Sree Chaitanya Mahavidyalaya (formerly Sree Chaitanya College of Commerce), Kolkata was established in 1965.

Located in a semi-urban area, this college chiefly caters to the need of students hailing from economically weaker and underprivileged section of the society.

The motivating spirit of the founders was the felt need of providing higher education to the people of this area.

The burgeoning exigency commingled with a cherished dream of disseminating education was the shaping spirit behind the idea and thus this institution came into being.

It has been declared as a "Five Star University" and a "Centre with Potential for Excellence" by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

The Times Education Supplement of London ranked the University of Calcutta as the 39th best university in the world, in the Arts & Humanities category in 2005.

The main campus of the university is located at College Street in Kolkata while and several other campuses are spread over the metro and its suburbs.