West Bengal University of Health Sciences

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West Bengal University of Health Sciences
West Bengal University of Health Sciences Logo.svg
MottoDiligence leads to Excellence
Type Public State Medical University
Established1 January 2003;22 years ago (2003-01-01)
Academic affiliations
Budget₹139.24 crore (US$16 million)
(2025–26) [1]
Chancellor Governor of West Bengal
Vice-Chancellor Mukul Bhattacharya [2]
Location
Kolkata
,
West Bengal
,
India

22°35′30″N88°24′44″E / 22.5916558°N 88.4123247°E / 22.5916558; 88.4123247
CampusDD-36, Salt Lake, Sector-1, Kolkata-700064
JournalJournal of the West Bengal University of Health Sciences [3]
Website wbuhs.ac.in OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
West Bengal University of Health Sciences

West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS) is a Public medical university in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established in 2003 by an Act of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for better management of the health and medical education-related courses. [4] The main objective behind the establishment of the university was to raise the level of medical education across the state of West Bengal. Universities main mission was to affiliate, teach, and ensure systematic instruction, training, and research in various health sciences, including Modern Medicine, Homoeopathy, Ayurveda, Unani, Nursing, Pharmacy, Dental, and Paramedical courses. It oversees undergraduate, postgraduate, and post-doctoral programs across these disciplines in West Bengal.

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History

Before the establishment of the West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS), undergraduate and postgraduate level medical teaching in different state medical colleges of West Bengal was supervised by various state universities. This caused a huge disparity between different state medical colleges of West Bengal in terms of teaching and learning process, nature and standards of the evaluation, and most significantly; the recognition of the graduates from the different universities. So all the stakeholders of medical education in the state felt the need for bringing parity in the medical education system. [5]

Under these compelling circumstances, the West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS) was established under an Act of the West Bengal legislature. [4] Finally, it became active on 1 January 2003; which is considered as the date of birth for this embodiment of higher education in the fields of medical sciences in the state. [5]

Organisation and administration

Governance

The Governor of West Bengal is the Chancellor of the WBUHS serving ex-officio, presides over convocations, issues directions, calls for information, and can inspect or inquire into university affairs, with powers to suspend or modify resolutions and disqualify members. The Vice-Chancellor of the West Bengal University of Health Sciences is the chief executive officer of the university, exercises Executive Council powers for management, ensures compliance with the Act and regulations, convenes meetings, and represents the university legally.

The governance structure of WBUHS is robust, balancing centralized control through state-level councils and decentralized management via local committees. This framework supports its mission to enhance health sciences education, with clear roles for policy-making, academic oversight, and financial management, ensuring accountability and efficiency.

Affiliations

The West Bengal University of Health Science is an affiliating university and has jurisdiction over all the medical, AYUSH, paramedical & allied health sciences, dental, nursing & pharmacy colleges of the entire state of West Bengal.Though some private med schools running under private university affiliation still it has 124 affiliated institutions under its umbrella as of now.[ when? ] [6]

Ranking and reputation

In September 2017, West Bengal University of Health Sciences was recognized by the UGC, under section 12-B of the UGC Act, 1956. [7]

WBUHS focusing research in biological sciences, chemistry, and health sciences, university appears in the Nature Index, which tracks high-quality scientific articles. WBUHS ranks 185 in India overall, with varying positions in subject areas like in biological sciences 53rd and in health sciences 48th. [8]

Affiliated Institutions and Network

Affiliated Pharmacy Colleges

S.NoCollege NameLocationDistrictEstablishment YearNo. Of Seats(B.Pharm) [9] Stream
1 Haldia Institute of Pharmacy Haldia Purba Medinipur 2018100 Pharmacy
2 Institute of Pharmacy, Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri2003(since B.Pharm started offering)60 Pharmacy

