Banaras Hindu University ordinarily alluded to as BHU; previously known as Central Hindu College is a Public Central University situated in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Set up in 1916 by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, BHU is one of the biggest private colleges in Asia, with more than 20,000 understudies. The college includes all standings, statements of faith, religions and sexes, and is on the rundown of Institutes of National Importance.

Surprisingly upwards of 17 colleges from India have figured among the main 300 colleges in Asia, expresses the as of late discharged rundown of 'Asian Universities Rankings 2014' by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Rankings.

Among main 100 foundations, India has eight colleges of which seven are IITs alongside University of Delhi (DU) put at 81st position. IIT Kanpur and IIT Madras have been positioned 52nd and 53rd in the positioning, with a center of 66.1 and 66.0, individually. IIT Kharagpur is at 60th position, IIT Roorkee is at 70 position and IIT Guwahati is at 95th spot in the current year's positioning.

In 2014, BHU was ranked at 142 among the top 300 universities in Asia in the list of ‘Asian Universities Rankings 2014’ by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Rankings.

Banaras Hindu University (BHU) positions tenth in the nation in the rundown of by and large 'Best Global Universities' positioning of a US organization - US News Education World. Be that as it may, the worldwide positioning of BHU is 625th, while it remains at 123rd among Asian colleges.

BHU is ranked third in the 2016 The Week - Hansa Research Top Universities in India. BHU is ranked second in India Today's India's Top 30 Universities of 2015. BHU has been consistently ranked in the top 5 in this survey.