Serampore College
| Serampore College | |
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| Motto: Gloriam Sapientes Possidebunt (Latin) | |
| city | 8, William Carey Road Serampore – 712201 |
| state | West Bengal |
| country | India |
| Government | |
| • principal | Dr. Vansanglura |
| • students | 2,277 |
| • Collegestaff | 79 (teaching), 30 (non-teaching) |
| campus | Urban |
| affiliations | Senate of Serampore College (University) and University of Calcutta |
| Website | http://www.seramporecollege.org/ |
Serampore College is located in Serampore City, in West Bengal state, India. Established in 1818, it is the second oldest college in the country, and one of the oldest educational institutes in India that is still functional. The college consists of two entities: The theological faculty and a separate college with faculties of arts, science, commerce.
The Senate of Serampore College (University) runs the academic administration of all the theological colleges affiliated with it. The council of Serampore College holds a Danish charter and had the power to confer degrees in any subject, which it currently exercises only for conferring theological degrees as recommended by the senate.
Degrees are awarded for arts, science and commerce students of the Serampore College by the University of Calcutta.
For theology, the college is affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College (University). Several theological colleges and seminaries all over India including Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College (University).
The present principal is Laltluangliana Khiangte
The college motto is from Proverbs 3:35 in the Vulgate: Gloriam Sapientes Possidebunt, "The wise shall possess glory."
King Frederick VI of Denmark originally granted a Royal Charter giving Serampore College the status of a university to confer degrees. With the later establishment of the University of Calcutta in 1857 the arts, science and commerce parts of Serampore College were affiliated to the University of Calcutta. However, Serampore College still today continues to enjoy the privilege of conferring its own degrees in theology under the power vested by the Charter and Act of Serampore College. It is a private Grant-in-aid Minority College and is recognized by the University Grants Commission under Section 2(f) and 12(b) of the UGC Act, 1956.
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