The University of Calcutta is a public state university established on 24 January 1857. It was the first institution in Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and secular Western-style university.

It is recognized as one of the most prestigious universities in the world. The University of Calcutta was ranked 601-650 in the QS World University Rankings of 2011 and 43 in the QS University Rankings for Asia in 2012.

In India, it was ranked 2 by the India Today Top India Universities of 2012 and 2013 and 2014.


No, University of Calcutta does not offer Distance Learning programs. It has Campuses at:

Campus 1
Asutosh Siksha Prangan (commonly known as College Street Campus)
87/1, College Street, Kolkata-700 073

Campus 2
Rashbehari Siksha Prangan (commonly known as Rajabazar Science College Campus)
92, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata - 700009

Campus 3
Taraknath Palit Siksha Prangan (commonly known as Ballygunge Science College Campus)
35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Ballygunge, Kolkata - 700019

Campus 4
Sahid Kshudiram Siksha Prangan (commonly known as Alipore Campus)
1, Reformatory Street, Alipore, Kolkata - 700027

Campus 5
B.T. Road Campus
56A, Barrackpore Trunk Road, Kolkata - 700 050

Campus 6
Hazra Road Campus (commonly known as Law College Campus)
51/1 and 51/2, Hazra Road, Kolkata-700 019

Campus 7, 8
Viharilal Home Science Campus
20B, Judges Court Road, Alipore, Kolkata -700 027

Campus 9, 10, 11
Haringhata Campus
Ionosphere Field Station
P.O. - Mohanpur, District- Nadia

Campus 12, 13
University Ground and Tent
Maidan

Campus 14
Technology Campus
Salt Lake


Contact Detail:
University of Calcutta
Senate House, 87 /1 College Street,
Kolkata-700 073, West Bengal, India,
Phone : 033 2241 0071