Department of Higher Education

Professional Colleges Excluding Technical Colleges

Apart from Engineering & Technology Education leading to B.E./B.Tech. & M.E./M.Tech./MCA courses and the Management programme leading to MBA/MBM/PGDBM etc. conducted in Engineering & Technology and Management Institutions, DOEACC accredited Computer courses (O,A&B level), B.C.A. are also imparted in a number of General Degree Colleges, in a few universities and in some other institutions.


In addition to the above, Professional courses like Law Education, Teachers training including Physical Education, Art Education, Music, Home Science etc. are conducted in different professional institutions as detailed below :


District-wise Distribution of Law, Music and Art Colleges in this State

District Law Music Art Total
24-Parganas(North) 1 0 1 2
24-Parganas(South) 4 0 0 4
Bankura 0 0 0 0
Birbhum 1 0 0 1
Burdwan 5 1 1 7
Coochbehar 0 0 0 0
Darjeeling 0 0 0 0
Dinajpur-Dakshin 1 0 0 1
Dinajpur-Uttar 0 0 0 0
Hooghly 1 0 0 1
Howrah 1 0 0 1
Jalpaiguri 1 0 0 1
Kolkata 4 1 1 (1G) 6
Malda 0 0 0 0
Midnapore-Paschim 1 0 0 1
Midnapore-Purba 1 0 1 2
Murshidabad 2 0 0 2
Nadia 3 0 0 3
Purulia 0 0 0 0
Total 26 2 4 32
Sl.No. District Govt. Govt. aided Univ B.Ed Dept. B.Ed Dept. in General Degree Colleges Univ.Coll Self-financed Total
1 24-Parganas(North) 1 5 1 17 24
2 24-Parganas(South) 1 1 20 22
3 Alipurduar 1 1
4 Bankura 1 16 17
5 Birbhum 1 24 25
6 Burdwan 1 1 2 34 38
7 Coochbehar 1 2 3
8 Darjeeling 2 2 4
9 Dinajpur-Dakshin 4 4
10 Dinajpur-Uttar 1 3 4
11 Hooghly 2 13 15
12 Howrah 1 2 10 13
13 Jalpaiguri 1 5 6
14 Kolkata 2 1 2 5 8 18
15 Malda 1 20 21
16 Midnapore-Paschim 2 13 15
17 Midnapore-Purba 1 3 12 16
18 Murshidabad 1 43 44
19 Nadia 1 1 24 26
20 Purulia 1 7 8
Total 7 17 7 14 1 278 324
Sl.No. University Govt. Govt. aided Univ M.Ed Dept. M.Ed Dept. in General Degree Colleges Univ.Coll Self-financed Total
1 BURDWAN 1 1
2 CALCUTTA 2 1 1 1 5
3 GOUR BANGA 0
4 JADAVPUR 0
5 KALYANI 1 1 2
6 NORTH BENGAL 1 1
7 RABINDRA BHARATI 0
8 SIDHO KANHO 0
9 STATE UNIV 0
10 VIDYASAGAR 1 1
11 VISVA BHARATI 0
12 ALIAH 0
TOTAL 2 1 3 0 0 4 10
Sl.No. District Govt. Govt. aided Univ B.P.Ed Dept. B.P.Ed Dept. in General Degree Colleges Univ.Coll Self-financed Total
1 24-Parganas(North) 1 1
2 24-Parganas(South) 0
3 Alipurduar 0
4 Bankura 1 1 2
5 Birbhum 1 1
6 Burdwan 0
7 Coochbehar 1 1
8 Darjeeling 0
9 Dinajpur-Dakshin 0
10 Dinajpur-Uttar 0
11 Hooghly 1 1
12 Howrah 0
13 Jalpaiguri 2 2
14 Kolkata 1 1 1 3
15 Malda 0
16 Midnapore-Paschim 3 3
17 Midnapore-Purba 1 1
18 Murshidabad 1 2 3
19 Nadia 1 1
20 Purulia 0
Total 5 1 3 0 0 10 19
Sl.No. District Govt. Govt. aided Univ M.P.Ed Dept. M.P.Ed Dept. in General Degree Colleges Univ.Coll Self-financed Total
1 24-Parganas(North) 1 1
2 24-Parganas(South) 0
3 Alipurduar 0
4 Bankura 0
5 Birbhum 1 1
6 Burdwan 1 1
7 Coochbehar 0
8 Darjeeling 0
9 Dinajpur-Dakshin 0
10 Dinajpur-Uttar 0
11 Hooghly 0
12 Howrah 0
13 Jalpaiguri 0
14 Kolkata 1 1 2
15 Malda 0
16 Midnapore-Paschim 1 1
17 Midnapore-Purba 0
18 Murshidabad 0
19 Nadia 1 1
20 Purulia 0
Total 3 0 3 0 0 1 7

* G - Indicate Govt. College