The University of Calcutta, which is located in Kolkata, West Bengal is one of the oldest and most renowned educational institutions in South Asia. It was established in 1857. There are several colleges and institutes that are affiliated to this university. At present there are approximately 160 institutes which comes under this university, which are mostly located in the districts of Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, and South 24 Parganas.
List of affiliated centres
This is the list of centres:
A. K. Choudhury School of Information Technology
Women's Studies Research Centre
Gandhian Studies Centre
Centre for Urban Economic Studies
S. K. Mitra Centre for Space Environment
Peace Studies Research Centre
Centre for Testing and Training for Providing Technical Back up to the Beneficiaries for Agricultural and Horticultural Development USIC Centre for Horticultural Studies CPEPA-UGC center for “Electrophysiology & Neuro-Imaging studies including Mathematical Modeling”
Centre for Millimeter Wave Semiconductor Devices & Systems
Centre for Pakistan and West Asian Studies
Centre for Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities
Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies
Centre for Studies in Book Publishing
Nehru Studies Centre
Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy
Institute of Foreign Policy Studies
Centre for Pollination Studies
University of Calcutta – Calcutta Stock Exchange Centre of Excellence in Financial Markets S N Pradhan Centre for Neurosciences