Rabindra University, Bangladesh
Profile
- Ownership
- public
- Vice-Chancellor
- Professor Dr. S. M. Hassan Talukder
- Students
- 807
- Faculty
- n/a
- Annual budget
- n/a
- Established
- 2017
- District
- Sirajganj
Expanding STEM laboratory facilities and strengthening institutional research output at Rabindra University, Bangladesh under UGC guidelines.
Recent activity
- 2026-06-18 academic_council Academic Council of Rabindra University, Bangladesh approved revised curricula aligned with Bangladesh National Qualifications Framework. ↗
- 2026-07-15 infrastructure Commissioned upgraded central laboratory and digital research facilities across general faculties. ↗
- 2026-08-10 admission Announced academic admission intake guidelines and enrollment quotas for the upcoming academic session. ↗
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(pre-window, for context): highway blockade July 2025, railway blockade August 13-14 2025, hunger strike August 2025 withdrawn after ECNEC conditional approval.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).
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindra_University,_Bangladesh
- https://rub.ac.bd/vice_chancellor
- https://rub.ac.bd/news-details.php?page=news-details&pid=93
- https://www.rub.ac.bd/administration.php?page=provicechancellor
- https://www.rub.ac.bd/administration.php?page=tresurer
- https://www.rub.ac.bd/administration.php?page=registrar
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- https://www.newagebd.net/post/campus-bites/271659/rabindra-university-holds-demonstration-on-highway-demanding-dpp-approval
- https://www.newagebd.net/post/country/267580/rizwana-visits-rabindra-university
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- https://www.thehansindia.com/news/international/bdesh-students-demand-environmental-advisors-resignation-over-delay-in-construction-of-permanent-university-campus-991512
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- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/environment/proposed-rabindra-univ-campus-chalan-beel-environmentalists-urge-alternative
- https://rub.ac.bd/gst-admission.php