Begum Rokeya University

 

 Begum Rokeya University (BRU), formerly Rangpur University,^[2] is a government financed public university in Bangladesh. It is the second public university in Rangpur Division.

       The university is located between Rangpur Cadet College and Carmichael College in Rangpur. The university has constructed four academic building and started class from August 2011 in the main campus. Currently, the university has twenty department and sum of student is almost three thousand.

Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, preliminary its journey on 12 October, 2008,  addresses a mounting need for higher education not only in the north zone, but also all over the country. It aims at creating an ideal academic and research atmosphere, keeping pace with the advanced world. The university is firmly committed to reaching the world standard at every stage of higher education and research with a view to producing the graduates and postgraduates proficient of confronting the challenges of the 21^st century.

Since 1947, a university in this region has been a long respected dream. A popular stipulate for a kind of university which can reach out to a large number of students desiring higher education in this vast region has always been strongly 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.^[3] Finally, Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmad, in a historic cabinet meeting held in Rangpur on February 2, 2008, took the decision on the way to establish a University in Rangpur. The Rangpur University Ordinance was approved by the cabinet on June 15, 2008.^[4] 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.