Serampore College

Serampore College

Serampore College was founded in 1818 by Carey, Marshman and Ward to give an education in Arts and Science to students of every 'caste, colour or country' and to train a ministry for the growing Church in India. From the beginning the College has been ecumenical, but this means that it has no automatic basis of support from any one branch of the Christian church.

In 1827 the King of Denmark presented a charter to the College, giving it University status. Serampore was then a Danish colony, but the status has been reaffirmed for the study of Theology to the present day. This Charter now forms the basis for degrees of all levels conferred by over forty theological colleges throughout India, and is administered by the Senate.

The name of the College and its founders is honoured today, far more widely than within Christian circles only � the Carey Library at Serampore houses 16,000 rare volumes and is used by scholars internationally