Jadavpur University is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal. It has two campuses: the main campus at Jadavpur and the new campus at Salt Lake, approximately 12.6 kilometres (7.8 mi) and 8.8 kilometres (5.5 mi) from the city centre respectively. A third campus is scheduled to open at the site of the erstwhile National Instruments (CSIR India), opposite the main campus along the Raja S.C. Mullick Road. It was upgraded to a full fledged university in 1955. Before 1955 the Diplomas Awarded by the National Council of Education Jadavpur were Not Recognised as equivalent to Degrees by the Government of India.