Viharilal College for Home and Social Science, Kolkata was established in 1857.

Its affiliated to University of Calcutta, Kolkata.

It is a self financing, Co-education College. It is one of the famous colleges of kolkata. The college is providing higher education to this region. The college is providing the needs of higher and quality education of the local people.

The college is associated with well experienced teachers to enlighten the aspiring students. The college offers undergraduate courses both at honours and general level in disciplines of Arts and Science. The college has state-of-the-art technologies and infrastructure.

It is the oldest of the modern universities in India. It was established in 1857 during the administration of Lord Canning, the Governor General of India.

It is the only university in India which produced four Nobel laureates and has ranked consistently amongst the first five hundred universities in the world.

It was the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent. It has been declared as a "Five Star University" and a "Centre with Potential for Excellence" by the University Grants Commission (UGC).