28 Best universities for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in West Bengal

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Below is a list of best universities in West Bengal ranked based on their research performance in Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. A graph of 863K citations received by 75.6K 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 Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

2. Indian Statistical Institute

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#9 in India
#129 in Asia
Founded
1931

3. Jadavpur University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#12 in India
#154 in Asia
Founded
1955

4. University of Calcutta

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#19 in India
#270 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1857

5. University of Kalyani

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#46 in India
#576 in Asia
Founded
1960

6. Vidyasagar University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#52 in India
#611 in Asia
Founded
1981

7. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#54 in India
#631 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1856

8. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#57 in India
#662 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1960

9. University of Burdwan

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#67 in India
#730 in Asia
Enrollment
24,690
Founded
1960

10. Visva-Bharati University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#69 in India
#735 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1921

11. Presidency University - Kolkata

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#108 in India
#948 in Asia
Founded
1817

12. University of North Bengal

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#173 in India
#1340 in Asia
Founded
1962

15. University of Engineering and Management, Kolkata

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#211 in India
#1511 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
1,617
Male:Female
79:21
Founded
2015

16. University of Gour Banga

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#225 in India
#1558 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
2007

17. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#229 in India
#1579 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
2001

18. Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#249 in India
#1684 in Asia
Founded
2005

19. West Bengal State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#281 in India
#1837 in Asia
Founded
2007

20. Techno India University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#301 in India
#1922 in Asia
Founded
2012

21. Raiganj University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#305 in India
#1934 in Asia
Founded
2015

22. Sidho Kanho Birsha University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#332 in India
#2038 in Asia
Founded
2010

23. Aliah University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#339 in India
#2065 in Asia
Founded
1780

25. Bankura University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#401 in India
#2285 in Asia
Enrollment
2,500
Founded
2014

26. Rabindra Bharati University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#418 in India
#2388 in Asia
Founded
1954

27. West Bengal University of Health Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#434 in India
#2476 in Asia
Founded
2002

28. Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#450 in India
#2548 in Asia
Founded
2012

Closest to West Bengal states to learn Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni India Flag rank
Jharkhand 8 31
Tripura 3 187
Odisha 14 30
Bihar 12 103
Meghalaya 4 98
Sikkim 3 200
Assam 11 23
Manipur 3 257
Chhattisgarh 10 97
Uttar Pradesh 45 7
Telangana 11 18
Madhya Pradesh 19 72
Andhra Pradesh 19 65
Maharashtra 34 6
Uttarakhand 16 13
Tamil Nadu 46 8
Haryana 42 3
Himachal Pradesh 10 136
Rajasthan 31 33
Karnataka 34 1
Punjab 23 15
Gujarat 33 41
Jammu and Kashmir 10 63
Kerala 14 62