Rammohan College

Type	Undergraduate college
Established	1961; 63 years ago (1961)
Affiliation	University of Calcutta
Address	102, 1, Raja Ram Mohan Sarani, Baithakkhana, Sealdah , Kolkata , West Bengal , 700009 , India 22°34′48″N 88°22′10″E / 22.5800347°N 88.3693239°E / 22.5800347; 88.3693239
Campus	Urban
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Rammohan College is an undergraduate and postgraduate college for women in Kolkata, India. It is affiliated with the University of Calcutta.^[1] It shares premises with City College, Kolkata (day college) and Anandamohan College (evening college).

History

Rammohan College owes its origin to City College, Calcutta , one of the oldest first grade general degree College in West Bengal. It was founded in 1881 by a band of patriotic and selfless Brahmo samaj leaders like Anandamohan Bose, Pandit Sivnath Sastri and Umesh Chandra Dutta. City College, Kolkata had a women's section in morning. Later, in 1961, this women's section was separately affiliated with the University of Calcutta and renamed as Rammohan College.^[2]

Departments and courses

The college offers different undergraduate and postgraduate courses and aims at imparting education to the undergraduates and postgraduates of upper-, lower- and middle-class people of Kolkata and its adjoining areas.^[3]

Science

Science faculty consists of the departments of Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Physiology, and Economics.

Arts & Commerce

Arts and Commerce faculty consists of departments of Bengali, English, Hindi, Sanskrit, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Education, and Commerce.