28 Best universities for History in West Bengal

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in West Bengal ranked based on their research performance in History. A graph of 420K citations received by 30.2K academic papers made by 28 universities in West Bengal was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

For History

#2 in India
#81 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1951

3. University of Calcutta

For History

#16 in India
#231 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1857

5. Visva-Bharati University

For History

#58 in India
#599 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1921

6. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

For History

#59 in India
#606 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1960

9. University of Burdwan

For History

#74 in India
#659 in Asia
Enrollment
24,690
Founded
1960

14. University of Gour Banga

For History

#168 in India
#1125 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
2007

17. University of Engineering and Management, Kolkata

For History

#257 in India
#1541 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
1,617
Male:Female
79:21
Founded
2015

18. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology

For History

#259 in India
#1547 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
2001

19. Raiganj University

For History

#274 in India
#1612 in Asia
Founded
2015

22. Aliah University

For History

#336 in India
#1896 in Asia
Founded
1780

23. Techno India University

For History

#338 in India
#1901 in Asia
Enrollment
3,665
Founded
2012

25. Bankura University

For History

#412 in India
#2262 in Asia
Enrollment
2,500
Founded
2014

Closest to West Bengal states to learn History

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni India Flag rank
Jharkhand 7 20
Tripura 3 191
Odisha 14 34
Bihar 12 142
Meghalaya 3 93
Sikkim 3 178
Assam 11 23
Manipur 3 125
Chhattisgarh 10 121
Uttar Pradesh 42 5
Telangana 11 24
Madhya Pradesh 19 37
Andhra Pradesh 16 64
Maharashtra 32 7
Uttarakhand 14 10
Tamil Nadu 44 6
Haryana 42 1
Himachal Pradesh 9 139
Rajasthan 28 35
Karnataka 33 4
Punjab 21 17
Gujarat 33 47
Jammu and Kashmir 10 45
Kerala 14 70