About University

Banaras Hindu University (BHU)  is a Central University located in Varanasi, India. It is regarded as the largest residential university in Asia. The fully-residential campus has more than 128 independent teaching departments. Its 1350 acre  campus was built on land donated by the Kashi Naresh. The total enrollment in the University stands at just over 15000, including students from all over India and abroad. Several of its colleges, including engineering (IT-BHU), law and medicine (IMS-BHU), are ranked amongst the best in India.

Organisation

The university comprises 3 Institutes, viz. Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS), Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS) and Institute of Technology (IT-BHU), a Mahila Mahavidalaya (MMV), 14 Faculties, 124 Departments, 1 DBT Interdisciplinary School of Life Sciences (one of the three in country), 4 Inter-disciplinary Centers, 3 constituent schools. It has 7 centres of Advanced Studies, 10 Departments under the Special Assistance Programme and a large number of specialized Research Centers. Notable departments in the Faculty of Science include Departments of Physics, Zoology, Geology, Botany (All 4 are UGC Centres of Advance Studies), Biochemistry, Biotechnology (and bioinformatics centre) and Chemistry.

Past of University

The Idea of a Hindu University was mooted in a meeting held in 1904 at Varanasi. Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya gave up his lucrative practice at the Bar and launched his mission in January, 1911. Almost at the same time, there was another proposal of Annie Besant for establishing a university at Varanasi under the name of “The University of India”. In 1907, she submitted a memorandum for the grant of Royal Charter for the establishment of the University. In April 1911, Annie Besant and Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya met and decided to unite their forces and work for a common Hindu University at Varanasi. The Kashi Naresh holds the title of the Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University. The land for establishing the university was given by Kashi Naresh.

The University started functioning from 1 October 1917 with the Central Hindu College as its first constituent college. In July, 1918 the College of Oriental learning and Theology was opened and in August 1918, the Teachers’ Training College. The first University examinations were held in 1918 and the first Convocation on 17 January 1919. The Chancellor of the University, Maharaja Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV of Mysore who had come to preside over and address the Convocation, also performed the opening ceremony of the Engineering College Workshop buildings. An Artisan course was started on 11 February 1919. Thus the Engineering College was the first to start functioning in the University campus and within a couple of years it started attracting students from all parts of India.

The late Kashi Naresh and Maharaja Dr. Vibhuti Narayan Singh had a great impact on this institution.

How to get Admission

The university teaches a vast range of subjects pertaining to all branches of the humanities, social science, technology, medicine, science, fine arts and performing arts. Admissions in BHU are done on the basis of All India level Examination, i.e. UET (for undergraduate courses), PET (for postgraduate courses) and CRET (for research-level courses). In addition to these, IT-BHU has intake from IIT-JEE; IMS from the All-India PMT exam; and the Faculty of Management Science has intake from IIM-CAT Examination. In addition to Indian students, BHU attracts a number of foreign learners in its premises. Foreign students are exempted from Admission entrance exams.

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