The West Bengal University of Health Sciences was established in 2003 at Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal. The University aims to impart training, instruction, and education in fields of Medicine, Homoeopathic System of Medicine, Ayurvedic System of Medicine, Unani System of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Dental, Laboratory Technology, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics-Orthotics and Speech Therapy. It offers courses like MBBS, MD, MS, BDS, BSc (Nursing), BHMS, BPharma, BAMS, and PhD.