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Founded by Carey, Marshman and Ward in 1818 | Incorporated by Danish Royal Charter 1827 | Governed by Bengal Act IV of 1918.
Serampore College is located in Serampore, in West Bengal, India. Established in 1818, it is the third oldest college in the country after CMS College, Kottayam and Presidency College Calcutta, and one of the oldest continuously operating educational institutes in India. [1]
The Senate of Serampore College was established in 1818, in the Danish settlement of Serampore, West Bengal, India, by three pioneer Christian missionaries and their associates – William Carey (1761-1834), Joshua Marshman (1768-1837), and William Ward (1769-1823).
Jul 15, 2024 · Serampore College. In 1818, the College was established in the Danish settlement of Serampore by the pioneer Christian missionaries, William Carey (1761-1834) Joshua Marshman (1768-1837) and William Ward (1869-1823), for the instruction of Indian youth in Christianity and the sciences.
College is affiliated to the University of Calcutta for Arts Science Commerce Dept to run diversified post graduate, under graduate, diploma and certificate courses. The college being the first missionary college in India, has always been the core attraction to the meritorious students.
The Serampore College was established in 1818, in the Danish settlement of Serampore, by three pioneer Western Christian missionaries – William Carey (1761- 1834) Joshua Marshman (1768 -1837) and William Ward (1769-1823) – for the instruction of Indian youths in Christianity and other disciplines.
Senate of Serampore College was set up in the year 1818 by the pioneer of Christian missionaries. It aims at providing education in sciences and arts to students of every caste, color, or country. The college has attained the status of Deemed to be university by UGC.
Serampore College stands as a living witness to the possibility of harmonious living together among people from different cultural, linguistic, regional and religious backgrounds. Here, we always maintain the multi-cultural character of our great Indian nation.
Serampore College, Serampore in West Bengal was established in July 1818 by William Carey, a British Missionary, when Serampore was a part of a Danish colony. King Frederick VI of Denmark granted a Royal Charter giving Serampore College the status of a University to confer degrees.
The Serampore College Faculty of Theology remains as the Mother College founded by the Missionaries in Serampore on the fertile bank of the Hooghly River with an incomparable scenic beauty of nature and richness of heritage with gothic structures and buildings since the time of Danish rule.
