The University of Kalyani was established in the year 1960 and has grown onto a comprehensive institution with strong bases of administration and qualified faculty towards the mission of advancement of learning and research.

The University, with the help of Distance Education Council, IGNOU and other Universities of West Bengal has launched Directorate of Open & Distance Learning (DODL) at Post Graduate level for the students who are otherwise deprived of higher education and as such serving as a light house of the learning persons of all ages and sex, particularly to such persons who for different reasons, cannot undergo the higher courses of studies as regular full time students.