Darjeeling Government College

Darjeeling Govt. College (DGC), Darjeeling was established in 1948. This is a co- education college. As the name suggests, the College is fully funded by the Government. The objective of the college is to give its pupils a congenial atmosphere of learning, by taking individual care of each student and building up an intimate relationship between the teachers and the taught. The college has delivered the need for higher education to a vast section of the under-privileged society through the unquestioned commitment of teachers and staffs. Besides undergraduate courses in liberal arts, commerce and science, it also offers post-graduate courses. The college has state-of-the-art technologies and infrastructure.

The college is affiliated to North Bengal University, established in 1962 with a goal to disseminate knowledge to fulfill growing socio-economic and technical manpower needs in the six North Bengal districts and the neighboring state of Sikkim. This is a state university situated near Siliguri in Darjeeling district. The University was established by Act of the Legislature of West Bengal in 1962. This was the first university in the region. The University has played a pioneering role since inception in spreading higher education and scientific attitudes within the predominantly rural areas that comprise its vast jurisdictional territory. Currently, colleges from three districts- Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling district are affiliated to this university.