The Jadavpur University is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal.

It has two campuses: the main campus at Jadavpur and the new campus at Salt Lake, approximately 12.6 kilometres (7.8 mi) and 8.8 kilometres (5.5 mi) from the city centre respectively.

A third campus is due to open at the site of the erstwhile National Instruments opposite the main campus along the Raja S.C. Mullick Road.

It consists of members elected by the staff members of the university from amongst themselves as well as members of the alumni.

Here is the List of Alumni in Academia, Administration and Industry:

Saroj Ghose,Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Former Director of Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, Kolkata.
Arnab Ray,Associate Professor, University of Maryland, renowned Indian blogger and author.
Samir Das, Professor, Stony Brook University.
Dipankar Chatterji, Chairman of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, recipient of Padma Shri and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
Swadesh Chatterjee (IEE 1969), Padma Bhushan co-founder of the U.S.-India Friendship Council.
Suman Chakraborty, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awardee, researcher in nanofluidics
K.S. Dasgupta, Director, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
Subir Raha, former Director, ONGC
Somnath Dasgupta, VC, Assam University,faculty at IISER Kolkata
Sugato Chakravarty, faculty, Purdue University
Amitava Chattopadhyay
Sibaji Bandyopadhyay, author, critic, performer
Arundhati Bhattacharya, First woman to be the Chairperson of State Bank of India
Ramaranjan Mukherji - former Chancellor - Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Tirupathi and Padma Shri winner

Entertainment, films and music:
Rituparno Ghosh,Filmmaker/Actor/Screenwriter
Anupam Roy,Singer/Music Director
Parambrata Chatterjee,Actor
Debalina Majumder,Documentary Director

Literature:
Kajal Bandyopadhyay, poet
Neel Mukherjee, novelist