West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS) is a

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. It was established in 2003 by an Act of the

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for better management of the health and medical education-related courses. The main aim of establishing the university is to upgrade the level of medical teaching in the state.

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. Under these compelling circumstances, the West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS) was established under an Act of the

legislature. 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.

Organisation and Administration

Governance

The Governor of

is the chancellor of the West Bengal University of Health Sciences. The Vice-chancellor of the West Bengal University of Health Sciences is the chief executive officer of the university. Prof. (Dr.) Suhrita Paul is the current Vice-chancellor of the university.

Affiliations

The West Bengal University of Health Science is an affiliating university and has jurisdiction over all the medical, nursing, and paramedical colleges of the entire state of West Bengal. It has 124 affiliated institutions under its umbrella as of now.

Ranking and Accreditation

In September 2017, West Bengal University of Health Sciences was recognized by the University Grants Commission (U.G.C.) under section 12-B of the UGC Act, 1956.

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* {{authority control Medical and health sciences universities in India Universities in Kolkata Medical colleges in West Bengal Educational institutions established in 2003 2003 establishments in West Bengal