  the university of calcutta (; informally known as calcutta university or cu) is a public state university located in kolkata (formerly calcutta), west bengal, india established on 24 january 1857.department of higher education, west bengal higherednwb.net. retrieved 6 august 2012 by foundation date, it is the first institution in south asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and secular western style university. within india it is recognized as a five star university and a centre with potential for excellence by the university grants commission and the national assessment and accreditation council.growth spiral there are four nobel laureates associated with this university: ronald ross, rabindra nath tagore, c. v. raman and amartya sen. within all state universities all over india, this university had the highest number students who cleared the doctoral entrance eligibility exam in the sciences conducted by government of india's national eligibility test to become eligible to pursue research with full scholarship awarded by the government of india.csirâugc national eligibility test: a performance indicator of basic science education in indian universities: inderpal, s.chetri, a. saini and r. luthra, current science, vol.97, no 4, 25 august 2009 cs-test.ias.ac.in. retrieved 13 august 2012 it is a state-government administered urban-based affiliating and research university. it has its central campus in [[college street (kolkata)|col
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