St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata

A host of seven Belgian Jesuits arrived at Calcutta in November 1859, under the leadership of Fr. H. Depelchin (Rector: 1860-1871), in the Founding Father of the second St. Xavier’s, They shifted St. Xavier’s from Chowringhee to the Sans Souci Theatre in January 1860, which is now the honest home of learned professors and zealous students.

As a Jesuit Higher Educational Institution, it aims to form men and women for others, with fundamental human and spiritual values. The tiny seed has grown into a mighty tree from 83 students in 1860 to 8,614 students in December 2024. The College functions in three shifts : morning, day and evening, offering UG and PG courses in Humanities, Science, Education, Commerce and Business Administration.

In July 2014, the rural face of St. Xavier’s set up the campus at Raghabpur, South 24 Parganas – The college offers various courses in B. Com (Honours), Bengali (Honours) and BA (Genral). An Honours course in History will be offered from July 2015.

The EMRC building at the EM By pass campus is another instance of the extenstion of the college. Fr. Leeming Boys’ Hostel and Mother Teresa Hostel for Girls has been in use from July 2014.