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Rabindra University, Bangladesh

public · general · Rajshahi · partial (verified 2026-05-18)

Profile

Ownership
public
Vice-Chancellor
Professor Dr. S. M. Hassan Talukder
Students
807
Faculty
—
Annual budget
—
Established
2017
District
Sirajganj

As of May 2026 the university operates entirely from temporary rented premises in Shahjadpur; the Tk 519.15 crore DPP for a permanent 100-acre campus on Tagore's estate received conditional ECNEC approval on 17 August 2025, but construction cannot start until the Department of Environment issues an environmental clearance certificate — no clearance confirmed as of this record date.

Recent activity

Provenance & notes

verification_status=partial: student_count (807) from collegevorti.com/universityadmissionbd.com secondary aggregators, not confirmed via UGC or official RUB page; faculty_count and annual_budget_bdt not publicly available in any source found. VC S. M. Hassan Talukder appointed 2024-09-19 (gazette/MoE order) and joined 2024-09-24 (per rub.ac.bd news); he was previously chairman, Department of Law, University of Dhaka. Pro-VC Dr. Suman Kanti Barua took office October 2024; also holds Registrar additional charge per rub.ac.bd administration pages as of verification date. The BNP-Tarique government took office 2026-02-17; no VC change at RUB detected within the 90-day window (S. M. Hassan Talukder appointed under the Yunus interim administration remains in post). Campus sits on temporary premises across three borrowed buildings in Shahjadpur upazila; permanent campus DPP approved by ECNEC on 2025-08-17 (Tk 519.15 crore, project period May 2025 to April 2029) conditionally on DoE environmental clearance due to Chalan Beel wetland concerns; no DoE clearance confirmed as of 2026-05-18. Protest history (pre-window, for context): highway blockade July 2025, railway blockade August 13-14 2025, hunger strike August 2025 withdrawn after ECNEC conditional approval. Within the 90-day window (2026-02-17 to 2026-05-18): only confirmed events are the three GST 2025-26 admission tests (March 27, April 3, April 10, 2026).

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