Visva Bharati University Facilities Details: Hostel, Campus, Infrastructure, Library, Canteen

The Number of hostels for boys is 12 and Number of inmates: 1066. The Facilities: Electricity, Purified Drinking Water, Kitchen, Hospital, Playground, Gymnasium, Newspaper, Magazines, Telephones, Television, Common room, Visitor’s room, indoor games etc. However, hostel accommodations are provided according to the availability of hostel seats.

The Number of hostels for Girls is 13 and Number of inmates: 1058. The Facilities: Electricity, Purified Drinking Water, Kitchen, Hospital, Playground, Gymnasium, Newspaper, Magazines, Telephones, Television, Common room, Visitor’s room etc. However, hostel accommodations are provided according to the availability of hostel seats.

The university has inpatient, outpatient, ambulance, emergency care facility, etc. Free medical treatment is provided to all students (both residential and day scholar) of the University at University Hospitals: Pearson Memorial Hospital , Santinketan with extended dispensary and C.F. Andrews Hospital, Sriniketan.

The university has Central Library facility. Another area to be mentioned is a rare collection of books in Kala- Bhavana Library.

Physical Education is an integral part of education in Visva-Bharati. Students of PathaBhavana go through a compulsory physical education programme conducted by the Sports Board at Santiniketan with Sub-units at Sriniketan. It also arranges physical education activities for students throughout the year. Facilities for indoor games are also available in the hostels.

A full-fledged, well-equipped Computer Centre with Internet and software facilities is available for students, researchers, teachers and administrative employees of the University, subject to the rules and regulations of the Centre. The Computer Centre is open from 7 am to 8 pm (Wednesday Closed) and it is likely to be operational round-the-clock shortly.

The university has Canteen around the/coffee stalls etc are located within the campus.

The University has an auditorium facility for events and seminar.

The University offers limited transport facility to its students and employees within the campus. the university bus runs between the two campuses every 40 minutes till 6.30 pm.

The University has good networking for the alumni association.

There is a swimming pool of international standard.

The state of a art gymnasium in the Vinaya-Bhavana campus of the University. Yoga facilities are also available at Dwijabiram.

There are two Post offices operating in Santiniketan and Sriniketan respectively offering all postal services including savings bank facilities.

The State Bank of India operates a Branch with all services including ATM within the University campus. The Axis Bank also has an ATM in Chatak building; other National Banks facilities are also available in Santiniketan/Bolpur.

The University has Six Guest houses with Catering arrangement, in order to provide accommodation to individuals and groups associated with official visits to Visva-Bharati or guests visiting our campus. The Guest houses are Rathindra Atithi Griha, Ratan Kuthi, Purbapalli Guest house, International Guest house, SAIL Guest house and Sriniketan Guest house. University Guest houses have been equipped with fully furnished 44 Standard AC Rooms, 21 Non AC Rooms and 03 Dormitories. There are also 03 Suites. All the rooms have attached bathrooms with modern amenities. Management of day to day Catering Services has been outsourced to a private agency.