B.A. (Hons.) in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology 

at Visva Bharati University, West Bengal - Other

Yes, Visva Bharati does offer BA courses in three-year and four-year undergraduate degree courses. Visva Bharti offers BA specialisations in languages, dance forms, and other various subjects. The total number of 18 specialisations available in a three-year BA programme and four specialisations in four-year BA courses. For admission to these BA courses candidates are required to complete their Class 12 with a decent score, and the university accepts the CUET UG scores for admission.  

The admission to BA courses at Vidya Bharati University is primarily based on CUET scores. Also, candidates who are willing to secure a seat in the BA course must complete their Class 12 with decent scores. However, a CUET-UG score is not required for some BA specialisations available at VBU. For taking admission without CUET UG scores, candidates should have secured good scores in Class 12 so, they can be selected in the merit list. Therefore, candidates are not allowed to get direct admission to BA courses, they either have to get selected in the merit list or score well in the CUET UG entrance examination.

BA (Hons.) History is a three-year undergraduate degree course available at Visva Bharati University. The total number of seats offered for BA courses is 978. The total number of seats offered for BA (Hons.) History is 50. Know about a number of seats offered to other specialisation from the table mentioned below: 

Courses	Seats
BA (Hons.) in Economics	50
BA (Hons.) in Comparative Religion	50
BA (Hons.) in English	50
BA (Hons.) in Hindi	45
BA (Hons.) in Persian (Preparatory Course)	20
BA (Hons.) in Indo-Tibetan	20
BA (Hons.) in Sanskrit	50
BA (Hons.) in Persian	40
BA (Hons.) in Philosophy	50
BA (Hons.) in Geography	58
BA (Hons.) in History	50
BA (Hons.) in Santhali	20
BPA in Hindustani Classical Music (Vocal)	30
BPA (Hons.) in Rabindra Sangit	48
BPA9 in Hindustani Classical Instrumental (Sitar)	12
BPA (Hons.) in Kathakali Dance	20
BPA (Hons.) in Rabindra Nritya	35
BPA (Hons.) in Manipuri Dance	30
BPA (Hons.) in Drama and Theatre Arts	25

Rabindranath Tagore founded Viva Bharati University, which is a central research university and an Institute of National Importance in West Bengal, India. It embodies the Tagorean idea of the development of the full person. The University is granted the designation of a unitary, residential, and academic institution. Viva Bharati University is approved by UGC and is accredited by NAAC with a B grade. Viva Bharati University has been ranked 98 among the top 100 universities in India by NIRF 2022. The courses offered by the Institute are B.A. M.A. BFA B. Des B.Sc. MSW and many more. The mode of admission to the Institute is CUET or other entrance exams. There are 12 institutes that offer undergraduate, graduate, master's, and doctoral programmes.

Visva Bharati University offers good placements annually for courses like BSc, MSc, MA, BDes, etc. The placement details of the batch 2024 are yet to be released on the official website. Once it is released, it will be updated here. However, the placement details of batch 2024 is disclosed in the NIRF report 2023. Let’s take a look at the key highlights of Visva Bharati University placements for the Class of 2022 and 2023 in the table below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2022)	Placement Statistics (2023)
Median package (UG 3-year)	INR 3.60 LPA	INR 4 LPA
Median package (UG 4-year)	INR 5.40 LPA	INR 5 LPA
Median package (PG 2-year)	INR 4.50 LPA	INR 6 LPA
Total students (UG 3-year)	1,015	1,079
Total students placed (UG 3-year)	116	135
Total students (UG 4-year)	229	259
Total students placed (UG 3-year)	104	233
Total students (PG 2-year)	1,827	1,869
Total students placed (PG 2-year)	508	814

Note: The above-mentioned data are gathered from the Visva Bharati University NIRF report 2024.

Admission to the UG programmes will be done through the entrance test called CUET in Visva Bharati University, and admissions to postgraduate programmes will be done on the performance of the candidates in the entrance examination. Given below is the application process for the Visva Bharati University West Bengal for the year 2024:

• Candidates who are interested in applying at the Visva Bharati University, West Bengal should visit the online application system of the Visva Bharati University, West Bengal which is visvabharatiadmission.samarth.edu.in
• Candidates can fill out the application form
• Candidates are then required to upload the latest scanned passport–size photo and their signature
• Then, candidates are required to pay the application fees

CUET result 2026 will be declared tentatively in first week of July. Candidates who will appear for the exam can download their CUET scorecard online when released. The link to download the CUET scorecard will be available at CUET results 2026. Candidates will be required to enter the login credentials to view the CUET 2026 scorecard online. CUET scores are used for admission to various universities/colleges that candidates has applied for while filling the application form. Candidates must download and take the print of the CUET 2026 results when released.

Viva Bharati is a public central university. The University was founded by Rabindranath Tagore and it follows Tagorean principles. Viva Bharati is approved by UGC and is accredited by NAAC with a B grade. Viva Bharati University is ranked 98 by NIRF 2022 in the University category. The university through its twelve affiliated colleges offers undergraduate (UG), postgraduate (PG), bridge, certificate, Diploma, and PhD courses to students across Science, Commerce, Arts, and various other streams. The Viva Bharati University admission 2023 for UG programmes will be based on the marks scored by the applicants in the Common University Entrance Test (CUET). However, for PG courses candidates will have to take the Viva Bharati University admission test applications which will be released on the official website.