Nur Mohammad Smriti Mahavidyalaya

Nur Mohammad Smriti  Mahavidyalaya(NMSM), Murshidabad is a well known affiliated college in this District. The college is imparting the higher education to the local students and specially to the financially backward students in the rural area. All academic activities are carried out in accordance with Kalyani University. The college has state-of-the-art technologies and infrastructure.
 
The college is affiliated to University of Kalyani, established in 1960. The University was set-up in the post independence period. The University has a three-star accreditation from National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The University is an academic hub of sub urban region of West Bengal. The University provides academic guidance and leadership to several affiliated degree colleges and its territorial jurisdiction extends to the districts of Nadia, Murshidabad and parts of North 24 Parganas. The University is situated in a locality surrounded by a rural setting within a serene background. Yet, its distance from Kolkata is only 50 km. This locational advantage of the University makes it particularly suitable for the 'Cafeteria Approach' to higher education. In this University the total number of academic departments is 25.