Banaras Hindu University

Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, teaches 28,583 students with a faculty of 1,907. In NIRF 2025 it placed #10 Overall (score 68.71/100), #6 in Medical (score 70.05/100), and #60 in Management (score 52.14/100), a spread that points to medicine as its strongest suit nationally while management ranks further down the table.

The Management PG programme, a 2-year course, placed 178 of 180 graduates in 2023-24 at a median salary of 12.1 LPA, continuing a trend from 174 of 174 placed in 2021-22 (9.26 LPA) and 174 of 175 in 2022-23 (11.8 LPA) -- consistently high placement rates with salaries rising each year. Medical PG placements have also stayed strong, with 110 of 142 placed in 2023-24 at a median of 22 LPA.

Outcomes vary more across the undergraduate tracks. The Overall UG 3-year course, the largest by far, saw 510 of 4,876 graduates placed in 2023-24 at a median salary of 8 LPA, similar in scale and outcome to prior years. The Overall UG 4-year and Medical UG 5-year courses placed a smaller share of their graduating classes -- 49 of 358 and figures near 14-15 of around 90-94 in recent years respectively -- though those placed in Medical UG 5-year earned medians up to 18 LPA.