M.A. in History of Art 

at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi

BHU CUET PG cutoff 2025 was published for various All India categories including the OBC AI. For this category, the overall cutoff fell in the ranges of 10 to 596 for various courses, like MA, MTech, MFA, MSc, etc. According to the last round, the most the toughest course was MPA in Instrumental Music (Tabla), with the bhu cutoff 2025 cuet being 575. In contrast, the most accessible course was MA in Economics (Energy Economics), with the cuet PG cutoff being 10. 

Students can refer to the table below to know the first and last round cutoff for some of the course available for this category. To know in detail about all courses, students can go to this page.

Course	Round 1 (Closing Rank)	Last Round (Closing Rank)
M.P.A. in Dance (Bharat Natyam)	565	565
MPA in Vocal Music (Hindustani)	596	545
M.P.A. in Instrumental Music (Sitar)	535	535
M.F.A. in Applied Arts	230	420
M.A. in Sanskrit	136	136
M.Sc. in Biochemistry	104	97
M.A. in Economics	104	83
M.A. in Gender Studies	101	41
M.A. in Home Science	23	23
M.Sc. in Home Science	23	23

BHU MA cutoff 2025 was released for admission in various fields, like Mathematics, Mass Communication,  Conflict Management and Development, etc. For the General AI category, the overall cutoff ranged from 5 to 253. As per the last round, the toughest MA course was MA in Psychology, with the cutoff being 253. On the other side, the easiest programme was MA in Persian, with a cutoff of 20.

Candidates can refer to the table below to know the cutoff for the first and last round for various other categories. 

Course	Round 1 (Closing Rank)	Last Round (Closing Rank)
M.A. in Public Administration	199	181
M.A. in Persian	20	20
M.A. in Home Science	76	24
M.A. in Hindu Studies	51	46
M.A. in German	121	47
M.A. in Pali	126	50
M.A. in Telugu	52	52
M.A. in Urdu	79	53
M.A. in Nepali	54	54
M.A. in History of Art	5	55
M.A. in Indian Philosophy and Religion	61	57
M.A. in Economics (Energy Economics)	114	66
M.A. in Arabic	194	80
M.A. in Archival Studies and Management	116	82
M.A. in Prayojanmoolak Hindi (Patrakarita)	80	93
M.A. in Linguistics	138	101
M.A. in Statistics	110	102
M.A. in Mathematics	126	104
M.A. in French	136	104
M.A. in Heritage Management	134	106
M.A. in Bengali	95	111
M.A. in Economics	132	113
M.A. in Education	163	120
M.A. in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology	130	127
M.A. in Gender Studies	157	129

Note: The cutoff for other categories, courses, rounds, etc will vary accordingly.

The BHU offers good placements across all its courses with median package hovering around INR 8 LPA - INR 16 LPA for UG courses. The aforementioned placement data has been obtained from the NIRF report on BHU as the institute is yet to reveal its placement data. Other stats related to BHU NIRF 2025 placement report have been tabulated below:

Particulars	UG 3-year Placement Statistics
Median package	INR 8 LPA
Total students	4876
Students placed	510
Students selected for higher studies	4301
Particulars	UG 4-year Placement Statistics (2024)
Median package	INR 9 LPA
Total students	358
Students placed	49
Students selected for higher studies	266

 

Admission to most of the BHU UG and PG courses is through CUET score. However, for some courses such as PhD, MFA, etc. the university has a separate admission criteria. Candidates must check the admission requirement for the preferred course before applying for admission.

Banaras Hindu University cutoff 2025 has been released for admission to UG and PG courses. As per round 4 of the CUET UG BHU cut off 2025, the cutoff scores ranged between 94 and 628.46 for the B.Sc. (Hons) in Medical Radiology and Imaging Technology for the General category All India quota candidates.  So, considering the BHU latest round cutoff, a cutoff score of 200 is sufficient to get a seat in some courses at BHU.

BHU Varanasi 2025 cutoffs are tabulated below for UG courses for round 4. The cutoffs below are for the General AI category students. 

Course	2025
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com. Hons.)	529.07
B.Sc. (Hons.) in Agriculture	604.12
B.Ed. in Languages	201
B.Com (Hons.) in Financial Markets Management	536.27
B.Ed. in Mathematics	191
B.Ed. in Special Education (Visual Impaired - Social Science and Humanities)	94

For a complete list of BHU courses and their cutoff scores, click here.

BHU does not accept JEE Main scores for BTech course admission. The interested students need to take the CUET-UG entrance exam to be eligible for selection. Students who get shortlisted based on exam score have to take part in counselling. The seats are allotted in this round only. 

Banaras Hindu University is one of the oldest universities. It should be a good opportunity to study here. BTech CSE course is available on the university main campus. The Computer Science Engineering is one of the popular specialisations. Students from this branch get the best salary package most of the times.

The hostel fee structure for BHU is INR 3,000 - INR 4,000 per semester depending upon the degree. The hostel fee does not include mess charges. Banaras Hindu University is spread across a 1,300-acre campus. There are 41 hostels for boys and 21 for girls. Additionally, there is separate accommodation for international students. All the hostels have basic amenities like water purifiers, a common room, recreation room, mess, TV, laundry services, security and surveillance system, etc.

Banaras Hindu University is one of the top recognised universities of India. The reviews of students are mixed when talking about safety. Some feel that the campus is absolutely safe due to the security available on the campus while others may not agree on it. Students can check out the campus by themselves when taking admission to know about the safety steps taken by the university. 

As per BHU cutoff 2024 for the last-round seat allotment, the minimum rank stood at 1098 for the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) course for the General AI category candidates. Similarly, for the OBC category, the minimum rank stood at 1585 for the MBBS course.