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Department of Law, University of Calcutta

University of Calcutta
কলিকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
University of Calcutta logo.svg
Seal of the University of Calcutta
Motto Advancement of Learning
Type Public
Established 24 January 1857; 160 years ago (24 January 1857)
Chancellor Keshari Nath Tripathi,
Governor of West Bengal
Vice-Chancellor Ashutosh Ghosh
Students 22,520
Undergraduates 3,715
Postgraduates 15,750
Location Kolkata, West Bengal, India
22°34′35″N 88°21′43″E / 22.57639°N 88.36194°E / 22.57639; 88.36194Coordinates: 22°34′35″N 88°21′43″E / 22.57639°N 88.36194°E / 22.57639; 88.36194
Campus Urban, 136 affiliated colleges
Colors Sky blue     
Nickname CU
Affiliations UGC, NAAC, AIU
Website www.caluniv.ac.in
University and college rankings
General – international
QS (World) 601-650
QS (Asian) 149
General – India
India Today 2

The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University or CU) is a public state university located in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), West Bengal, India established on 24 January 1857. It was the first institution in Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and secular Western-style university. Within India it is recognized as a "Five-Star University" and a "Centre with Potential for Excellence" by the University Grants Commission and the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. There are seven Nobel laureates associated with this university including Ronald Ross, Rabindranath Tagore, C. V. Raman and Amartya Sen. The university has the highest number of students who have cleared the doctoral entrance eligibility exam in Natural Science & Arts conducted by Government of India's National Eligibility Test to become eligible to pursue research with a full scholarship awarded by the Government of India.

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 second by India Today in its list of Top India Universities of 2012, 2013 and 2014. It was ranked 16th among all universities by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. Of India in 2017.

The Calcutta University Act came into force on 24 January 1857 and a 41-member Senate was formed as the policy making body of the university. The land for the establishment of this university was given by Maharaja Maheshwar Singh Bahadur, who was a Maharaja of Darbhanga. When the university was first established it had a catchment area covering the area from Lahore to Rangoon (now in Myanmar), and Ceylon, the largest of any Indian university.


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