University of Rajshahi

The University of Rajshahi, also known as Rajshahi University or RU (Bengali: রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), is a PhD granting public research university located in Motihar, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. It is the second oldest university in Bangladesh. The university's sixty departments are organized into ten faculties.

University of Rajshahi
রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Emblem of the University of Rajshahi
TypePublic
Established6 July 1953 (6 July 1953)
AffiliationUniversity Grants Commission of Bangladesh
ChancellorPresident Mohammed Shahabuddin
Vice-ChancellorGolam Shabbir Sattar
Pro Vice-ChancellorMd. Sultan-Ul-Islam and M. Humayun Kabir
Academic staff
1,800 (December 2015)
Administrative staff
2,258 (December 2015)
Students38,291(2019)
Undergraduates15,258 (December 2015)
Postgraduates9,125 (December 2015)
2,112 (December 2015)
Location,
Bangladesh

24.370°N 88.637°E / 24.370; 88.637
CampusUrban, 3.05 km2 (753 acres)
LanguageBengali, English
Websiteru.ac.bd
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