University of Calcutta

The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) 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 South East 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. Within India, it is recognized as a "Five-Star University" and accredited an "A++" grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).

The university has a total of fourteen campuses spread over the city of Kolkata and its suburbs. As of 2020, 151 colleges and 21 institutes and centres are affiliated with CU. The university was fourth in the Indian University Ranking 2021 list, released by the National Institutional Ranking Framework of the Ministry of Education.

Its alumni and faculty include several heads of state and government, social reformers, prominent artists, the only Indian Dirac Medal winner, many Fellows of the Royal Society and six Nobel laureates as of 2019. The Nobel laureates associated with this university are Ronald Ross, Rabindranath Tagore, C. V. Raman, Amartya Sen, and Abhijit Banerjee.

The university has the highest number of students who have cleared the National Eligibility Test. The University of Calcutta is a member of the United Nations Academic Impact. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Udayanācārya
    Published 1944
    Calcutta : University of Calcutta, 1944.
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    Calcutta : Kalikātā Biśvabidyālaẏa, 1950.
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    Calcutta : University of Calcutta, 1921.
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    by Das, Tarakchandra
    Published 1945
    Calcutta : University of Calcutta, 1945.
    xvi, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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    by Shastri, Bahuballabh
    Published 1912
    Calcutta : Calcutta University, 1912.
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    by Banerjea, Jitendra Nath
    Published 1941
    Calcutta : University of Calcutta, 1941.
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    by Sen, Dineshchandra, 1866-1939
    Published 1920
    [Calcutta] : The University, 1920.
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    by Dugin, L. S.
    Published 1942
    Calcutta : University of Calcutta, 1942.
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    by Geiger, Wilhelm, 1856-1943
    Published 1968
    Delhi, Oriental Books Reprint Corp.; exclusively distributed by Munshiram Manoharlal [1968]
    xvi, 250 p. 25 cm.
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    by Goetz, Hermann, 1898-
    Published 1938
    Calcutta : University of Calcutta, 1938.
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    by Chatterjee, Bijan Raj
    Published 1928
    [Calcutta] University of Calcutta, 1928.
    xv, 303 p. incl. 2 fold. tab. plates, fold. map. 22 cm.
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    Published 1947
    Calcutta : University of Calcutta, 1947-
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    by Bandyopādhyāẏa, Subhāsha
    Published 1974
    1381 [1974]
    32 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
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    by Chatterjee, Anathnath
    Published 1927
    Calcutta : University of Calcutta, 1927-
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    Calcutta : The University, 1944.
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    Published 1968
    [Kalkattah] Ma̤tbaʻ-i Jāmiʻah-yi Kalkattah, 1968.
    554, iii p. 23 cm.
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    by Chatterjee, Arum Prokas
    Published 1971
    Calcutta, New Age Publishers [1971]
    viii, 181 p. 22 cm.
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    by Tucci, Giuseppe, 1894-
    Published 1930
    Calcutta : University of Calcutta, 1930.
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    by Geiger, Wilhelm, 1856-1943
    Published 1968
    Delhi, Oriental Books Reprint Corp.; exclusively distributed by Munshiram Manoharlal [1968]
    xvi, 250 p. 25 cm.
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    by Falk, Maryla
    Published 1943
    Calcutta : University of Calcutta, 1943.
    xii, 222 p. ; 24 cm.
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