Vidyasagar University
The Vidyasagar University was established on 29th September 1981 by an Act of West Bengal Act XVIII of 1981.The University after the name of Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar Bandyopadhyay known as Vidyasagar. He was educationist and social worker of Bengal. The University Grants University under 12 B on March 1, 1990. The University has total area Campuses in as (Main Campus 103.79, Residential Campus 35.00 and third plot measuring 43.97 acres). The Vidyasagar University first and only university of the town, VU is encompassed by a beautiful campus in the eastern part of the town. The University has under it 39 colleges in the districts of East Midnapore and West Midnapore. The University has a number of academic departments, each department offering educational programs at the under graduate, post graduate and certificate levels.