The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate colleges and 16 institutes in Kolkata and nearby areas. It was established on 24 January 1857 and is the oldest multidisciplinary university of Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asian Region. Today, the university's jurisdiction is limited to a few districts of West Bengal, but at the time of its establishment it had a catchment area ranging from Kabul to Myanmar. It is accredited as an "A" grade university by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences is a National Law University (NLU) located in Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. In 2023, it was ranked 4th among law colleges in India by National Institutional Ranking Framework and 2nd by India Today. It comes under the exclusive chancellorship and purview of the Chief Justice of India.
Suri Vidyasagar College, established in 1942, is a government affiliated college located at Suri in the Birbhum district of West Bengal. It is affiliated to University of Burdwan and teaches arts, science and commerce.
The University of Burdwan is a public collegiate state university located in Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India. It was established by the West Bengal Government as a teaching and affiliating university on 15 June 1960 with six graduate departments and 30 undergraduate colleges spread over three districts that come under the jurisdiction of the university. The university currently offers more than 30 undergraduate and 66 postgraduate courses.
The Calcutta Institute of Engineering and Management or CIEM alongside Calcutta Institute of Science and Management or CISM is a self-financing college in West Bengal, India, offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Engineering and Technology and other allied fields.
Legal education in India generally refers to the education of lawyers before entry into practice. Legal education in India is offered at different levels by the traditional universities and the specialised law universities and schools only after completion of an undergraduate degree or as an integrated degree.
Burdwan Raj College, established in 1881, is the oldest state-governed college in Purba Bardhaman district catering to the district and neighboring areas of Bankura district, Purulia district, Hooghly district and Birbhum district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences and a post-graduate course in Bengali. It is affiliated to University of Burdwan.
Asansol Girls' College is a women's college in Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and sciences. The College is affiliated to Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, West Bengal, India.
Nabagram Hiralal Paul College, also known as Konnagar College, established in 1957, is one of the oldest colleges in Konnagar, in the Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences, as well as a postgraduate course in Bengali. It is affiliated to University of Calcutta.
Kazi Nazrul University (KNU) is a public state research university located in Asansol, West Bengal. The CM Mamata Banerjee laid the foundation stone on 10 January 2013. The university has been named after the poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. The university was established under the Kazi Nazrul University Act, 2012. Anuradha Mukherjee was appointed as the first vice-chancellor of the university. In 2018 in a special convocation the university honored Ex Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina with honorary Doctorate of Literature.
St. Xavier's College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India, is a graduate and undergraduate college opened in 2014 by the Calcutta Province of the Society of Jesus, the body which also administers St. Xavier's College, Kolkata and other institutes throughout India and abroad.
The Department of Law, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, formerly University College of Law, is a faculty in the University of Calcutta, founded in 1909, colloquially referred to as Hazra Law College, which offers undergraduate, postgraduate, doctorate and post doctorate courses. The Faculty oversees fifteen affiliated Law schools of the University.
Jalpaiguri Law College is a college imparting legal education in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. It was established in the year 1981. It is the only government aided Law College in the entire District and its neighboring District of Cooch Behar. The college is affiliated to University of North Bengal. This college is also approved by the Bar Council of India.
Law College Durgapur is a private Law college in Durgapur, West Bengal. This is one of the first and oldest self-financed Law College affiliated to the University of Burdwan. The college is currently affiliated to Kazi Nazrul University. This college is also approved by the Bar Council of India.
Balurghat Law College is a law college in Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. It was established in the year 2001. It is the only law college in the entire district and its neighboring district of Maldah. The college is affiliated to University of Gour Banga. This college is also approved by the Bar Council of India.
Bengal Law College is a private law college in Santiniketan, Birbhum, West Bengal. It was established in the year 2006. The college is affiliated to University of Burdwan. This college is also approved by the Bar Council of India.
Snehangshu Kanta Acharya Institute of Law is a college of legal education in Kalyani, West Bengal. This college is having its own campus on an area of seven acres of land within the campus of University of Kalyani, adjacent to the University entrance gate. It was established in the year 2004. The college is affiliated to University of Kalyani. This college is also approved by the Bar Council of India.
J.R.S.E.T. College of Law is a private aided law college at Uttar Panchpota in Chakdaha, Nadia, West Bengal. The college is affiliated to University of Kalyani and also approved by the Bar Council of India.
Shyambazar Law College is a self-financed college of legal education in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was established in the year 2012. This college is affiliated to University of Calcutta. The college situated at Mohanlal Street, Shyambazar.
Rabindra Shiksha Sammillani Law College is a private or self financing law college situated at Subhashgram, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal. This college is affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It offers 5-year Integrated Course in Law leading to B.A. LL.B. degree which is approved by the Bar Council of India (BCI), New Delhi.
