Dukhulal Nibaran Chandra College (DNCC), Murshidabad was established in 1967. Its affiliated to University of Kalyani.

To promote higher education in this area. The college is providing the needs of higher and quality education of the local people.

The college pursues its objective of providing quality education in the field of Arts, Science and Commerce to ensure development of human resources both personality-wise and career-wise. It also aims to create such an environment that can make the students a good citizen in life and professional in career.

The primary objective of the founders of this college is to provide a scope & opportunity of higher education to the people of this locality and amongst the women and who are economically weak and are not in a position to send their wards to a distant college.

The college is affiliated to University of Kalyani, established in 1960. The University was set-up in the post independence period. it 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.