Rabindra Bharati University is a public state university in Kolkata established in 1962 to commemorate the birth centenary of Rabindranath Tagore and to advance learning in areas closely connected with his cultural and intellectual legacy. The university was founded under the Rabindra Bharati Act and began functioning on 8 May 1962 at the Tagore family’s Jorasanko home. From the outset, it developed a distinctive academic identity centred on music, dance, drama, fine arts, languages, literature and the humanities, while later expanding into broader social-science disciplines. The historic Jorasanko campus remains symbolically important and houses the Rabindra Bharati Museum and major commemorative events associated with Tagore. Academic teaching is primarily concentrated at the Emerald Bower campus on B. T. Road, a heritage property that became part of the university’s expansion in the 1970s. The academic structure is organized around three major faculties: Arts, Fine Arts and Visual Arts. This combination makes Rabindra Bharati one of India’s specialized public universities for performing and visual culture while also supporting conventional postgraduate and research study in humanities and social sciences. Its departments have been shaped by generations of artists, musicians, actors, scholars and art historians, reinforcing a practice-oriented environment alongside academic research. The university’s mission is not limited to preserving Tagore’s memory; it uses his interdisciplinary cultural outlook as a foundation for contemporary teaching, performance, scholarship and creative work. Museum collections, archives, studios, performance spaces and academic departments together give the institution an unusually close relationship between heritage and living artistic practice. The university’s establishment followed the personal efforts of West Bengal Chief Minister Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy during Tagore’s birth-centenary period. The Jorasanko campus continues to host important university ceremonies and observances connected with Rabindranath Tagore. This continuity remains central to its academic identity. Research and teaching remain closely connected within this framework.