In which year Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi was founded ? What was the motto behind to establish the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi ? Provide the affiliation and accredition status of Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi .

Banaras Hindu University is a public central university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. BHU is one of the largest residential universities in Asia

Motto/ Objectives Of The University

To promote learning and research generally in Arts and Sciences in all branches;

To promote the study of the Hindu Shastras and of Sanskrit literature generally as a means of preserving and popularizing for the benefit of the Hindus in particular and of the world at large in general, the best thought and culture of the Hindus and all that was good and great in the ancient civilization of India;

To advance and diffuse such scientific, technical and professional knowledge, combined with the necessary practical training as is best calculated to help in promoting indigenous industries and in developing the material resources of the country; and

To promote the building up of character in youth by religion and ethics as an integral part of education.

Rankings

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. In the survey conducted by the prestigious India Today group in 2010, BHU was ranked as number 1 among all Indian universities.

The engineering institute IIT-BHU was ranked No. 7 on the Outlook India Top Engineering Colleges of India and No. 4 on Dataquest's India's Top Engineering Colleges 2011 (DQ-CMR Top T-Schools Survey 2015).

Banaras Hindu University was ranked 13 in India overall and 6th amongst multidisciplinary universities by the CWTS Leiden ranking

The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) ranks first in India in the field of academic and research output as per Scopus and Web of Science Database

BHU was ranked first in India by a Paris-based organisation

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.

Contact-

Banaras Hindu University
Ajagara, Banaras Hindu University Campus, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005