Amity University, Kolkata
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| Motto | We Nurture Talent |
|---|---|
| Type | Private research university |
| Established | 6 January 2015 |
| Chancellor | Dr Atul Chauhan |
| Vice-Chancellor | Dr Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay |
Academic staff | 250 |
Administrative staff | 100 |
| Students | 3500 |
| Undergraduates | 2300 |
| Postgraduates | 1000 |
| 200 | |
| Location | |
| Newspaper | The Global Times |
| Colours | Blue and yellow |
| Nickname | Amitians |
| Affiliations | UGC, AIU, ACU, COA,Amity University |
| Website | www |
Amity University Kolkata is a private university in Kolkata in the state of West Bengal, India. It was founded in 2015 and is the eighth university to be established by the Amity University Group.[1]
History
The Amity Group's presence in Kolkata began at the end of 2006 as Amity Global Business School (Salt Lake, Sector V) that offered only management degrees under Amity University.[2] In 2015, the state legislature of West Bengal passed the Amity University Act, 2014 (West Bengal Act, XXIV of 2014) to enable the establishment of the university in Rajarhat. It is the eighth university to be established by the Amity group, which also established Amity University, Mumbai in 2014.[3]
Programmes
Amity University Kolkata offers undergraduate, post-graduate and doctoral degrees. Courses are run by constituent institutes and schools situated on its campus. Amity University, Kolkata is currently offering programs in the field of management, engineering, bio-technology, applied sciences, forensic sciences, environment, medical and allied health sciences, nursing, journalism and mass communications, liberal arts, computer science, foreign language, law, architecture, medical, commerce, economics, fashion, fine arts, hotel management both at undergraduate and post graduate levels, besides offering doctoral degrees in many of these disciplines.[4]
Research centres
The university has 11 research centres in bio-design, computer graphics, decisions and ethics, design research, information technology, financial analytics, robotics, computer research in music and acoustics, humanities, language and information, applied & behavioural sciences.[5]