Primary and Secondary

There are six systems of education ---

• The West Bengal governmental system of education, known as West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, Kolkata
• private Church-run schools administered by either the CNI or Catholic or other non Christian schools administered privately --- affiliated mostly to the ICSE and ISC examination of the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, Delhi
• the central government administered (like the Kendriya Vidyalaya)or privately administered schools affiliated mostly to the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi
• the London Edexcel / the IGCSE education system,
• the Islamic Madrasah system of education and lastly
• the open school based education affiliated to the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Delhi. In addition to that, private candidates can appear for examinations of either the CBSE, West Bengal Board and other state boards which conduct their courses in the city.

University and Professional Education

Kolkata has nine public universities and numerous degree colleges. The city has four medical colleges, one dental college, several engineering, technical and management institutes.

The universities or autonomous institutions of national importance located in Kolkata are listed below:

Universities

• University of Calcutta,
• Jadavpur University,
• Rabindra Bharati University,
• West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences,
• Netaji Subhas Open University,
• Bengal Engineering & Science University (formerly Bengal Engineering College),
• West Bengal University of Health Sciences,
• West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences,
• West Bengal University of Technology,Click to go University site
  and numerous colleges affiliated to some of the above mentioned universities.

Institutions of National Importance

• Asiatic Society
• Indian Statistical Institute
• Indian Institute of Management
• Marine Engineering Research Institute
• Indian Association for Cultivation of Science
• Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
• Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre
• Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
• Inter University Consortium for Department of Atomic Energy Facilities (IUC-DAEF)
• Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute
• Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition

Other Autonomous Institutes/Centres of Excellence

• The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture
• Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
• Anthropological Survey of India
• Bose Institute
• Botanical Survey of India
• Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute
• Central Inland Capture Fisheries Research Institute
• Central Research Institute for Jute & Allied Fibres
• Centre for Studies in Social Sciences
• Electronics Research and Development Centre of India
• Geological Survey of India
• Indian Institute of Information Technology
Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India
• National Institute of Research on Jute & Allied Fibres Technology
• National Institute of Homoeopathy
• S.N.Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
• Zoological Survey of India
• School of Tropical Medicine
• Central Forensic Science Laboratory
• Serampore College
• Presidency College
• Scottish Church College
• Bethune College
• Medical College Calcutta
• Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management
• Max Mueller Bhavan - Goethe Institut
• British Council
• United States Educational Foundation in India
• National Institute of Fashion Technology.

Other public universities or institutions which operate in Kolkata or conduct courses in affiliated colleges or institutes are IIT Kharagpur, Visva Bharati University, Vidyasagar University, University of Kalyani, Aligarh Muslim University, Himachal Pradesh University, Madurai Kamaraj University, IGNOU and the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. Foreign and private universities like the University of London, University of Cambridge (Local Exams Syndicate), Troy State University, Ashington University, TAFE Australia, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, XLRI Jamshedpur, International Management Institute (Delhi), Rai University, EIILM University, Sikkim Manipal University and Wigan and Leigh College, UK also operate in Kolkata.

The Geological Survey of India, and the National Council of Science Museums have their headquarters in Calcutta. Financial institutions like ICAI, ICWAI, ICFAI and technological institutions like ICE(I), IE(I), NIIT, APTECH have branch offices in Kolkata.