27 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 282K citations received by 25.5K academic papers made by 27 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

#1 in India
#77 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1951

3. University of Calcutta

For History

#24 in India
#263 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1857

5. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

For History

#52 in India
#566 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1960

7. Visva-Bharati University

For History

#65 in India
#647 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1921

9. University of Burdwan

For History

#73 in India
#681 in Asia
Enrollment
24,690
Founded
1960

14. University of Gour Banga

For History

#159 in India
#1116 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
2007

16. University of Engineering and Management, Kolkata

For History

#242 in India
#1550 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
1,617
Male:Female
79:21
Founded
2015

17. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology

For History

#246 in India
#1567 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
2001

18. Raiganj University

For History

#263 in India
#1657 in Asia
Founded
2015

22. Aliah University

For History

#327 in India
#1937 in Asia
Founded
1780

25. Bankura University

For History

#398 in India
#2242 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 15
Tripura 3 185
Odisha 14 32
Bihar 12 147
Meghalaya 3 86
Sikkim 3 189
Assam 11 20
Manipur 3 167
Chhattisgarh 9 120
Uttar Pradesh 42 8
Telangana 11 16
Madhya Pradesh 19 53
Andhra Pradesh 16 71
Maharashtra 32 6
Uttarakhand 13 9
Tamil Nadu 44 5
Haryana 42 2
Himachal Pradesh 8 128
Rajasthan 28 34
Karnataka 33 4
Punjab 21 19
Gujarat 30 45
Jammu and Kashmir 10 51
Kerala 13 57