Banasthali Vidyapith is a women-only deemed-to-be university in Rajasthan, founded on 6 October 1935 by Pandit Hiralal Shastri and Smt. Ratan Shastri as Shri Shantabai Shiksha Kutir, a small school for about six girls, following the death of the founders' 12-year-old daughter Shantabai. The institution adopted the name Banasthali Vidyapith in 1943, the same year it introduced undergraduate courses, and received deemed-to-be-university status from the UGC on 25 October 1983.
Admission is open to women only, at every level, from undergraduate through PhD, and including its online programmes. The university describes itself as the only residential women's institution in the country offering education from the pre-primary stage through the doctoral level. It holds NAAC A++ accreditation (CGPA 3.63) and operates across an 850-acre campus.
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Established | 1935 (as Shri Shantabai Shiksha Kutir); renamed Banasthali Vidyapith 1943 |
| Type | Deemed-to-be university (women-only, all levels) |
| Deemed status granted | 25 October 1983 (UGC Section 3) |
| NAAC | A++ (CGPA 3.63) |
| NIRF 2025 University | Rank 66 (score 50.65) |
| NIRF 2025 Pharmacy | Rank 22 (score 63.96) |
| NIRF 2025 Engineering | Rank 71 (score 50.38) |
| Campus | 850 acres |
| Faculties | 12 (Education, Fine Arts, Home Science, Humanities, Earth Sciences, Mathematics and Computing, Management Studies, Life Sciences, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, Automation, Law) |
| Admission | Merit (most UG) or aptitude test (B.Tech, B.Pharm, MBA, and other specified programmes) |
Most three-year UG degree programmes admit on merit of Senior Secondary Certificate Examination marks, normalised across boards, with no separate test. A defined set of programmes instead use an aptitude test: Diploma in Engineering (Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Instrumentation, Mechatronics), B.Tech, B.Pharm, B.Sc (Nursing), MBA, M.Tech Integrated (Computer Science, Mechatronics), LLM, and the integrated B.A. B.Ed / B.Sc. B.Ed programmes. The Music aptitude assessment is a practical performance test (a slow and a fast khyal with tabla accompaniment, plus basic theory) rather than a written exam. GAT-B qualified candidates are exempt from the application fee.
Engineering sits under the Faculty of Automation rather than a separate Faculty of Engineering, developed in collaboration with the Bajaj Group, offering B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Instrumentation, and Mechatronics. Architecture is offered as a department within the university rather than as a separate faculty.
Banasthali also holds continuous UGC-DEB entitlement for online-mode programmes since 2021-22: BA, B.Com, MA (Economics, English, History, Political Science, Sociology), MBA, M.Com, M.Sc (Mathematics), and M.Sc (Statistics), for the 2025-26 academic session, offered exclusively to women like the on-campus programmes.
| Fee group | Representative programmes | Annual education fee | Foreign/NRI annual fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| A+ | B.Tech, MBA, MBA (Integrated), M.Tech (CSE/MT) Integrated | Rs 1,75,000 | $4,150 |
| A1 | BBA, BCA, LLB (Integrated), LLM, MCA, PGDCA, M.Tech, M.Pharm, B.Arch, B.Sc (Nursing), B.Pharm | Rs 1,40,000 | $3,450 |
| A2 | B.Sc, M.Sc, B.Com, M.Com, BA-JMC, MSW, BSW, BA-B.Ed, B.Sc-B.Ed | Rs 1,00,000 | $2,700 |
| A3 | BA, MA, MA-JMC, M.Ed, B.Sc (Home Science), B.Ed, Diploma in Engineering, Performing and Visual Arts | Rs 60,000 | $1,900 |
Fees carry additional annual development fees (Rs 9,000-32,000 by group), one-time course and hostel admission fees, a Rs 61,000 hostel and campus fee package (mess, electricity and water, room rent, campus fee), and a refundable Rs 20,000 security deposit, per the official 2026-27 fee schedule.
Admission for most on-campus programmes closed for the 2026-27 cycle on 31 May 2026, with a late-fee window extending to 15 July 2026. Aptitude tests were held on 19 June 2026 for MBA and LLM, 20 June 2026 for B.Tech, B.Pharm, B.Sc (Nursing), and M.Tech Integrated, and in July 2026 for Diploma in Engineering. Married students are admitted only to postgraduate courses, and only in special circumstances; a student's admission is cancelled if she marries before age 18 after being admitted.
Banasthali Vidyapith ranked 66th in NIRF 2025 University category (score 50.65), fell in the 101-150 Overall band, 22nd in NIRF 2025 Pharmacy (score 63.96), and 71st in NIRF 2025 Engineering (score 50.38), all confirmed directly against nirfindia.org. It holds NAAC A++ accreditation with a CGPA of 3.63.
Banasthali Vidyapith's campus spans 850 acres. Hostel residence is compulsory for all students, reflecting the university's fully residential structure across all levels of education it offers.
Offers education from pre-primary through doctoral level exclusively for women, a structure with few direct equivalents in India
Ranked 22nd in NIRF 2025 Pharmacy, its strongest category
Hostel residence is compulsory for students, creating a fully residential campus culture
12 faculties spanning engineering (under the Faculty of Automation, developed with the Bajaj Group), law, management, and the sciences on a single 850-acre campus
Holds continuous UGC-DEB entitlement for a set of online undergraduate and postgraduate programmes since 2021-22
| Framework | Category | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIRF | Pharmacy | 2025 | #22 |
| NIRF | University | 2025 | #66 |
| NIRF | Engineering | 2025 | #71 |
No independently verifiable, individually sourced notable alumni could be confirmed for this institution at the time of writing. This section is left out rather than populated with unconfirmed names.
23 courses offered. Fees in INR lakhs.
Campus size, faculty strength, hostel facilities, and academic infrastructure.
