Rammohan College owes its origin to City College, Calcutta which is one of the oldest first grades College in West Bengal. It was founded in 1881 by a band of patriotic and selfless Bramo leaders like Ananda Mohan Bose, Pandit Sivnath Sastri and Umesh Chandra Dutta. Rastraguru Surendranath Banerjee tater joined the College as teacher. Upto 1961 City College had a women’s Department in morning which has separately affiliated in 1961 to the Calcutta University and renamed as Rammohan College.

The College is open to all female students irrespective of race, creed or caste. It has record of brilliant result. The college located at 102/1, Raja Rammohan Sarani, Kolkata-700 009. It is one of the city group College administered by Brahmo Samaj Society, a registered Society, constituted by the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj, Calcutta.

Rammohan College has recently acquired the heritage building at 85A, 85B, 85C and 85D Raja Rammohan Sarani which was once the family residence of Raja Rammohan Roy, and his descendants. A memorial courses especially for women will be housed here under autonomous body of management at the ancestral house.