There are many universities in the state of West Bengal that offers high quality education in diverse areas. The universities of West Bengal provide good infrastructure facilities, which help the students to have a proper environment by which they can bring up their caliber and can get into a bright future. West Bengal, one among the major educational center in India, witnesses a lot of reputed universities. These universities offer courses that touch all streams of education such as technology, arts, science, medicine etc. A list of a few of those universities is given below.

Universities Located In the Eastern Part of West Bengal

• Bengal Engineering & Science University, Howrah, West Bengal, India
• Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational & Research Institute, Howrah, West Bengal, India

Universities Located In the Northern Part of West Bengal

• National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal, India
• University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India
• University of North Bengal, Darjeeling West Bengal, India
• Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, , India
• Visva Bharti (Central University), Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
• Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya West Bengal, India

Universities Located In the Southern Part of West Bengal

• Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
• Indian Statistical Institute 203 Barrackpore Trunk Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
• Jadavpur University 188 Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur Kolkata, West Bengal, India
• Netaji Subhas Open University, 1 Woodburn Park Kolkata, West Bengal, India
• Rabindra Bharati University 56A, Barrackpore Trunk Road Kolkata, West Bengal, India
• The University of Burdwan, Bardhaman, West Bengal, India
• University of  Culcutta, West Bengal, India
• University of Calcutta Senate House, 87 /1 College Street, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
• Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India
• West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
• West Bengal University of Health Sciences Kolkata, West Bengal, India
• West Bengal University of Technology BF - 142 Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Top-most Universities in West Bengal

West Bengal witness some of the top most universities and autonomous institutions in India. University of Calcutta is one among the pioneer universities in West Bengal. This is one among the oldest universities of India, which was established in the year 1857. The Indian Statistical Institute is another top most institution that offers degree, diploma and fellowship courses on statistics, mathematics, computer science, library science etc. There are many other courses which this university offer. Other top most universities of West Bengal include Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, National Institute of Technology (NIT), University of Kalyani etc