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 1.25M citations received by 88.4K 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

#3 in India
#106 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1951

2. Indian Statistical Institute

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#12 in India
#171 in Asia
Founded
1931

3. Jadavpur University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#14 in India
#187 in Asia
Founded
1955

4. University of Calcutta

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#20 in India
#287 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1857

5. Vidyasagar University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#52 in India
#600 in Asia
Founded
1981

6. University of Kalyani

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#55 in India
#623 in Asia
Founded
1960

7. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#67 in India
#714 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1856

8. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#70 in India
#741 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1960

9. University of Burdwan

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#75 in India
#771 in Asia
Enrollment
24,690
Founded
1960

10. Visva-Bharati University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#81 in India
#796 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1921

11. Presidency University - Kolkata

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#108 in India
#932 in Asia
Founded
1817

13. University of North Bengal

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#180 in India
#1323 in Asia
Founded
1962

14. University of Engineering and Management, Kolkata

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#214 in India
#1485 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
1,617
Male:Female
79:21
Founded
2015

15. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#220 in India
#1505 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
2001

16. University of Gour Banga

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#231 in India
#1538 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
2007

18. Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#253 in India
#1627 in Asia
Founded
2005

19. Techno India University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#287 in India
#1818 in Asia
Enrollment
3,665
Founded
2012

20. West Bengal State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#300 in India
#1858 in Asia
Founded
2007

21. Raiganj University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#302 in India
#1870 in Asia
Founded
2015

22. Sidho Kanho Birsha University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#334 in India
#2002 in Asia
Founded
2010

23. Aliah University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#349 in India
#2056 in Asia
Founded
1780

25. Bankura University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#403 in India
#2240 in Asia
Enrollment
2,500
Founded
2014

26. Rabindra Bharati University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#435 in India
#2424 in Asia
Founded
1954

27. West Bengal University of Health Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#446 in India
#2472 in Asia
Founded
2002

28. Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#457 in India
#2523 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 33
Tripura 3 193
Odisha 14 34
Bihar 13 101
Meghalaya 4 111
Sikkim 3 204
Assam 11 26
Manipur 3 222
Chhattisgarh 10 92
Uttar Pradesh 45 7
Telangana 11 22
Madhya Pradesh 19 37
Andhra Pradesh 19 58
Maharashtra 34 6
Uttarakhand 16 13
Tamil Nadu 47 8
Haryana 42 1
Himachal Pradesh 10 143
Rajasthan 31 36
Karnataka 34 2
Punjab 23 15
Gujarat 33 42
Jammu and Kashmir 10 59
Kerala 14 77