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 1.37M citations received by 90.8K 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
#107 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1951

2. Indian Statistical Institute

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#12 in India
#178 in Asia
Founded
1931

3. Jadavpur University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#14 in India
#192 in Asia
Founded
1955

4. University of Calcutta

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#21 in India
#295 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1857

5. Vidyasagar University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#54 in India
#607 in Asia
Founded
1981

6. University of Kalyani

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#59 in India
#645 in Asia
Founded
1960

7. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

8. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

9. University of Burdwan

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#76 in India
#779 in Asia
Enrollment
24,690
Founded
1960

10. Visva-Bharati University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

11. Presidency University - Kolkata

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#104 in India
#910 in Asia
Founded
1817

13. University of North Bengal

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#181 in India
#1323 in Asia
Founded
1962

14. University of Engineering and Management, Kolkata

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#212 in India
#1467 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
1,617
Male:Female
79:21
Founded
2015

15. University of Gour Banga

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#221 in India
#1510 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
2007

16. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#227 in India
#1523 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
2001

18. Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#248 in India
#1611 in Asia
Founded
2005

19. Techno India University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#279 in India
#1778 in Asia
Enrollment
3,665
Founded
2012

20. Raiganj University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#295 in India
#1840 in Asia
Founded
2015

21. West Bengal State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#303 in India
#1874 in Asia
Founded
2007

22. Sidho Kanho Birsha University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#324 in India
#1948 in Asia
Founded
2010

23. Aliah University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#343 in India
#2025 in Asia
Founded
1780

25. Bankura University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#402 in India
#2234 in Asia
Enrollment
2,500
Founded
2014

26. Rabindra Bharati University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#437 in India
#2427 in Asia
Founded
1954

27. Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#447 in India
#2472 in Asia
Founded
2012

28. West Bengal University of Health Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#448 in India
#2474 in Asia
Founded
2002

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 35
Tripura 3 188
Odisha 14 37
Bihar 13 100
Meghalaya 4 119
Sikkim 3 204
Assam 11 27
Manipur 3 215
Chhattisgarh 10 88
Uttar Pradesh 45 8
Telangana 12 24
Madhya Pradesh 19 38
Andhra Pradesh 19 57
Maharashtra 34 7
Uttarakhand 16 13
Tamil Nadu 47 6
Haryana 42 1
Himachal Pradesh 10 138
Rajasthan 31 36
Karnataka 34 2
Punjab 23 15
Gujarat 33 43
Jammu and Kashmir 10 61
Kerala 14 77