Top Colleges in Kolkata

Kolkata in history recognized as Calcutta, is the capital of West Bengal (WB). It is the third most-productive metropolitan area in India, after Mumbai and Delhi construct it more appropriate for students to bag maximum job opportunities following higher education. The colleges draw a large number of students from all over the country and abroad also. Bengali and English are the chief mediums of teaching in colleges and universities of Kolkata.

Kolkata is habitat to some of the well-known colleges in the country. These comprise Indian Institute of Management (IIM Calcutta), Jadavpur University, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT Kolkata), NSHM Knowledge Campus, St. Xavier’s College, Presidency University, National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT Kolkata), Calcutta University, , Adamas University, University of Engineering and Management (UEM Kolkata), Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition (IHM Kolkata), Brainware University, etc.

Name of the Colleges	Popular Streams Offered	Types of Courses
IIM, Calcutta	IT and Software, Banking, Finance and Insurance, Business and Management Studies,	Post Graduate and Certificate
Jadavpur University, Kolkata	Humanities and Social Sciences, Engineering, Science	Under Graduate, Post Graduate, Diploma and Certificate
NIFT, Kolkata	Design, Business and Management Studies, IT and Software	Under Graduate, Certificate and Post Graduate
IHM, Kolkata	Hospitality and Travel	Under Graduate, Diploma and Certificate
NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata	Medicine and Health Sciences, IT and Software, Business and Management Studies, Mass Communication and Media	Under Graduate and Post Graduate

Given below is the list of some of the top public and private colleges in Kolkata with their fees structure:

Private Colleges	Course Fee (in Rs)
NSHM Knowledge Campus	2,05,600 – 6,16,000
St. Xavier’s College	15,500 – 2,35,600
Adamas University	1,45,000 – 5,17,500
UEM	3.00,000 – 10,28,000
Brainware University	2,50,000 – 4,00,000

Public Colleges	Course Fee (in Rs)
IIM	1,60,000 – 22,50,000
NIFT	23,650
Calcutta University	16,510 – 1,76,500
IIFT	75,000 – 16,25,500
Aliah University (New Town)	1,31,500

Entrance Exam:

Separately from merit-based admission, a lot of colleges also admit scores of national- and state-level entrance exams.

• MAT
• NMAT
• WBJEE
• ATMA
• EMAT
• GATE
• IBSAT
• CAT
• JEMAT
• XAT
• CMAT
• JECA
• JEE Mains
• JCECE
• IEMJEE
• PAT

Top Recruiters

Various colleges propose excellence education with sky-scraping placements. College graduates from any field are in high claim. All organisations, big or small, private or government, employ college degree holders in different capacities. Bulk of the colleges in Kolkata has placement cells that facilitate the students in receiving jobs in reputed/multinational companies. Given below is the listing of few top companies in India that recruit college graduates from colleges all along with their placement ratings:

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Given below is the median salary offered by some of the well-known colleges in Kolkata:

Name of the Colleges	Median Salary (in LPA)
IIM Calcutta	23.85
Jadavpur University	5.4 – 9.18
St. Xavier’s College	5 – 5.6
Presidency University	5.2
Calcutta University	4.58 – 8.35

Streams offered by Colleges

Colleges in Kolkata offer courses in diversified streams in Science, Accounting and Commerce, Business and Management Studies, IT and Software, Teaching and Education, Hospitality and Travel, Humanities and Social Sciences, Engineering, Mass Communication and Media, Medicine and Health Sciences, and so on. The mainly admired ones are Business and Management Studies followed by IT & Software. 

Given below are some thorough facts about the top 5 streams accessible by colleges/ universities in Kolkata:

Business and Management Studies: Givenbelow are the detailed statistics of the 240 Business and Management Studies colleges in Kolkata:

• The highest no. of colleges (77) has an annual fee of less than Rs 1 lakh.
• The highest no. of courses accessible by colleges in Business and Management Studies stream are MBA/PGDM (127), followed by BBA (92) and Certificate (86).
• The most well-known specialisations accessible by colleges are Sales and Marketing (87), Finance (75) and Human Resources (70).
• The highest no. of colleges proposes degree (146) courses.

IT and Software: Given below are the detailed statistics of the 222 IT and Software colleges in Kolkata:

• The highest no. of colleges (77) has an annual fee of less than Rs 1 lakh.
• The highest no. of courses offered by colleges in IT and Software stream are Certificate (116), followed by BCA (63) and MCA (46).
• The most well-known specialisations accessible by colleges are Java (25), PHP (24) and C/C++ (20).
• The highest no. of colleges in Kolkata proposes Certificate (118) courses.

Humanities and Social Sciences: Given below are the detailed statistics of the 162 Humanities and Social Sciences colleges in Kolkata:

• The highest no. of colleges (58) has an annual fee of less than Rs 1 lakh.
• The highest no. of courses accessible by colleges in Humanities and Social Sciences stream are BA (124), followed by MA (52) and BSc (44).
• The most well-known specialisations accessible by colleges are English (67), French (9) and Hindi (7).
• The highest no. of colleges in Kolkata proposes degree (142) courses.

Science: Given below are the detailed statistics of the 161 Science colleges in Kolkata:

• The highest no. of colleges (50) has an annual fee of less than Rs 1 lakh.
• The highest no. of courses accessible by colleges in Science stream are BSc (125), followed by MSc (71) and Certificate (9).
• The most well-known specialisations accessible by colleges are Mathematics (83), Chemistry (68) and Physics (67).
• The highest no. of colleges proposes degree (152) courses.

Accounting and Commerce: Given below are the detailed statistics of the 130 Accounting and Commerce colleges in Kolkata:

• The highest no. of colleges (44) has an annual fee of less than Rs 1 lakh.
• The highest no. of courses accessible by colleges in Accounting and Commerce stream are B.Com (84), followed by M.Com (29) and Certificate (26).
• The most well-known specialisations accessible by colleges are Finance (17), Sales and Marketing (8) and Financial Planning and Analysis (6).
• The highest no. of colleges proposes degree (101) courses.

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