বেগম রোকেয়া বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় রংপুর [1] | |
Motto | জ্ঞানই শক্তি [2] |
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Motto in English | Knowledge is Power |
Type | Public |
Established | October 12, 2008 |
Budget | 1 Billion BDT per year[ citation needed ] |
Chancellor | President Mohammed Shahabuddin |
Vice-Chancellor | Md. Hasibur Rashid |
Academic staff | 203 (December 2015) |
Administrative staff | 623 (December 2015) |
Students | 7,120 (December 2015) |
Undergraduates | 4,834 (December 2015) |
Postgraduates | 2,286 (December 2015) |
Location | , Bangladesh 25°43′04″N89°15′33″E / 25.7179°N 89.2592°E |
Campus | Urban, 75 acres (30 ha) |
Language | Bengali, English |
Affiliations | University Grants Commission of Bangladesh |
Website | brur |
The Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (abbreviated as BRUR), formerly Rangpur University, [3] is a public research university in Rangpur, Bangladesh. Founded in 2008, it is the only general categorised university in Rangpur Division and the second public university in the region. It was named after the feminist writer and social worker Begum Rokeya. It is the 30th public university of Bangladesh.
The university is between Rangpur Cadet College and Carmichael College in Rangpur. It covers an area of 75 acres (30 ha). The university has constructed four academic building and started class from August 2011 in the main campus. Currently, the university has 22 departments and almost 7,000 students. It contains three student halls (two male and one female). There is a library and a cafeteria on the campus.
Since 1947, a university in this region has been a long cherished dream. A popular demand for a kind of university that can reach out to a large number of students desiring higher education in this vast region has always been intensely felt but has never been fulfilled. In 2001, the then Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, laid the foundations of Rangpur University of Science and Technology. However, later on the establishment was cancelled.
It was not until August 2007 when Fakhruddin Ahmed, chief advisor of the Caretaker Government, agreed in principle to establish a full-fledged university in Rangpur. [4] Fakhruddin Ahmad, in a historic cabinet meeting held in Rangpur on 2 February 2008, took the decision to establish a university in Rangpur. The Rangpur University Ordinance was approved by the cabinet on 15 June 2008. [5] M. Lutfar Rahman was appointed the first vice-chancellor on 20 October 2008. Two days later Hossain Zillur Rahman, the then education and commerce advisor to the Caretaker Government formally inaugurated the university.
BRUR has 22 departments under six faculties.
Faculty | Department |
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Faculty of Arts | Bangla |
English | |
History and Archaeology | |
Faculty of Social Science | Economics |
Sociology | |
Political Science | |
Gender and Development Studies | |
Mass Communication and Journalism | |
Public Administration | |
Faculty of Business Studies | Accounting and Information Systems |
Management Studies | |
Marketing | |
Finance and Banking | |
Management Information Systems | |
Faculty of Science | Mathematics |
Statistics | |
Physics | |
Chemistry | |
Faculty of Engineering & Technology | Computer Science and Engineering |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering | |
Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences | Geography and Environmental Science |
Disaster Management | |
BRUR enrolls undergraduate students. Students who want to get admitted need to pass and compete on the merit list in the admission test which is highly competitive. Admission tests are arranged by the university under authority of admission council for all faculties.
Statistics based on academic year 2014–15 admission:
The Central Library and Information Center (CLIC) of Begum Rokeya University was established on 12 October 2008 with an aim to support the instructional and research programs of the university. The vice-chancellor opened all activities of CLIC on 19 November 2009.
Initially, CLIC started functioning at the temporary campus of the university (Teachers' Training College, Rangpur). It was shifted to the permanent campus on 19 March 2011. This library and information centre has large reading rooms with huge resources such as books, journals, periodicals etc. The director is Porimol Chandra Barman. [9]
Dr. Wazed Research and Training Institute. MPhil & PhD degrees are offered under this institute. The institute is one of the few institutes exclusively designed for MPhil and PhD programs in the country. It also offers MPhil leading to PhD.
Name | From | To |
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M. Lutfar Rahman | 20 October 2008 [5] | 7 May 2009 |
Mohammad Abdul Jalil Miah | 7 May 2009 [10] | 5 May 2013 |
A. K. M. Nurun Nabi | 6 May 2013 [11] | 5 May 2017 |
Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah | 1 June 2017 [12] | 9 June 2021 |
Md. Hasibur Rashid | 9 June 2021 [13] | present |
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