Presidency College

A leading institution of higher education in Bengal, founded in 1817 as Hindoo College and renamed Presidency College in 1855, when it became a government institution open to students of all communities. It became a constituent college of the University of Calcutta in 1857 and was a major centre of Western, scientific, and liberal education in India. In 2010 it became Presidency University, retaining its historic College Street campus.