulture [33]
Vidyasagar University
Midnapur
State 1981 Arts, Sciences, Commerce and Law [34]
West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences Kolkata State 1999 Law [35]
West Bengal State University Barasat State 2008 Arts, Sciences, Commerce and Law [36]
West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences Kolkata State 1995 Veterinary & Animal Sciences [37]
West Bengal University of Health Sciences Kolkata State 2003 Medicine [38]
West Bengal University of Teachers' Training, Education Planning and Administration
Kolkata State 2015 Teachers Training, B.Ed. M.Ed [39]

Central University

University Location Type Established Specialization Sources
Visva-Bharati University
Santiniketan (Bolpur
)
Central University 1921 Arts and Sciences [40]
Aligarh Muslim University: Murshidabad Centre Jangipur (Murshidabad) Central University 2010 Arts, Sciences and Management [41]

Centrally Funded Technical Institutes & Other Premier institution Campuses

Institute of National Importance

University Location Type Established Specialization Sources
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Joka Autonomous 1961 Social Sciences and Management [43]
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata Haringhata Autonomous 2006 Basic Sciences, Applied Sciences [44]
Indian Statistical Institute Baranagar Autonomous 1959 Basic Sciences, Applied Sciences, Social Sciences [45]
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur Autonomous 1951 Science, Management, Engineering & Technology, Law [46]
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur
Howrah Autonomous 1856 Sciences, Management, Engineering & Technology [47]
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani
Kalyani Autonomous 2014 Engineering & Technology, Sciences [48]
National Institute of Technology, Durgapur Durgapur Autonomous 1960 Engineering & Technology, Sciences, Management [49]
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kolkata Kolkata Autonomous 2007 Pharmacy [50]
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalyani Kalyani Autonomous 2019 Medical

Deemed universities

University Location Type Established Specialization Sources
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Kolkata Deemed 1876 Basic sciences, applied sciences [51]
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute
Belur Math Deemed 2005 Agricultural Management, Rural Development, Basic Sciences, Indian Culture and Spirituality

Private universities

University Location Type Established Specialization Sources
Adamas University Barasat
Private
2014 Sciences, Management, Humanities, Engineering & Technology [52]
Amity University, Kolkata New Town
Global Private
2015 Sciences, Management, Humanities, Engineering & Technology [53]
Brainware University Kolkata
Private
2015 Engineering & Technology, Agriculture, Sciences, Management, Law, Pharmacy, Nursing, Humanities, Psychology [54]
International Management Institute Kolkata Kolkata Autonomous Management Institute 2011 Management [55]
JIS University Agarpara
Private
2014 Science, Engineering & Technology, Pharmacy, Management, Law [56]
Neotia University Sarisha
Private
2015 Sciences, Management, Humanities, Engineering & Technology [57]
Seacom Skills University Santiniketan (Bolpur)
Private
2014 Sciences, Engineering & Technology [58]
Sister Nivedita University New Town
Private
2017 Science, Engineering & Technology, Management, Social Science & Women Studies [59]
St. Xavier's University, Kolkata Kolkata
Private
2017 Management, Commerce, Humanities, Mass Communication [60]
Swami Vivekananda University, Barrackpore Barrackpore
Private
2020 Science, Management, Agriculture, Engineering & Technology [61]
Techno India University Kolkata
Private
2012 Sciences, Management, Engineering & Technology [62]
University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata
New Town
Private
2015 Engineering, Technology & Management [63]

Research Institutes

Research Institutes of West Bengal
Institute Location Established Specialization Sources
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Kolkata 1950 Science [64]
S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
Kolkata 1986 Science [65]
Bose Institute Kolkata 1917 Science [66]
Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre Kolkata 1977 Science [67]
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute Kolkata 1950 Science and Technology [68]
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Kolkata 1935 Science [69]
Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
Durgapur
1958 Science and Technology [70]
Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute Kolkata 1959 Science [71]
National Institute of Biomedical Genomics Kalyani 2010 Science [72]
Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibers Kolkata 1953 Science and Technology [73]
Indian Centre for Space Physics Kolkata 1999 Science [74]
National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibre Technology
Kolkata 1938 Science and Technology [75]

Medical Colleges

Name Established City University Type Degrees Awarded Comments Ref.
Bankura Sammilani Medical College
1956 Bankura WBUHS State Funded [76]
Barasat Government Medical College and Hospital 2022 Barasat WBUHS State Funded
Burdwan Medical College 1969
Purba Bardhaman
WBUHS State Funded [77]
Calcutta National Medical College 1948 Kolkata WBUHS State Funded
College Of Medicine & JNM Hospital
2009 Kalyani University Campus State Funded
College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital 2010 Kolkata
WBUHS
State Funded
Coochbehar Government Medical College and Hospital
2019
Coochbehar
WBUHS
State Funded
Deben Mahata Government Medical College and Hospital 2020 Purulia
WBUHS
State Funded
ESIC Medical College, Kolkata 2013 Joka
WBUHS
Central Funded
Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital 2016 Durgapur
WBUHS
Private [78]
ICARE Institute of Medical Sciences and Research 2011 Haldia
WBUHS
Private
IPGMER and SSKM Hospital 1707 Kolkata
WBUHS
State Funded
IQ City Medical College 2016 Durgapur
WBUHS
Private
Jalpaiguri Government Medical College and Hospital 2022 Jalpaiguri
WBUHS
State Funded
JIS Institute of Medical Science and Research 2023
Santragachi
WBUHS
Private
JMN Medical College 2016 Chakdah
WBUHS
Private
Jagannath Gupta Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital 2016 Kolkata
WBUHS
Private [79]
Jhargram Government Medical College and Hospital 2022 Jhargram
WBUHS
State Funded
KPC Medical College and Hospital 2006 Kolkata
WBUHS
Private
Malda Medical College and Hospital 2011
Malda
WBUHS
State Funded
Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata
1835 Kolkata
WBUHS
State Funded
Midnapore Medical College and Hospital 2004 Midnapore
WBUHS
State Funded
Murshidabad Medical College
2012
Berhampore
WBUHS
State Funded
Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical College and Hospital
1873 Kolkata
WBUHS
State Funded
North Bengal Medical College
1968 Siliguri
WBUHS
State Funded
Diamond Harbour Government Medical College and Hospital 2019 Diamond Harbour
WBUHS
State Funded
Prafulla Chandra Sen Government Medical College and Hospital 2022 Arambagh
WBUHS
State Funded
Raiganj Government Medical College and Hospital 2019 Raiganj
WBUHS
State Funded
Rampurhat Government Medical College and Hospital 2019
Birbhum
WBUHS
State Funded
Shri Ramkrishna Institute of Medical Sciences and Sanaka Hospital 2015 Durgapur
WBUHS
Private [80]
R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital 1886 Kolkata
WBUHS
State Funded
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Government Medical College and Hospital 2022 Uluberia
WBUHS
State Funded
Tamralipto Government Medical College and Hospital 2022 Tamluk
WBUHS
State Funded
Dr B C Roy Institute of Medical Sciences & Research 2024 Kharagpur
WBUHS
State Funded

See also

  • Universities and colleges of West Bengal
  • Kolkata
  • List of schools of West Bengal

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