page_title: Banaras Hindu University
section_title: Faculties
hierarchical_section_title: Banaras Hindu University / Faculties
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of main building (South wing) of Faculty of Arts in Banaras Hindu University.
context_page_description: Banaras Hindu University, formerly Central Hindu College, is a public central university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. It was established jointly in 1916 by Maharaja of Darbhanga Rameshwar Singh, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Sir Sunder Lal and British Theosophist and Home Rule League founder Annie Besant. With over 30,000 students residing in campus, it is the largest residential university in Asia.
  The university's main campus spread over 1,300 acres was built on land donated by the Kashi Naresh Prabhu Narayan Singh, the hereditary ruler of Banaras. The south campus, spread over 2,700 acres, hosts the Krishi Vigyan Kendra and is located in Barkachha in Mirzapur district, about 60 km from Banaras.
  BHU is organised into six institutes and 14 faculties and about 140 departments. As of 2017, the total student enrolment at the university is 27,359 coming from 48 countries. It has over 75 hostels for resident students.
context_section_description: Academic faculties of the university include:
  Faculty of Arts
  Faculty of Ayurveda
  Faculty of Commerce
  Faculty of Education
  Faculty of Law
  Faculty of Performing Arts
  Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vijnan Sankaya
  Faculty of Social Sciences
  Faculty of Visual Arts
caption: Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University
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