Affiliated private medical colleges

S.NoCollege nameLocationDistrictEstablished yearNo. of Seats (MBBS) [10] Stream
1 KPC Medical College and Hospital Jadavpur Kolkata 2006150Allopathy
2 ICARE Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Haldia Purba Medinipur 2011150Allopathy
3 Shri Ramkrishna Institute of Medical Sciences and Sanaka Hospital Durgapur Paschim Bardhaman 2015200Allopathy
4 Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital Durgapur Paschim Bardhaman 2016150Allopathy
5 IQ City Medical College Durgapur Paschim Bardhaman 2016150Allopathy
6 Jagannath Gupta Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital Budge Budge South 24 Parganas 2016150Allopathy
7 Santiniketan Medical College Santiniketan Birbhum 2021150Allopathy
8JMN Medical College and Hospital Chakdaha Nadia 2023150Allopathy
9Krishnanagar Institute of Medical Sciences Krishnanagar Nadia 2024100Allopathy
10PKG Medical College and Hospital New Town North 24 Parganas 2024100Allopathy
11East West Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Burdwan Purba Bardhaman 202450Allopathy
12Jakir Hossain Medical College and Research Institute Jangipur Murshidabad 202450Allopathy

Government Medical Colleges (Allopathy)

S.NoCollege nameLocationDistrictEstablished yearNo. of Seats (MBBS)Stream
1 Medical College and Hospital College Street Kolkata 1835250Allopathy
2 Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical College and Hospital Sealdah Kolkata 1873250Allopathy
3 R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital Shyambazar Kolkata 1886250Allopathy
4 Calcutta National Medical College Beniapukur Kolkata 1948250Allopathy
5 Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital Bankura Bankura 1956200Allopathy
6 IPGMER and SSKM Hospital Kolkata Kolkata 1957200Allopathy
7 North Bengal Medical College and Hospital Siliguri Darjeeling 1968200Allopathy
8 Burdwan Medical College Burdwan Purba Bardhaman 1969200Allopathy
9 Midnapore Medical College and Hospital Midnapore Paschim Medinipur 2004200Allopathy
10 College Of Medicine & JNM Hospital Kalyani Nadia 2009125Allopathy
11 College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital Kamarhati North 24 Parganas 2010125Allopathy
12 Malda Medical College and Hospital Malda Malda 2011125Allopathy
13 Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital Berhampore Murshidabad 2012125Allopathy
14 ESIC Medical College Joka Kolkata 2013125Allopathy
15 Maharaja Jitendra Narayan Medical College and Hospital Coochbehar Coochbehar 2019100Allopathy
16 Diamond Harbour Government Medical College and Hospital Diamond Harbour South 24 Parganas 2019100Allopathy
17 Raiganj Government Medical College and Hospital Raiganj Uttar Dinajpur 2019100Allopathy
18 Rampurhat Government Medical College and Hospital Rampurhat Birbhum 2019100Allopathy
19 Deben Mahata Government Medical College and Hospital Purulia Purulia 2020100Allopathy
20 Barasat Government Medical College and Hospital Barasat North 24 Parganas 2022100Allopathy
21 Jalpaiguri Government Medical College and Hospital Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri 2022100Allopathy
22 Jhargram Government Medical College and Hospital Jhargram Jhargram 2022100Allopathy
23 Prafulla Chandra Sen Government Medical College and Hospital Arambagh Hooghly 2022100Allopathy
24 Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Government Medical College and Hospital Uluberia Howrah 2022100Allopathy
25 Tamralipto Government Medical College and Hospital Tamluk Purba Medinipur 2022100Allopathy

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Detailed Demands For Grants For 2025-26" (PDF). 12 February 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Yengkhom, Sumati (25 February 2025). "WBUHS gets new VC". The Times of India Feb 25, 2025, 09.38 PM IST. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Journal of the West Bengal University of Health Sciences". jwbuhs.in/. 1 January 2020. ISSN   2583-5998. OCLC   1417775636 . Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Act of the West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS)" (PDF). www.indiacode.nic.in. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 "History of the West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS)". www.wbuhs.ac.in. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Affiliated institutions". 12 November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "University Grants Commission (India) Section 2(F) and Section 12(B) status for WBUHS" (PDF). University Grants Commission (India) . Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Nature Index: WBUHS Institution Outputs". Nature Index . 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "Degree U/S 12". pci.nic.in. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "Information Desk For Students to Study in India". mciindia.org. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
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