In the year 1854 East India Company suggested the Governor General of India to establish Bombay, Madras and Calcutta Universities and as a result of this, University of Calcutta was established in the year 1857 on the 24th of January. Initially, University of Calcutta adapted the pattern of University of London and slowly, but surely introduced changes to its constitution. In the year 2001, the university was awarded five star status by NAAC.

The achievements of this university has always been appreciable in the fields of literature, language and social sciences, while other departments like modern Indian languages or comparative philology, philosophy, history and economics have an established and long tradition. New centers in the name of eminent leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Nehru were introduced in the university. List of colleges affiliated to University of Calcutta is given below:

Affiliated College under different categories:

• Acharya Girish Ch. Bose College (Formerly Bangabasi College of Commerce)

• Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College

• Acharya Prafulla Chadra College

• Anandamohan College

• Asutosh College

• Azad Hind Fouz Smriti Mahavidyalaya

• Bagnan College

• Bangabasi College

• Bangabasi Evening College

• Bangabasi Morning College

• Banipur Mahila Mahavidyalaya

• Bankim Sardar College

• Barasat College (Formerly Barasat Evening College)

• Barasat Government  College

• Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath college

• Baruipur College

• Basanti Devi College

• Basirhat College

• Behala College

• Bethune College (Govt)

• Bhairab Ganguly College

• Bhangar Mahavidyalaya

• Bidhan Chandra College

• Bidhannagar College (Govt.)

• Bijoykrishna Girls’ College

• Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College

• Budge Budge College

• Calcutta Girls’ College

• Chandraketugarh Sahidullah Smriti Mahavidyalaya

• Charu Chandra College

• Chittaranjan College

• City  College

• City College of Commerce & Business Administration

• Derozio Memorial College

• Deshbandhu College for Girls

• Dhrubachand Haldar College

• Dinabandhu Andrews College

• Dinabandhu Institution

• Dinabandhu Mahavidyalaya

• Dr. B. R. Ambedkar  Satabarshiki Mahavidyalaya

• Dr. Kanailal Bhattacharya College

• Dum Dum Motijheel  College

• Dum Dum Motijheel  Rabindra Mahavidyalaya

• East Calcutta Girls’ College

• Fakir Chand College

• Gangadharpur Mahavidyamandir

• Gobardanga Hindu College

• Goenka College of Commerce & Business Administration (Govt.)

• Gokhale Memorial Girls’ College

• Gourmohan Sachin Mondal Mahavidyalaya

• Gurudas College

• Harimohan Ghosh College

• Heramba Chandra College

• Hingalganj Mahavidyalaya

• Hiralal Majumdar Memorial College for Women

• Institute of Science & Advance Research

• Jaypur Panchanan Roy College

• Jogamaya Devi College

• Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College

• K.K. Das College

• Kalinagar Mahavidyalaya

• Khudiram Bose Central College

• Kidderpore College

• Kingston College Of Science (Self- financed)

• Kishore Bharati Bhagini Nivedita (Co-ed) College

• Kultali Dr. B .R. Ambedkar College

• Lady Brabourne College (Govt.)

• Lalbaba College

• Loreto College

• Magrahat College

• Mahadevananda Mahavidyalaya

• Maharaja Manindra Ch,.College

• Maharaja Sris Ch. College

• Maharani Kasiswari College

• Maheshtala College

• Maulana Azad College(Govt.)

• Milli-Al-Ameen College for Girls’

• Morning Star College

• Mrinalini Dutta Mahavidyapith

• Muralidhar Girls’ College

• Naba Balleygunge Mahavidyalaya (Formerly Charu Chandra Evening College)

• Naba Barrackpore Prafulla Chandra Mahavidyalaya (Formerly A..P.C. College of Commerce)

• Nabagram Hiralal Paul College

• Nahata Jogendranath Mandal Smriti Mahavidyalaya

• Narasinha Dutt College

• Netaji  Nagar College (Evening)

• Netaji Nagar College for Women

• Netaji Nagar Day College

• Netaji Satabarshiki Mahavidyalaya

• New Alipore College

• P. N. Das College

• Panihati Mahavidyalaya

• Patharpratima Mahavidyalaya

• Prabhu Jagatbandhu College

• Prafulla Chandra College

• Prasanta Ch. Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya (Formerly Bon-Hooghly College of Commerce

• Presidency College (Govt.)

• Puras-Kanpur Haridas Nandi Mahavidyalaya

• Rabin Mukherjee College (Formerty Behala College of Commerce)

• Raidighi College

• Raja Peary Mohan College

• Ramkrishna Mission Residential College

• Ramkrisha Mission Vidyamandira

• Ramkrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College

• Ramkrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhawana

• Rammohan College

• Ramsaday College

• Rani Birla Girls’ College

• Rishi Bankim Chandra College

• Rishi Bankim Chandra College for Women

• Rishi Bankim Chandra Evening College

• Sagar Mahavidyalaya

• Saheed Anurup Ch. Mahavidyalaya

• Saheed Nurul Islam Mahavidyalaya

• Sammilani Mahavidyalaya

• Sanskrit College (Govt.)

