Presidency University

Today's Presidency University of Kolkata was formerly widely prominent and immensely reputed as the Hindu College and the Presidency College. This historic educational institution was established in the year 1817, and thus is one of the oldest institutions for higher studies not only in India, but also in the entire South Asia, for providing western education in a broad-range of educational and professional disciplines. Thus, for more than one century, this Presidency College has been a highly prestigious and most eminent institution for superlative higher education in entire West Bengal, which drew numerous students and scholars from States all across India and many foreign countries worldwide, every year. The new presidency university kolkata, has been fully and exclusively empowered to keep up laudable and magnificent tradition of erstwhile presidency college. Situated at the College Street, Kolkata, this unitary and state-funded university has been one of the premier institutes not only in West Bengal, but also in whole India, for superb courses in liberal arts and sciences.

The name Presidency University was granted duly and respectfully to this renowned educational institution of West Bengal, through a State Legislative Act passed in the year 2010, under the Chief Ministership of Shri Buddhaded Bhattacharya, a former student of Presidency College. With renewed resources, energy, and enthusiasm, this presidency university of Kolkata, now aims to become one of the hugely popular and reputed, leading and innovative, and top universities in west bengal and India, in the nearest future decades.

This historic and well-founded presidency university has the following main and major faculty departments, at present:

  • Department of Bengali
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Geography
  • Department of Biological Sciences
  • Department of English
  • Department of Philosophy
  • Department of Political Science
  • Department of Geology
  • Department of History
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Physics
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Statistics
  • Department of Hindi
  • Department of Sociology

With efficient, excellent, and dedicated support of these faculty departments, this presidency university west bengal, offers top-notch and highly professional courses to Indian and foreign students and scholars, at the levels of undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral. In order to provide professional and highly prolific education of international standards, this presidency university india, has made academic collaborations with many national and international institutes and universities, including The University of Groningen, The Netherlands; and the Trinity College, Dublin. Lavish amenities and facilities for world-class professional education in all above-mentioned disciplines, prolific practical training, comfortable living of students, sports and recreation, merit-cum-means scholarships, transportation, and development of a winsome and benevolent personality and a booming career, etc, are present at this internationally reputed presidency university of India. For detailed and exclusive information about various educational and professional courses of this university at diverse academic levels, please visit its website: www.presiuniv.ac.in.