The Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy was founded in Kolkata in 1821 and is funded by Armenian benefactors. It teaches classes I to X under the CISCE board and takes boarders, with most students coming from Armenia itself. Alongside academic work the school runs a sports academy, a swimming pool and a gymnasium, plus Scouts and Guides, drama and debate, and yoga and aerobics. It operates jointly with the Davidian Girls' School of Kolkata. The campus is at 56B Mirza Ghalib Street in central Kolkata, and the school publishes admission information on its website at www.armeniancollege.edu.in.