Jadavpur University is a public technical university located in Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established in 1905 as Bengal Technical Institute & was converted into Jadavpur University in 1955. In 2020, it was ranked fifth among universities in India by a National Institutional Ranking Framework NIRF.
In 1910, the Society for the Promotion of Technical Education in Bengal which looked after Bengal Technical Institute which later became College of technology and Technology, Bengal was amalgamated to NCE. NCE henceforth looked after the College of technology and Technology, Bengal.
After Independence, on 24 December 1955, Jadavpur University was officially instituting by the Government of West Bengal with the concurrence of the Government of India.