• Sarada Ma Girls’ College (Self- financed)

• Sarojini Naidu College for Women

• Sarsuna College

• Savitri Girls’ College

• Serampore College

• Serampore Girls’ College

• Seth Anandaram Jaipuria College

• Seth Soorajmull Jalan Girls’ College

• Sir Gurudas Mahavidyalaya (Formerly  Gurudas  College of  Commerce)

• Sivnath Sastri College

• Sonarpur Mahavidyalaya

• South Calcutta Girls’ College

• Sovarani Memorial College

• Sree Agrasain College (Self-financed

• Sri Chaitanya College

• Sri Chaitanya Mahavidyalaya (Formerly Sri Chaitanya College of Commerce)

• Sri Chaitanya Mahavidyalaya  (Formerly Sri Chaitanya College of Commerce)

• St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College

• St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous)

• Sundarban Hazi Desarat College

• Sundarban Mahavidyalaya

• Surendranath College

• Surendranath College for Women

• Surendranath Evening College

• Sushil Kar College

• Swami Niswambalananda Girls’ College

• Syamaprasad College

• Syampur Siddheswari Mahavidyalaya

• Taki Government College

• Taradevi Harakhchand Kankaria Jain College(S.F)

• The Bhowanipur Education Society College

• Udaynarayanpur Madhabilata Mahavidyalaya

• Uluberia College

• Umesh Chandra College

• Victoria Institution (College)

• Vidyanagar College

• Vidyasagar College

• Vidyasagar College for Women

• Vidyasagar Evening College

• Vidyasagar Mahavidyalaya

• Viharilal College for Home and Social Science [ University Department ]

• Vijoygarh Jyotish Roy College

• Vivekananda College

• Vivekananda College for Women

• Women’s Christian College

• Women’s College

Degree colleges affiliated in the year 2007:

• Al Ameen Memorial Minority College (Self-financed)

• Amdanga Jugolkishore Mahavidyalaya

• Bamanpukur Humayun Kabir Mahavidyalaya

• Jibantala Mahavidyalaya

• Mahitosh Nandi Mahavidyalaya

• Sadhan Chandra Mahavidylaya

• Shirakole Mahavidyalaya

B.Ed Colleges/B.P.Ed Colleges:

• A. J. C. Bose College

• Ali  Yafar Jung National Institute Of Hearing Handicapped

• Bijoy Krishna Girls’ College

• Calcutta Girls’ B.T.  College

• David Hare Training College

• Department of Education Calcutta University

• Fakir Chand College

• Gandhi Centenary B. T. College

• Gobardanga Hindu College

• Gopal  Chandra Memorial College of Education

• Government College of Education

• Institute of Education for Women

• Loreto College

• Nandalal Ghosh B.T. College

• National Institute For The Mentally Handicapped

• Post Graduate Training College for Physical Education

• R.K.M. Training Institute for the teachers of the Visually Handicapped (Ramakrishna  Mission Blind Boys’ Academy)

• R. K. Mission Brahmananda College of Education

• Ramakrishna Mission Siksha Mandira

• Sarisa B.Ed College

• Satyapriya Roy College of Education

• Scottish Church College

• Shri Shikshayatan College

• St. Xavier’s College

• State Institute of  Physical Education for Women

• Uluberia College

• Raidighi B. Ed College

• Gangadharpur Sikshan Mandir

• Jagadish Chandra. Bose Sikshak Sikshan Mahavidyalaya

• Kolkata Teachers Training College

• Parameswar Mahavidyalaya

• Sammilani Teachers’ Training College

• Shyamaprasad Institute of Advanced Education

• Surendralal Das Teachers’ Training College

• Swami Vivekananda College of Education

• Vivekananda R.K. Mission B.T. College

Law Colleges:

• Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College

• South Calcutta Law College

• Surendranath Law College

• University Law College

• Bikash Bharati Law College

• Kingston Law College

Other colleges:

• Bengal Music College

• Carey Institute of Horticulture

• Government of College of Arts & Crafts

• Indian  Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management

University of Calcutta is the first university to start a separate college for women in India in the year 1879 named Bethune College and the first homeopathy college in India is also set up by the university in the year 1880. Apart from these two firsts, the university has the pride of other firsts as well and they are first science college in India in the year 1914, first blind school in India in 1925, the first university to teach oriental and occidental history, Indian and European Philosophy and European classics located to the east of Suez. Moreover, the first management institute was started in the year 1953 in India under this university.