List of institutions of higher education in West Bengal

This is a list of educational institutions in West Bengal.

Universities

Universities of West Bengal

University	Location	Type	Established	Specialization	Sources
Adamas University	Kolkata	Private	2014	Arts, Commerce, Sciences,engineering and technology,law, management and pharmacy	[1]
Aliah University	Kolkata	State	1781, as Calcutta Madrasah College; 2007, as Aliah University	Arts, sciences, engineering, management, Islamic studies	[2]
Amity University Kolkata	Kolkata	Private university	2015	Language, sciences, engineering, management, fashion studies	[3]
Bankura University	Bankura	Public	2013	Arts and Sciences	[4]
Bengal Engineering & Science University	Howrah	Central	1856, as Calcutta Civil Engineering College; 2010, as Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Kolkata	Engineering and technology, sciences	[5]
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya	Nadia	State	1974	Agriculture, horticulture and agricultural engineering	[6]
Brainware University	Kolkata	Private	2016	Sciences, management, engineering and technology	[7]
University of Burdwan	Bardhaman	State	1960	Arts, sciences, commerce, engineering and law	[8]
University of Calcutta	Kolkata	State	1869	Arts, sciences, commerce, engineering and law	[9]
University of Gour Banga	Malda	State	2008	Arts, sciences, and commerce	[10]
Diamond Harbour Women's University	Sarisha,West Bengal	State	2012	Arts and sciences	[11]
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology	Kolkata	Central	1935	sciences	[12]
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata	Haringhata, Nadia	Central, autonomous	2006	Basic sciences, applied sciences	[13]
IIT Kharagpur	Kharagpur	Central, autonomous	1951	Sciences and engineering	[14]
Jadavpur University	Kolkata	State	1955	Arts, sciences, and engineering	[15]
JIS University	Agarpara,West Bengal	Private	2014	Engineering and technology,law, management, pharmacy and Sciences	[16]
University of Kalyani	Kalyani	State	1960	Arts, sciences, commerce and law	[17]
Kazi Nazrul University	Asansol	State	2012	Arts and sciences	[18]
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology	Kolkata	State	2000	Engineering and technology	[19]
University of North Bengal	Darjeeling	State	1962	Arts, sciences, commerce, and law	[20]
Neotia University	Sarisha,West Bengal	Private	2015	Arts, engineering and technology	[21]
Netaji Subhas Open University	Kolkata	State and distance education	1998	Arts, sciences, and commerce	[22]
Presidency University	Kolkata	State	1817 as Hindu College; 2010 as Presidency University	Arts and sciences	[23]
Rabindra Bharati University	Kolkata	State	1962	Arts, fine arts, and performing arts	[24]
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University	Belur Math, Howrah	Deemed	2005	Agricultural management, rural development, sciences, Indian culture and spirituality	[25]
Sanskrit College	Kolkata	Public	1824, as Sanskrit College; 2015 as Sanskrit College and University	Arts and Sanskrit	[26]
Seacom Skills University	Santiniketan, West Bengal	Private	2014	Arts, Science,engineering and technology,IT Management	[27]
Senate of Serampore College (University)	Serampore	State	1818 as Serampore College; 1829[28] as Senate of Serampore College (University)	Theology	[29]
Sidho Kanho Birsha University	Purulia	State	2010	Arts and sciences	[30]
Techno India University	Kolkata	Private	2012	Sciences, management, engineering and technology	[31]
University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata	Kolkata	Private	2015	Engineering and technology, Sciences and Management	[32]
Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya	Cooch Behar	State	2001	Agriculture and horticulture	[33]
Vidyasagar University	Midnapur	State	1981	Arts, sciences, commerce and law	[34]
Visva-Bharati University	Santiniketan	Central	1921	Arts and sciences	[35]
West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences	Kolkata	State	1893, as Bengal Veterinary College; 1995 as West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences	Veterinary and animal sciences	[36]
West Bengal University of Health Sciences	Kolkata	State	2003	Medicine	[37]
West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences	Kolkata	State	1999	Law	[38]
West Bengal State University	Barasat	State	2008	Arts, Commerce and Sciences	[39]

