Banaras Hindu University UG, PG, Doctorate, Certificate Courses 2025

No, CAT is not necessary for MBA at BHU. The university offers a two-year full-time MBA course at the postgraduate level. Candidates seeking admission must visit the official website of the University (bhu.ac.in) to apply online. BHU MBA admission is based on candidates' performance in the CAT entrance test. The final selection is based on the student's performance in the GD & PI rounds. However, for admission to the MBA special courses of study, candidates can get admission with a valid CUET-PG score. Apart from this, the course aspirants must fulfil the course-specific eligibility requirements as well.

Institute of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University has good placement records.

In Institute of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University, during 2023 placements,  the highest and average package offered to MBA and MBA-International Business were INR 38 LPA and  INR 11.30 LPA. Also, the highest and average pacakge offered tp MBA -Agribusiness were INR 15 LPA and INR 7.19 LPA respectively.

In the 2022-23 placement drive, 90 MBA & MBA-IB students and 36 MBA AB students got placed, and the average placement offered by the college was 8.4 lacs, with the highest placement offered being 16 lacs.  The institute partners with over 100 companies for recruitment and the top recruiting companies include Navi, Piramal, Microsoft, and Uber.

BHU LLB placement statistics is not released. However, as per the NIRF report 2025, the key highlights of UG 3-year placements over the past three years are presented below:

BHU Science programs placement report 2025 is not released. However, according to NIRF report 2025, the key highlights of UG 3-year and PG 2-year placements over the past three years are presented below:

Banaras Hindu University course admissions is entrance-based for most of the programmes. Thus, one-year dropper student can apply for the desired course, however, qualifying the respective entrance is the a must. Apart from this, aspirant should meet the course-specific minimum eligibility requirements as well. 

Moreover, the student can be asked to submit an application regarding the reason for drop out. Sometimes even this is not required. 

BHU offers a five-year MBBS course through the Institute of Medical Sciences. Admission to the medical course is based on merit in the NEET-UG exam followed by the counselling round conducted by Medical Counselling Committee (MCC). During form filling, students need to submit their NEET-UG score along with the All India Rank and other details. Candidates can visit the BHU website (bhu.ac.in) to apply for the course. Moreover, eligible students must register on the MCC portal for counselling.

The total number of seats available for LLM in BHU is 92. For details around seat reservation policy, candidates can check the university official website or reach out to the admission office. Candidates can check below the seat count bifurcation for the programme:

• BHU: 20
• Faculty of Law, BHU: 72

Yes, Banaras Hindu University accept CUET score for multiple UG courses, including BA (Hons), BCom (Hons) BSc (Hons), etc. The university is also offering admission to its PG courses based on merit in CUET-PG. Aspirants who meet the eligibility requirements can register on the BHU admission portal for counselling. The admission is done in order of merit based on the normalised score of the CUET (PG) and reservation policy as per the provisions laid down in the BHU PET Information Brochure.

BHU placements 2023 report has not been released as of now. Find below some of the key highlights of BHU BTech placements 2023 as per media reports:

Read more: BHU Placements 2023

For MBBS in BHU, students shall have secured at least 50 percentile if belonging to the General category, 45 for physically handicapped General candidates, and 40 for the SC/ST/OBC category students. It must be noted that the mentioned information is for reference purposes, candidates shall score at least this much to take admission. However, the percentile can change, as it is taken from unofficial sources. In addition, the cutoff varies every year, as it depends upon volatile factors. Read about BHU MBBS Cutoff.

Banaras Hindu University accepts CAT and CUET-PG scores for admission to its MBA programmes. For the MBA (IB) and MBA courses, aspirants should have a valid score of CAT. Shortlisted candidates are further called for the group discussion and personal interview round. The selection rounds along with the assigned weightage are mentioned below:

• Qualifying exam: 50% weightage
• Academic record: 20% weightage
• GDPI (conducted by FMS, BHU): 30% weightage

BHU CUET PG cutoff 2025 has been announced for admission across multiple specialisations including MA, MSc, MCA, MTTM, LLM,  and MBA. In CUET PG 2025, the overall closing score in the General category stood between 20 and 699. Wherein, the toughest and the easiest course among all the courses are MPA in Vocal Music (Hindustani) and MA in Persian due to high and low score, respectively.

Moreover, the MA cutoff for the General AI category quota ranged between 20 and 241 with Social Work as the most competitive course as per the Round 2 seat allotment results. To check out detailed BHU 2025 cutoff, candidates can click here: 

The total seat intake for the Banaras Hindu University MBA course is 316. Given below is the course-wise seat intake for BHU MBA courses: 

The total seat intake for BHU BSc (Hons) courses is 1,353. Candidates can check out BHU's official website for details on the seat reservation policy. The table given below mentions BHU BSc (H) Maths seat intake:

There are total 893 seats for Ph.D in BHU ( total including IMS Management Ph.D)

Admission is through Research Entrance Test (Ret) 2021 And Direct Admission (RET- Exempted) ( NET /JRF qualified candidates are exempted from RET).

(a) Qualifying Examination: Master’s degree in Business Management (M.B.M.), Management Studies/ Management Sciences (M.M.S.), Business Administration (M.B.A.), International Business Administration (M.I.B.A.), International Business (M.I.B.), M.B.A. (Agri-Business) or two year PGP/PGDM declared equivalent to Master’s Degree in Management by AIU/accredited by AICTE/UGC or First class graduate and professionally qualified Chartered Accountant/Cost and Works Accountant/Company Secretary of the concerned statutory bodies.

(b) Qualifying Marks: At least 60% in the aggregate or equivalent grade point average in the qualifying examination.

BHU MDS admissions are based on NEET MDS scores, followed by counselling round. As per BHU cutoff 2024, the Last Round cutoff for BHU ranged from 5 to 386 for the General AI category candidates. Among all the MDS courses, the lowest cutoff released for MDS in Orthodonitics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. Similarly, the highest cutoff for MDS in Public Health Dentistry. The table provides an overview of the closing ranks for various courses offered by BHU compared to the 2024 Last Round cutoff for the different courses, specially for General AI category candidates:

BHU accepts NEET UG scores for admisison to the MBBS, BDS and BSc in Nursing courses. As per the NEET UG Round 2 cutoff 2024, the closing rank for the MBBS course was 1014 for the students belonging to the General AI category students. For the BDS and BSc in Nursing courses, the NEET UG closing ranks were 26356 and 46830. So considering the Round 1 cutoff, students seeking admission to BHU via NEET UG must aim to secure over and over the ranks mentioned here. 

Candidates can refer to the table below to check out the BHU NEET UG cutoff 2024 for all the courses: 

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.

The median package offered during BHU placements is different across all course levels. The table below contains the median package for each course level at BHU:

According to NIRF report 2025, the key highlights of UG placements over the past three years are presented below: