Hooghly Women's College, Hooghly was established in 1949. This is a private aided college.

Hooghly Women's College is a glorious milestone in the history of education of women not only in Hoogly district but also in the state of West Bengal. It is the sixth academic institution in the district and is the first women's college of the district and also is the largest Women's College of Burdwan University. What matters, of course, not the age, but the role it has played in awakening the women of the district and beyond, through the dissemination of education. The initial effort to found a women's college in Hooghly was made in 1943. Some local educationists and social reformists made an active endeavor to set up Hooghly Women's College to cater education for women. Sri Nripendranath Dhar, a renowened advocate and educationist was the pioneer in this field. Other figures, inspited by the some missionary zeal joined them. Hooghly Women's College thus started pulsating in thee little concrete structure named "Mission House" with only 17 studetns in Chuchura Maidan in the banks of River Ganga in a day in the year 1943. Unfortunately if came to an abrupt halt as university recognition did not come in time. But the lamp was already lighted and the last flicker of the dyeing lamp continued to glow. This initial endeavor, though not endowed with immediate success, should be remembered with awe and reverence by everyone related to the institution.

The first Principal to grace the chair of Hooghly Women’s College was Sri Kalipada Mitra. In the historical first day of the college 41 students got lesson from four lecturers. Three months later, to the 4 teachers, each of Sanskrit, English, Geography and Philosophy was added a fifth teacher of Bengali. In 1951 Srimati Shantisudha Ghosh succeeded Kalipada Mitra as Principal.

Student strength increased from 41 to 69, teachers 9, with two clerks and one peon. On February 1952, the Chief Minister Bidhan Chandra Roy inaugurated the new building. Henceforth classes ware held in this new building and from 1952 students were granted permission to appear in the University examination (Calcutta) of IA and B.A. To meet the growing demand of students coming from remote areas, a hostel building was constructed in 1958 in the college campus. In 1960, The University of Burdwan was established. Naturally affiliation of Hooghly Women’s College to Calcutta University was transferred to Burdwan University. The first positive result of this affiliation was the opening of science faculty in the same year. A third floor was added to the already two storied college building. Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics departments were opened with laboratory facilities. Instead of the so long subject of Commercial Geography, general course in Geography was introduced. Number of teachers increased simultaneously. In 1965, the department of Political Science was opened. Within 10 years of its inception, Honours Courses in Philosophy, Sanskrit, Bengali and later History were opened in the College. In 1964, the college library could take its formal shape and structure with state Government aid. In 1969 with permission for Geography Honours, a separate Geography building was constructed. Gradually necessity triggered of many other things, such as students Union, Sports and Games, College Magazine etc.

Dr. Sumita Bajpai joined as Principal in December 2000. Henceforth, the history of the college is a history of expansion and enrichment and steady progress. With a new dynamicity, the college as it stands today can boast of 7 departments with Honours and students over 1000. The very recent feathers in its cap are completion of  the Science Block with opening of Zoology, Botany and Microbiology Departments, opening of Economics Honours, Chemistry Honours, Mathematics Honours and Microbiology Honours and lastly Music Honours in 2009.

College authority has tried to introduce at least on professional course in each Arts and Science streams from 2006 i.e., Music and Microbiology. The Geography Block is recently re-modelled with the addition of another floor to the building. There are other constructional works on progress with the renovation of the Hostel Building, construction of College Canteen, New UGC Hostel and overall re-modelling and beautification of the entire college campus with the necessary amenities and accessories. A computer training centre with assistance of the Institute of Computer Engineers (India) has opened a new horizon to the women of thus recognizes the need to move forward. Therefore, the college looks to new horizons dedicating itself to the cause of women's empowerment. Thus the college provides the necessary infrastructure so as to the provide quality education to the students. The college has excellent faculties with fully qualified and supporting staff members who are available to students whenever they require any promotes extra-curricular activities and encourages students to take part in it because they believe that overall development of students should take place to grow and emerge to be fine citizens and effective personalities, loyal to the highet ideals of their profession and moral values.

Thus Hooghly Women’s College with 60 years of dedicated service in the field of women education is successfully rewarded in its resolve and internal strength to remain the beacon of light grounded in the mission of providing the connection between learning and living.

Goal & Mission of Our College 

• Education of the women of the area concerned.
• To bring self-respect by value-education.
• To make the students self sufficient by access to Higher Education.
• Competitive Examinations and Teacher’s Training Programmes.
• Upliftment of women and empowerment in society.
• To provide quality education and training to the students for empowerment in the society.
• To provide opportunities for all basic subjects of Arts and Science streams.
• To provide opportunity in teacher’s Training Programmes, in Teaching and assess to Post Graduate Courses.
• Students, to be oriented to value-education through the activities of NSS Units, Science Centre and Women’s Cell of the college.