Following is a list of all the important universities offering wide-ranging study options to students in the state.

1. Aliah University
2. Bose Institute
3. Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur
4. Gour Banga University, Malda
5. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
6. Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
7. Indian Statistical Institute
8. Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
9. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata
10. Jadavpur University, Kolkata
11. Marine Engineering and Research Institute
12. National Institute of Fashion Technology
13. National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases
14. National Institute of Homoeopathy
15. Netaji Subhas Open University
16. Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University
17. Senate of Serampore College
18. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
19. S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
20. Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute
21. University of Burdwan
22. Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre
23. West Bengal Stat University
24. The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences
25. West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences
26. West Bengal University of Health Sciences
27. West Bengal University of Technology
28. Calcutta Medical College
29. Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical College and Hospital
30. R.G.Kar Medical College
31. National Medical College
32. S.S.K.M. Medical College
33. R. Ahmed Dental College
34. Bankura Sammilani Medical College
35. North Bengal Medical College
36. Midnapore Medical College and Hospital
37. School of Tropical Medicine
38. School of Medical Science and Technology
39. Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya West Bengal
40. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur
41. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal
42. Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational & Research Institute
43. The Bengal Engineering & Science University, Howrah, West Bengal
44. The University of Burdwan, Bardhaman, West Bengal
45. University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal
46. University of North Bengal, Darjeeling West Bengal
47. Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, West Bengal
48. Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal
49. Visva Bharti (Central University), Santiniketan, West Bengal