Editing College (section)

===India===
{{See also|Colleges and institutes in India}}
[[File:Admin Block IIT-R.JPG|thumb|The [[Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee]] is the oldest technical institution in Asia.]]

The modern system of education was heavily influenced by the British starting in 1835.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://latasinha.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/impact-of-modern-education-on-the-culture-of-india/|title=Influence of modern education on the culture of India|date=14 March 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730041305/https://latasinha.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/impact-of-modern-education-on-the-culture-of-india/|archive-date=30 July 2017}}</ref><!--notice that this date doesn't really explain Karala's claim of 1817 below. Portuguese?-->

In India, the term "college" is commonly reserved for institutions that offer high school diplomas at year 12 ("''Junior College''", similar to American ''high schools''), and those that offer the [[bachelor's degree]]; some colleges, however, offer programmes up to [[PhD]] level. Generally, colleges are located in different parts of a state and all of them are affiliated to a regional university. The colleges offer programmes leading to degrees of that university. Colleges may be either Autonomous or non-autonomous. Autonomous Colleges are empowered to establish their own syllabus, and conduct and assess their own examinations; in non-autonomous colleges, examinations are conducted by the university, at the same time for all colleges under its affiliation. There are several hundred universities and each university has affiliated colleges, often a large number.

The first liberal arts and sciences college in India was "Cottayam College" or the "Syrian College", Kerala in 1815. The First inter linguistic residential education institution in Asia was started at this college. At present it is a Theological seminary which is popularly known as Orthodox Theological Seminary or Old Seminary. After that, CMS College, Kottayam, established in 1817, and the [[Presidency College, Kolkata]], also 1817, initially known as Hindu College. The first college for the study of Christian theology and ecumenical enquiry was [[Serampore College]] (1818). The first Missionary institution to impart Western style education in India was the [[Scottish Church College, Calcutta]] (1830). The first commerce and economics college in India was [[Sydenham College]], [[Mumbai]] (1913).

In India a new term has been introduced that is Autonomous Institutes & Colleges. An autonomous Colleges are colleges which need to be affiliated to a certain university. These colleges can conduct their own admission procedure, examination syllabus, fees structure etc. However, at the end of course completion, they cannot issue their own degree or diploma. The final degree or diploma is issued by the affiliated university. 
Also, some significant changes can pave way under the NEP (New Education Policy 2020) which may affect the present guidelines for universities and colleges.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Autonomous, Deemed, Private, State & Central Universities: Know the Difference {{!}} Shiksha|url=https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/autonomous-deemed-private-and-central-universities-know-the-difference-blogId-12295|access-date=2020-12-02|website=www.shiksha.com|archive-date=16 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516104402/http://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/autonomous-deemed-private-and-central-universities-know-the-difference-blogId-12295|url-status=live}}</ref> Implemented in the 2023–2024 academic year, the new education policy is said to fill the gaps and cover the drawbacks of the [[Education in India|Indian education system]].