Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is a Central university was founded in 1916 by Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya and under the Parliamentary legislation, ‘B.H.U. Act 1915’, located in Varanasi of state Uttar Pradesh, India, which is also the largest residential university in Asia. BHU ranks among the first few in the country in the field of academic and research output. The main force behind this University was Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya. Born in an educated orthodox Hindu family at Prayag (Allahabad) in 1861, Madan Mohan Malaviya name to be recognized as an outstanding and noble son of India. His multifaceted personality made him, at the same time, a great patriot, an educationist with a vision, a social reformer, an ardent journalist, reluctant but effective lawyer, a successful parliamentarian and an outstanding statesman. Among Malaviyaji's many achievements, the most monumental was the establishment of the Banaras Hindu University or Kashi Hindu Vishvidyalaya. In the course of his lifetime Banaras Hindu University came to be known as a Capital of Knowledge acknowledged across India and the World. Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya created history in Indian education with this institution - the first of its kind in the country.
This university has two campuses, 3 institutes, 16 faculties, 140 departments, 4 advanced centers and 4 interdisciplinary schools. The University is making its mark at the national and international levels in a number of frontier areas of Science, Social Science, Technology, Medicine and Agriculture etc.
Today has nearly twenty thousand students including 2500 research scholars and 650 foreign students from 34 nations, under one roof who are pursuing different academic programmes at this campus as well as the newly established Rajiv Gandhi South Campus. The campus spread over 1350 acre (5.5 km²) campus was built on land donated by then Kashi Naresh. It has 140 teaching departments and more than 55 hostels for boys and girls and more than 12,000 students live on campus here.
BHU has established the Rajiv Gandhi South Campus at Barkachha about 75 Kms southwest of Varanasi on 2760 acres of land. This campus was formally inaugurated by Hon’ble Shri Arjun Singh on August 19, 2006. The first academic session commenced from 2006-07 with six programmes which has increased to more than 25 in the present session.
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Central Library
BHU Library system was established from a collection donated by Prof. P.K. Telang in the memory of his father Justice Kashinath Trimbak Telang in 1917. The library has a collection of around 60,000 volumes in 1931, through donations from various sources. BHU Library System consists of Central Library at apex and 3 Institute Libraries, 8 Faculty Libraries, 25 Departmental Libraries, with a total collection of over 13 lakh volumes to serve the students, faculty members, researchers, technical staff of fourteen faculties consisting of 126 subject departments of the university.
Academic Programs
i. Undergraduate Courses :
General: B.A. (Hons.) Arts; B.A. (Hons.) Social Sc.; B.Sc. (Hons.) Maths; B.Sc. (Hons.) Bio.; B.Com. (Hons.)**/[B.Com. (Hons.) Financial Markets Management* (Special Courses of Study)]; Shastri (Hons.); b. Professional: After +2 Level: B.F.A.; B.Mus.; B.Sc. (Ag.); after graduation: LL.B.; B.Ed./B.Ed** (Special) and B.P.Ed.
Medical Courses: MBBS/BDS/BAMS/B. Pharm./B. Pharm.(Ay.)
Engineering Courses: B.Tech
ii. Postgraduate Courses :
General: M.A. (Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Pali, Persian, Sanskrit, Telugu, Urdu, Linguistics, Ancient Indian History Culture & Archaeology, Philosophy, Indian Philosophy & Religion, History of Art, Economics, History, Political Science, Sociology) ; M.Sc. (Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Computer Science, Biochemistry; M. Sc. (Tech.): Geology; M.Sc. (Tech.): Geophysics; M.A./M.Sc.: Geography, Statistics, Mathematics, Home Science, Psychology) ; M.Com. ,
Professional: M.A.: Prayojanmoolak Hindi (Patrakarita), Museology; Mass Communication; M.Lib.I.Sc., M.P.Ed., M.F.A., M. Mus., M. Musicology, M.Ed., M.Ed., LL.M., MCA, M. Sc.,
Special: 1) M.A. (Tourism Management, Social Work, Public Administration, Master of Personnel Management and Industrial Relations) 2) M. Sc. (Tech.) (Environmental Science & Technology, M. Sc. in: Environmental Science, Applied Microbiology, Molecular & Human Genetics, Petroleum Geo-Science) 3) Master of: Export Management & Promotion (MEMP), Finance and Control(MFC), Risk & Insurance Management (MRIM), 4) LL.M. in: Human Rights & Duties Education, 5) MBA in: Agri-Business*, 6) M. Sc. (Ag.) Agroforestry*, Soil & Water Conservation*, M. Sc. in Food Science & Technology, Plant Biotechnology*, Master of Agri-business Management, M. Tech in Agricultural Engineering (Soil & Water Conservation Engineering).
Medical Courses: MD,MS and others
Engineering Courses: M.Tech ,M.Pharm.
iii . Ordinance Governing The Award Of The Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy
iv. Special Courses Of Study (Diploma And Certificate)
Admissions:
Banaras Hindu University conducts national level Undergraduate (UET) and Postgraduate (PET) entrance tests usually during May-June for admission to various courses. Admissions are done according to merit in the Entrance Tests, subject to fulfilling of other eligibility requirements. Admissions to B.Tech./B.Pharm., M.Tech./M.Pharm. are done through JEE and GATE respectively. Admission to MBA and MIBA are done through IIM-CAT score. Admissions for Ph.D. are done on the basis of either qualification of NET by the candidates or through the scores of CRET (common research entrance test).
In addition to these admissions in IMS are done through PMT exam. In addition to Indian students, BHU attracts a number of foreign learners in its premises. Foreign students are admitted through the application submitted to the Indian Mission in his/her country or by his/her country's Mission in India. Those foreign students who are selected under various scholarship schemes, either of the Ministry of Human Resource Development India or the Ministry of External Affairs India, are admitted on the recommendation/sponsorship of the respective ministry. In the case of admission of self-financing foreign students, their applications are routed through the Ministry of External Affairs for clearance in the first instance and thereafter through the Ministry of Human Resource Development for a 'No Objection' certificate.
Academics Syllabus:
Syllabus and Course curriculum of various courses offered by Banaras Hindu University. BHU Syllabus of all courses.
ii. Undergraduate Courses Syllabus
iii. Diploma Courses Syllabus
Faculties:
* Faculty of Arts
* Faculty of Commerce
* Faculty of Education
* Faculty of Law
* Faculty of Management Studies
* Faculty of Performing Arts
* Faculty of Science
* Faculty of Social Sciences
* Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vijnan Sankaya
* Faculty of Visual Arts
* Mahaila Maha Vidyalaya
Institutes:
* Institute of Agricultural Sciences
* Institute of Medical Sciences
* Institute of Technology
Affiliated Colleges
* Arya Mahila Degree College
* D.A.V Degree College
* Vasant Kanya Mahavidyalaya Kamachha
* Vasant College for Women
Contact Us:
Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
Varanasi - 221005
Uttar Pradesh
India
Telephone: +91-542-2369401 / 2369410, 2368938, 2368558
Fax: +91-542-2368174 / 2369951
Email: vc_bhu@sify.com / registrar@bhu.ac.in
Website: www.bhu.ac.in