Colleges

• Acharya Brojendra Nath Seal College, Cooch Behar
• Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College, Kolkata
• Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, New Barrackpore
• Adamas Institute of Technology, Barasat
• Alipurduar College, Alipurduar
• Ananda Chandra College, Jalpaiguri
• Anandamohan College, Kolkata
• Asansol Engineering College, Asansol
• Asansol Girls' College, Asansol
• Asutosh College, Kolkata
• B. P. Poddar Institute of Management & Technology
• Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya, Purba Medinipur
• Bangabasi College
• Bankura Christian College
• Barasat Government College
• Bardhaman Raj College
• Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath College, North 24 Parganas
• Baruipur College, South 24 Parganas
• Basanti Devi College, Kolkata
• Basirhat College, North 24 Parganas
• Belda College, Belda, Paschim Medinipur
• Bengal College of Engineering & Technology, Durgapur
• Bengal Institute of Technology, Kolkata
• Bethune College, Kolkata
• Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, Haringhata, Nadia
• Birbhum Mahavidyalaya, Birbhum
• Bidhan Nagar College, Salt Lake, Kolkata
• Calcutta Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata
• Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata
• Chandernagore Government College, Chandannagore
• College of Engineering and Management, Kolaghat
• Dinabandhu Andrews College, Kolkata
• Dinhata College
• Dr. B.C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur
• Dum Dum Motijheel College
• Durgapur Government College
• Durgapur Women's College
• Fakir Chand College, South 24 Parganas
• Falakata College
• Future Institute of Engineering and Management, Sonarpur, Kolkata
• Galsi Mahavidyalaya
• Ghatal Rabindra Satabarsiki Mahavidyalaya, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur
• Gour Mahavidyalaya, Maldah
• Government College of Engineering, Jalpaiguri
• Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology, Kolkata
• Gushkara Mahavidyalaya
• The Heritage Academy, Kolkata
• Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata
• Hooghly Engineering and Technology College
• Hooghly Mohsin College
• Hooghly Women's College
• Institute of Engineering and Management
• Institute of Science & Technology, Midnapore West
• Institute of Technology and Marine Engineering
• Jamini Roy College, Bankura
• Jogamaya Devi College, Kolkata
• Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College, Kolkata
• Kabi Joydeb Mahavidyalaya
• Kalna College
• Kalyani Government Engineering College, Kalyani
• Katwa College
• Kharagpur College, Kharagpur
• Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata
• Magrahat College, South 24 Parganas
• Maharajadhiraj Uday Chand Women's College, Bardhaman
• Mahishadal Girls College, Purba Medinipur
• Malda College
• Mallabhum Institute of Technology, Bishnupur, Bankura
• Mankar College
• Marine Engineering and Research Institute
• Maynaguri College, Maynaguri|
• Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology, Kolkata
• Memari College
• Michael Madhusudan Memorial College, Durgapur
• Midnapore College, Midnapore
• Murshidabad College of Engineering & Technology, Baharampur
• National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kolkata
• National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
• Netaji Nagar College (Evening)
• Netaji Nagar College for Women, Kolkata
• Netaji Nagar Day College, Kolkata
• Netaji Subhash Engineering College
• NSHM Knowledge Campus, Durgapur
• Panskura Banamali College, Panskura, Purba Medinipur
• Prabhat Kumar College, Contai
• Rajabazar Science College, Kolkata
• Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Belur, West Bengal
• RCC Institute of Information Technology
• Scottish Church College, Kolkata
• Serampore College, Serampore
• Senate of Serampore College (University), Serampore, Hooghly District
• Shyamsundar College, Bankura
• Sidho Kanho Birsha University, Purulia
• Siliguri College
• St. Xavier's College, Calcutta, Kolkata
• Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur
• Tarakeswar Degree College, Hooghly
• Techno India, Salt Lake, Kolkata
• Techno India College of Technology, Rajarhat, Kolkata
• University Institute of Technology, Bardhaman
• Vidyasagar College for Women, Kolkata
• Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College, Kolkata
• Vivekananda College, Alipurduar
• Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya, Bardhaman

References

1. "Official Website of Adamas Univeristy". adamasuniversity.ac.in.
2. "Aliah University, Kolkata". aliah.ac.in. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
3. "Amity University Kolkata".
4. "Welcome to Bankura University". www.bankurauniv.ac.in.
5. "Bengal Engineering & Science University". becs.ac.in. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
6. "Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya". www.bckv.edu.in. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
7. "Brainware University". brainwareuniversity.ac.in. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
8. "University of Burdwan". buruniv.ac.in. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
9. "Calcutta University". caluniv.ac.in. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
10. "Gaur Banga University". ugb.ac.in. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
11. "Diamond Harbour Women's University". dhwu.ac.in.
12. "IICB, Kolkata". iicb.res.in.
13. "IISER Kolkata". iiserkol.ac.in. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
14. "IIT Kharagpur". iitkgp.ac.in. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
15. "Jadavpur University". jaduniv.edu.in. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
16. "JIS University". jisuniversity.ac.in.
17. "Kalyani University". klyuniv.ac.in. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
18. "Kazi Nazrul University". knuedu.in. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
19. "West Bengal University of Technology". www.wbut.net. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
20. "North Bengal University". nbu.ac.in. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
21. "The Neotia University". www.tnu.in.
22. "Netaji Subhas Open University". www.wbnsou.ac.in. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
23. "Presidency University". www.presiuniv.ac.in. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
24. "Rabindra Bharati University". www.rbu.ac.in. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
25. "Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University". www.rkmvu.ac.in. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
26. "Sanskrit College". www.sanskritcollege.co.in.
27. "Seacom Skills University". www.seacomskillsuniversity.org.
28. Commonwealth Universities Yearbook, Volumes 1-4, Association of Commonwealth Universities, 1989, p.1534. ...Historically the first modern University.
29. http://www.senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
30. "Sidho Kanho Birsha University". www.skbu.ac.in. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
31. "Techno India University". technoindiauniversity.com. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
32. "Welcome to UEM Kolkata". uem.edu.in.
33. "Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya". www.ubkv.ac.in.
34. "Vidyasagar University". vidyasagar.ac.in. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
35. "Visva-Bharati University". visva-bharati.ac.in. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
36. "West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences". wbuafscl.ac.in. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
37. "West Bengal University of Health Sciences". thewbuhs.in. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
38. "West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences". www.nujs.edu. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
39. "West Bengal State University". wbsub.org. Retrieved 28 February 2012.