A Tradition of Notable Firsts

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.


Our First Affiliated Institutions

• 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)


Early Beginnings University’s first Senate included :

• Alexander Duff

• Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

• Prosunno Coomar Tagore

• Prince Golam Mohammad

• William Gordon Pratt

• Frederick John Mouat


First Two Graduates

Bankimchandra Chatterjee

Juddoonath Bose

First Two Lady Graduate

Chandramukhi Basu
Kadambini Ganguli