Jadavpur University is in Kolkata, West Bengal. The Jadavpur University Act, 1981 (West Bengal Act XXIV of 1981), in the text published by PRS Legislative Research, provides that the Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor and the members of the Court and the Executive Council constitute a body corporate named the Jadavpur University, with perpetual succession and a common seal, able to sue and be sued in its own name.
In its NIRF 2025 data submission the university reported 7,472 undergraduate, 3,344 postgraduate and 2,535 full time PhD students for 2023-24, and Rs 367,112,181 received for 121 sponsored research projects in 2023-24.
