St. Xavier's College is a private, Catholic, autonomous college in Kolkata, India. It is run by the Calcutta Province of the Society of Jesus. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1860 and named after St. Francis Xavier, a Jesuit saint of the 16th century, who travelled to India. In 2006, it became the first autonomous college in West Bengal, India, The college is affiliated to the University of Calcutta.The National Institutional Ranking Framework has ranked the college 4th in India in 2021, 8th in 2022 and 5th in 2023 Source: Wikipedia (en)