:West Bengal State University

The Government of West Bengal through an Act of the Legislative Assembly has passed West Bengal Act XXVIII, 2007 implementing a long-standing public demand in creating the university named West Bengal State University at Barasat, North 24 Paraganas.{{cite web |title=The West Bengal State Universities Act |url=https://wbsu.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/act-pdf-1_compressed.pdf |publisher=WBSU |access-date=5 February 2022}} This became functional from the academic session 2008–09. On 26 May 2008, there were 63 colleges formerly affiliated with the University of Calcutta. They were, through a government notification (No.300-Edn (U)/ IU-38/08), transferred to this new university.http://www.wbsubregistraion.org/ {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/stateuni.html |title = Untitled Page}}

The university began functioning under its first Vice-Chancellor Ashoke Ranjan Thakur, the erstwhile Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Jadavpur University.

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The total area of university campuses is {{convert|29|acres|sqkm|abbr=on}}. The university is located in very quiet place, free of crowd, at a remote village named Berunanpukuria, which is located in the North 24 Parganas district, 7 km off Barasat city (the district headquarters of North 24 Parganas), North 24 Paraganas, West Bengal, India.

The Governor of West Bengal is the ex-officio Chancellor of the university while the Vice-chancellor of the university is the chief executive officer of the university. Currently, Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee is the Vice-chancellor of the university.

West Bengal State University has 30 departments organized into three faculty councils.{{cite web|url=https://www.wbsubregistration.org/#|title=West Bengal State University :: Barasat :: West Bengal|website=wbsuregistration.org}}

• Faculty of Science

This faculty consists of the departments of Anthropology, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Biochemistry, Psychology, Geography, Rural Studies, Electronics, Food and Nutrition, Microbiology, Statistics, Economics, Botany, Zoology, and Physiology.

• Faculty of Arts

This faculty council consists of the departments of Bengali, English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Arabic, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Education, Sociology, Library Science, Film Studies, and Journalism.

• Faculty of Commerce and Management

This faculty consists of the departments of Commerce and Business Administration.

The university is an affiliating institution. All the 55 colleges (including Undergraduate, Postgraduate and B.Ed.) in the district of North 24 Parganas, which were formerly affiliated with the University of Calcutta, are affiliated to this university.{{cite web|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/wbsu-bags-place-in-list-of-best-public-varsities-in-bengal-294553|title=WBSU bags place in one of best Public varsities in WB}}{{cite web|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/wbsu-undertakes-measures-to-attract-more-first-generation-learners-304976|title=Barasat University to apply UGC new CBCS syllabus from 2018-19 sesion}} {{as of|2020|4}} the university has 49 affiliated colleges{{cite web|title=Affiliated Colleges|url=http://www.wbsubregistration.org/content/college%20list_pdf.pdf|publisher=West Bengal State University|access-date=29 August 2017}} and 5 B.Ed. colleges.{{cite web|title=List of B.Ed.& B.P.Ed. Colleges|url=http://www.wbsubregistration.org/content/b.ed.%20list%20pdf.pdf|publisher=West Bengal State University|access-date=29 August 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/education/2893540-wbsu-barasat-university-west-bengal-state-university-result-declared/|title=WBSU news on Indian Express|date=27 September 2016}} Out of 49 colleges, eight are NAAC accredited A-grade colleges and 19 colleges offer Postgraduate courses.

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One can take admission in the undergraduate course of the university based on their results in the higher secondary (10+2) examination. For admission in the postgraduate courses and doctoral degree courses, one has to take an entrance exam (written test/interview) given by the university or any national level exam related to the subject, held by the University Grants Commission.

The university has a library on the first floor of its main building with an internet facility.

This library is usually called as "Central library of WBSU". The recent Librarian is Dr. Sushanta Banerjee. The central library maintains various subjects like,

• Number of books - 159000 (approx)
• Number of journals - 50 (approx)
• Number of reference books - 1500 (approx)

The university is recognized by the University Grants Commission (U.G.C.) in terms of Section 12B of the U.G.C. Act.{{cite web|url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/State%20University/State%20University%2012(B).pdf|website=ugc.ac.in|title= University Grants Commission, 12B list}} The university received accreditation from National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) on 23 February 2021.{{cite news |last1=NANDI |first1=SOUMITRA |title=Varsity to vie for NAAC tag post 2020 convocation |url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/varsity-to-vie-for-naac-tag-post-2020-convocation-348762 |access-date=17 July 2021 |work=www.millenniumpost.in |date=12 April 2019 |language=en}}

File:WBSU administrative building side view.jpg|WBSU Administrative building side view

File:WBSU old building.jpg|WBSU first building

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File:West Bengal State University (1).jpg|Entrance of West Bengal State University (captured in 2016)

• Raj Chakraborty — filmmaker
• Partha Bhowmick — theater artist
• Rubel Das — actor
• Shweta Bhattacharya — actress
• Sayantan Ghosal — Indian screenplay writer and filmmaker

• Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee

• List of universities in West Bengal

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• [http://wbsubregistration.org/ Official website]
• [https://wbsu.ac.in/ Official Website]

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