Calcutta University

The University of Calcutta, mounted in 1857, stands as India’s oldest multidisciplinary college and holds a prestigious place in educational landscape of India. Located across 14 campuses in Kolkata, with its essential hub at College Street, Calcutta University operates as a federated university overseeing 151 affiliated undergraduate colleges and sixteen institutes. Major campuses consist of the Central Campus (Ashutosh Shiksha Prangan) on College Street, University College of Science, Technology and Agriculture (Rashbehari Shiksha Prangan or Rajabazar Science College or Science College) in Rajabazar, Taraknath Palit Shiksha Prangan in Ballygunge and Sahid Khudiram Siksha Prangan in Alipore.

Additional campuses include Hazra Road Campus, University Press and Book Depot, BT Road Campus, Viharilal College of Home Science Campus, University Health Service, Haringhata Campus, Dhakuria Lakes (University Rowing Club), and University Grounds and Tent at Maidan.

CU boasts a outstanding alumni and faculty, counting heads of country, social reformers, famend artists, and several Nobel laureates amongst its ranks, which includes Ronald Ross, Rabindranath Tagore, C. V. Raman, Amartya Sen, and Abhijit Banerjee. It's recognized for generating the best quantity of students who clean the National Eligibility Test and is likewise a member of the United Nations Academic Impact.

Offering a huge spectrum of undergraduate, postgraduate, and research applications spanning arts, technology, commerce, law, engineering, remedy, journalism, and greater, CU gives targeted application prices on its valid website. The university has executed popularity as a “Five-Star University” and holds an “A” grade accreditation from NAAC. In the 2021 rankings for Indian universities by using NIRF, CU came fourth.

CU not only supports  students' career objectives through a devoted placement workplace that organizes campus placements but also provides profession advice, helping college students develop essential abilities like writing CVs and preparing for interviews, making them much more likely to get a task.