Banaras Hindu University

Banaras Hindu University (B.H.U.) is a major university located in Benaras, India. It was founded by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, in 1916 with cooperation of Dr Annie Besant. It was created under the Parliamentary legislation - B.H.U. Act 1915, when India was under British Raj. Its 1350 acre (5.5 km²) campus was built on land donated by the then Maharaja of Kashi. The Foundation day was February 4, 1916, the day of Vasant Panchami or Saraswati Puja.

Hostels

There are 38 hostels for boys:

Institute of Technology (IT-BHU) http://www.itbhu.ac.in/:

• Vishwakarma Hostel
• Vivekanand Hostel
• Dr. S. C. DE Hostel
• Limbdi Hostel
• Rajputana Hostel
• Vishvesvaraya Hostel
• Dhanrajgiri Hostel
• Morvi Hostel
• C.V. Raman Hostel

Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS-BHU) http://bhu.ac.in/ims/index.html:

• Ruiya Hostel (Medical Block)
• Dhanwantary Hostel
• Old P.G. Doctor's Hostel
• New P.G. Doctors's Hostel
• Nagarjuna Hostel

Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS-BHU) http://bhu.ac.in/agriculture.htm:

• Dr. S.R.K. Hostel
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak Hostel

Faculty of Science http://bhu.ac.in/science.htm:

• Dr. C.P.R. Aiyer Hostel
• Dr. J.C. Bose Hostel
• Bhabha Hostel
• Rama Krishna Hostel
• Dalmia Hostel
• Broacha Hostel

Faculty of Social Sciences http://bhu.ac.in/social.htm:

• Raja Ram Mohan Roy Hostel
• Mahendravi Hostel
• Acharya Narendra Deo Hostel

Faculty of Commerce http://bhu.ac.in/commerce/index.html:

• Dr. I.N. Gurtu Hostel

Faculty of Law http://bhu.ac.in/law.htm:

• Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Hostel
• Dr. Bhagwan Das Hostel

Faculty of Arts http://bhu.ac.in/arts.htm:

• Birla "A" Hostel
• Birla "B" Hostel
• Birla "C" Hostel
• Dr. A.B. Hostel (Kamachha)

Faculty of Education http://bhu.ac.in/education.htm:

• New P.G. Education Hostel
• Dr. R.P. Hostel (Kamachha)

Faculty of Management Studies http://bhu.ac.in/fms/index.html:

• Management Hostel

Faculty of Performing Arts http://bhu.ac.in/parts.htm:

• Reewa Kothi Hostel

Faculty of Visual Arts http://bhu.ac.in/visual.htm:

• Ram Kinkar Hostel

Faculty of SVDV http://bhu.ac.in/sanskrit.htm:

• Ruiya Hostel (Sanskrit Block)

There are 14 hostels for girls:

• Gargi Girls Hostel for Science Faculty
• S.N.P.G. Girls Hostel for Science Faculty
• Kasturba Girls Hostel for I.M.S. Students
• Ganga Hostel for all P.G. Students
• Yamuna Hostel for all P.G. Students
• Saraswati Hostel for all Research Scholars
• I.T. Girls Hostel for I.T. Students
• Gandhi smriti Girls Hostel for I.T. students
• Jyoti Kunj Girls Hostel for P.G. Students
• Swasti Kunj Girls Hostel for U.G. Students
• Kirti Kunj for U.G. Students
• Kundan Devi Malaviya for U.G. Students
• Naveen Girls Hostel for U.G. Students
• Pougi House for U.G. Students

There are 3 hostels for foreign students:

• International House for Boys only
• Siddhartha Vihar Boys only
• International House Annexe for Girls only