| Degree |
Duration |
| B.A. (Ancient Indian History & Archaeology) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Arabic) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Bengali) | 2 Years |
| B.A. (Economics) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (English) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Functional English) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Geography) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Hindi) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (History) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Home Science) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Hons) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Hons.) (English) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Maithili) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Mathematics) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Music Vocal) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Persian) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Philosophy) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Political Science) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Psychology) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Sanskrit) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Sociology) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Statistics) | 3 Years |
| B.A. (Urdu) | 3 Years |
| B.Ed. | 1 Years |
| B.F.A. | 3 Years |
| B.S.W. | 3 Years |
| Bachelor of Library and Information Science (B.Lib.I.Sc.) | 1 Years |
| D.Litt. (Arts) | 2 Years |
| M.A. | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Ancient History) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Ancient Indian History and Archaeology) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Anthropology) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Arabic) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Archaeology) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Bengali) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Criminology and Police Administration) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Economics) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Education) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (English) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Geography) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Hindi) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (History) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Home Science) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Maithili) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Music) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Persian) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Philosophy) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Political Science) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Psychology) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Sanskrit) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Sociology) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Urdu) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Women's Studies) | 2 Years |
| M.Ed. | 2 Years |
| M.Lib.I.Sc. | 1 Years |
| M.Phil. | 2 Years |
| M.S.W. | 2 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Population and Development Education | 1 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology | 1 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Health, Family Welfare and Population Education | 1 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration | 1 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Spoken Persian | 1 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Urdu Journalism and Mass Communication | 1 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Water Resource Management | 1 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Women and Child Welfare | 1 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Women's Studies | 1 Years |
| M.Sc. (Mathematics) | 3 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Safety | 2 Years |
| B.Sc. (Industrial Microbiology) | 3 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Yogic Science | 1 Years |
| B.Sc. (Biotechnology) | 3 Years |
| B.Sc. (Botany) | 3 Years |
| B.Sc. (Chemistry) | 3 Years |
| B.Sc. (Computer Applications) | 3 Years |
| B.Sc. (Environmental Science) | 3 Years |
| B.Sc. (Geology) | 3 Years |
| B.Sc. (Hons.) (Biology) | 3 Years |
| B.Sc. (Hons.) (Computer Science) | 3 Years |
| B.Sc. (Hons.) Mathematics | 3 Years |
| B.Sc. (Mathematics) | 3 Years |
| B.Sc. (Physics) | 3 Years |
| B.Sc. (Statistics) | 3 Years |
| M.Sc. (Applied Microbiology) | 2 Years |
| M.Sc. (Aquaculture) | 2 Years |
| M.Sc. (Biochemistry) | 2 Years |
| M.Sc. (Biodiversity & Conservation) | 2 Years |
| M.Sc. (Biotechnology) | 2 Years |
| M.Sc. (Botany) | 2 Years |
| M.Sc. (Chemistry) | 2 Years |
| M.Sc. (Environmental Science) | 2 Years |
| M.Sc. (Geology) | 2 Years |
| M.Sc. (Mathematics) | 2 Years |
| M.Sc. (Physics) | 2 Years |
| M.Sc. (Statistics) | 2 Years |
| M.Sc. (Zoology) | 2 Years |
| Ph.D. | 2 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Actuarial Science | 1 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Bioinformatics (PGDBI) | 1 Years |
| B.B.A. | 3 Years |
| B.B.A. (Hons.) | 3 Years |
| M.A. (Personnel Management and Industrial Relations) | 2 Years |
| M.A. (Rural Development) | 2 Years |
| M.B.A. | 2 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma Financial Services | 1 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Advertising, Marketing and Sales Management | 1 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management | 1 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Development | 1 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (PGDHRM) | 2 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Safety Management | 1 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management | 2 Years |
| B.A. (Hons) (Mass Communication and Journalism) | 3 Years |
| Bachelor of Mass Communication (B.M.C.) | 3 Years |
| M.A. (Journalism and Mass Communication) | 2 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism | 1 Years |
| PGDJMC - Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication | 1 Years |
| B.Com. | 3 Years |
| B.Com. (Hons.) | 3 Years |
| M.Com. | 2 Years |
| Master of Finance and Control (MFC) | 2 Years |
| Masters in Rural Studies (MRS) | 2 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) | 2 Years |
| Certificate Course in GIS and Remote Sensing (CGRS) | 6 Months |
| B.A. (Computer Applications) | 3 Years |
| B.C.A. | 3 Years |
| M.C.A. | 3 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications (P.G.D.C.A.) | 1 Years |
| L.L.B. | 3 Years |
| L.L.M. | 2 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma Applied Criminology (PGDAC) | 1 Years |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Fashion Designing | 2 Years |
Patna University is the first university of Bihar which was established in 1917 during the British Raj. It is the seventh oldest university of the country with rich academic tradition. It is among the best universities of the eastern region of the country imparting the highest level of education. At present it has 31 post graduate departments in the faculties of Science, Social Sciences , Humanities, Law, Education , Commerce and constituent 10 colleges apart from Patna Medical College and Patna Dental college. There are 4 institutes maintained by it as well named Institute of Psychological Research & Services, Institute of Public Administration, Institute of Music, and Institute of Library and Information Science. College of Arts & Crafts is fully devoted to Fine Arts and is one of the best in teaching painting and sculptures etc.
