Rajshahi University
| রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | March 31, 1953 |
| Chancellor | Abdul Hamid |
| Vice-Chancellor | Muhammad Mizanuddin |
| Pro Vice Chancellor | Prof Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan |
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Academic staff
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1500 |
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Administrative staff
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2000 |
| Students | 26,000 (approximately) |
| Address |
Motihar, Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh 24°22′12″N 88°38′13″E / 24.370°N 88.637°ECoordinates: 24°22′12″N 88°38′13″E / 24.370°N 88.637°E |
| Campus | Urban, 753 acres (3 km2) |
| Nickname | RU (RABI) |
| Website | www |
The University of Rajshahi, also known as Rajshahi University or রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (Bengali: রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় Raajshaahi Bish-shobid-daloy) is a public university located in Rajshahi, a city in north-western Bangladesh. University of Rajshahi was established in 1953, the second university to be established in what was then East Pakistan.
The university's 58 departments are organized into ten faculties. Rajshahi University is located in a 753 acres (3 km2) campus in Motihar, 3 kilometres (2 mi) from the Rajshahi city center. With 25,000 students and close to 1000 academic staff, it is one of the largest universities in Bangladesh. In addition to hosting programs in the Engineering, arts, sciences, agriculture, social sciences, business studies and medical sciences, the university houses a number of institutes of higher studies. This is the premier university in Bangladesh to have online subscription of world-renowned journals.
The first proposal to establish a university came in 1917, when Calcutta University created the Sadler Commission to assess the university system in Bengal. However, the recommendations of the report had no immediate consequences.
Following the Partition of India in 1947, what is now Bangladesh became East Pakistan. University of Dhaka, established in 1921, was the only university in East Pakistan at the time. Demand for a university in the northern part of East Pakistan gained momentum when two universities were established in West Pakistan without the establishment of any in the east. Students of Rajshahi College were at the forefront of the movement demanding a new university. Finally, Rajshahi was selected as the home for the second university in East Pakistan and the Rajshahi University Act of 1953 (East Bengal Act XV of 1953) was passed by the East Pakistan provincial Assembly on 31 March 1953. Itrat Hossain Zuberi, the Principal of Rajshahi College was appointed the first Vice-Chancellor of the university. Initially, the university was housed in temporary locations, such as the local Circuit House and Bara Kuthi, an 18th-century Dutch establishment. B B Hindu Academy, a local school, housed the library, teachers' lounge and the medical centre of the university. The university started out with 20 professors, 161 students (of which 5 were female) and six departments—Bengali, English, History, Law, Philosophy and Economics. In 1964, the offices moved to the permanent campus.
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