Faculty of Visual Arts, is a faculty in the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India which offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in applied and visual arts. It was founded in 1916.HistoryFaculty of Science was established in 1916.OrganizationFaculty of Visual Arts' administrative head is a dean. The dean is responsible for all aspects of the Faculty's operations, including budgets, administration, planning, support services, faculty appointments, curricula and student affairs. The dean is appointed by and reports to the Vice-Chancellor of the university.There are five different Departments in the Faculty of Visual Arts that offer Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) degrees.Departments*Painting*Applied arts*Plastic arts*Pottery and ceramics*Textile designing