University College of Science, Technology & Agriculture
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Seal of the University of Calcutta
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| Motto | Advancement of Learning |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 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 |
| Campus | Urban, 136 affiliated colleges |
| Affiliations | UGC, NAAC, AIU |
University College of Science, Technology & Agriculture, also known as Rajabazar Science College, is one of the four main campuses of the University of Calcutta, in Kolkata, India.
It was established in 1914 by the initiative of Sir Taraknath Palit and Sir Rash Behari Ghosh who were famous lawyer, education activist and prominent figure of India's freedom movement. It was established to house the post graduate science departments of the university.
All the engineering and technological departments and some pure science departments run from the campus.
The university offers a two-year M. Sc. degree in all the pure science subjects. Departments that are housed in the campus are Chemistry, Computer & Information Science, Electronic Science, Physics, Physiology, Psychology, Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, Applied Psychology, Biomedical Instrumentation (JAP-BMI), Bio Physics, Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics.
The faculty consists of courses leading to a three-year (six semesters) [It became a four year course from academic year 2015-16 in the 10+2+4 system] B.Tech. degree which is offered to students already having a B.Sc. degree (10+2+3). M.Tech. courses are either two years (full-time) or three years (part-time) of duration. Part-time M.Tech. courses are offered to employed professionals only.
The first year of all B.Tech. courses is studied in Salt Lake Campus of the university. CSE, IT, Optics department were totally shifted to Salt Lake (CRNN) campus of the university with a great infrastructure and state of the art facilities. It also offers a post B.Sc. three-year MCA programme.
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