JANGIPUR COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Jangipur College is a government-aided college located in Jangipur, Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India. It was established in August 1950 with intermediate-level classes, and undergraduate teaching began during the 1956–57 academic session. The college became affiliated with the University of Kalyani in 1999 following a decision of the Government of West Bengal. It occupies a 5.05-acre semi-urban campus and is recognised by the University Grants Commission under sections 2(f) and 12(B) of the UGC Act. Since 2016–17, it has served as a study centre for distance-mode postgraduate courses in Bengali, English, History and Education offered by the University of Kalyani. The college offers undergraduate programmes in humanities (including Arabic, Bengali, Economics, Education, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Sanskrit, and Library and Information Science), sciences (Botany, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geography, Mathematics, Physics, Zoology), and commerce. Admissions are conducted online. As per 2025 NIRF data, it had 4,102 undergraduate students in 2023–24, comprising 1,647 male and 2,455 female students. Dr. Prarthita Biswas is the principal, and the college received a B++ grade from NAAC in its second assessment cycle. Notable faculty include Shankha Ghosh.