The first University located to the east of Suez to teach European Classics, English Literature, European and Indian Philosophy and Occidental and Oriental History.

• The first medical school of Asia, the Calcutta Medical College was set up in 1835.Later it was affiliated to the University.
• The first college for women in India, the Bethune College was set up in 1879.
• The nation’s first homoeopathy college was established in 1880.
• The Science College was established in 1914, the first in India.
• The first blind school in India came into being in 1925 which was affiliated to the University.
• The first University Museum in India, the Ashutosh Museum, came into being in 1937.
• The Government Art College was established in 1951.
• The Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM) was set up in1953 as the country’s first Management Institute.

• Parental Academic Institution and Doverton College (Doverton College), Calcutta
• St. Paul’s School, Calcutta (Re-affiliated in 1936)
• Free Church Institution, Calcutta
• La Martiniere, Calcutta (Re-affiliated in 1928)
• London Missionary Society’s Institution, Bhowanipur
• Presidency College, Calcutta
• Medical College, Calcutta
• Calcutta Civil Engineering College (Bengal Engineering College, Howrah – at present   Bengal Engineering and Science University)
  (Re- affiliated in 1880)
• Hooghly College (Hooghly Mohsin College), Hooghly
• Dacca College, Dacca
• Krishnagar College, Krishnagar
• Krishnath College, Berhampore
• Serampore College, Serampore (Re-affiliated in  1911)

• Alexander Duff
• Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
• Prosunno Coomar Tagore
• Prince Golam Mohammad
• William Gordon Pratt
• Frederick John Mouat