University of Calcutta

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collegiate university public university research university

The University of Calcutta is one of India's oldest and most prestigious public universities, renowned for its significant contributions to higher education and research since the 19th century.

Aliases (4)

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	collegiate university → public university → research university →
academicStaffSize	large →
affiliatedCollegesCount	hundreds →
campusType	urban →
country	India →
established	1857 →
formerName	University of Calcutta →
foundedInPeriod	British Raj →
foundingAct	Act of the Legislative Council of India →
foundingDate	1857-01-24 →
foundingModelledOn	University of London →
fundingType	public →
governedBy	Government of West Bengal →
hasAcademicDivision	Faculty of Arts → Faculty of Commerce → Faculty of Education → Faculty of Engineering and Technology → Faculty of Fine Arts → Faculty of Law → Faculty of Science → Faculty of Social Sciences →
hasAccreditation	NAAC A or above (historically) →
hasCampus	Alipore campus → Ballygunge Science College campus → College Street campus → Rajabazar Science College campus → South Kolkata campuses →
hasNotableAlumniInField	economics → law → literature → politics → science →
historicalSignificance	among the first modern universities established in South Asia →
knownFor	being one of the oldest modern universities in India → contributions to higher education in India → notable alumni including Nobel laureates → strong research output →
languageOfInstruction	Bengali → English →
locatedIn	Kolkata → West Bengal → eastern India →
mainCampusLocation	College Street, Kolkata →
memberOf	Association of Commonwealth Universities →
motto	Advancement of Learning →
nativeName	কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় →
nativeNameLanguage	Bengali →
offersDegree	bachelor's degrees → doctoral degrees → master's degrees →
offersProgram	doctoral research programs → postgraduate programs → undergraduate programs →
recognizedBy	Association of Indian Universities → National Assessment and Accreditation Council → University Grants Commission →
regionServed	West Bengal → eastern India →
studentBodySize	large →
system	affiliating and teaching university →
type	state university →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay → C. R. Das → Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak → Jibanananda Das → Meghnad Saha → Nabaneeta Dev Sen → Rajendra Prasad → Rajendra Prasad ("Calcutta Law College") → Ram Manohar Lohia → Satyendra Nath Bose → Satyendra Nath Bose → Subhas Chandra Bose → Surendranath Banerjee →	educatedAt
C. V. Raman → Meghnad Saha → Satyendra Nath Bose → Satyendra Nath Bose →	employer
Mohammad Ali Bogra → Subhas Chandra Bose →	education
Eastern India → West Bengal →	hasMajorUniversity
Presidency College, Kolkata →	affiliation
Mohammad Ali Bogra →	almaMater
Bengali Renaissance ("Calcutta University") →	associatedOrganization
University of Calcutta →	formerName
University of Calcutta ("Alipore campus") →	hasCampus
Calcutta →	hasUniversity
University of Calcutta ("কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়") →	nativeName