Begum Rokeya University
| Begum Rokeya University | |
|---|---|
| বেগম রোকেয়া বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় | |
 | |
| Motto | জ্ঞানই শক্তি (Bengali) |
| Motto in English | Knowledge is Power |
| Established | 2008 |
| Type | public |
| Chancellor | President of Bangladesh Adv. Abdul Hamid Shab |
| Location | Rangpur, Bangladesh |
| Campus | 75 acres (300,000 m2), Adjacent to Carmichael College and Rangpur Cadet College |
| Nickname | BRU |
| Website | http://www.brur.ac.bd/ |
Begum Rokeya University (BRU), formerly Rangpur University,[1] is a government financed public university in Bangladesh. It is the second public university in Rangpur Division.
Campus
The university is located between Rangpur Cadet College and Carmichael College in Rangpur. It covers an area of 75 acres (300,000 m2). The university has constructed four academic building and started class from August 2011 in the main campus. Currently, the university has twenty-one department and amount of student is almost four thousand.It contains three hostel (including two boys and one girl hostel.There is a tremendious library and a cafeteria in our varsity campus.
History
Since 1947, a university in this region has been a long cherished dream. A popular demand 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 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.[2] Finally, Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmad, in a historic cabinet meeting held in Rangpur on February 2, 2008, took the decision to establish a University in Rangpur. The Rangpur University Ordinance was approved by the cabinet on June 15, 2008.[3] 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.
Administration
Academics
- BRU has six Faculties and the Departments are...
Faculty of Arts
- Department of Bangla
- Department of English
- Department of History & Archaeology
- Faculty of Science
- Department of Physics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Statistics
- Faculty of Business Studies
- Department of Accounting and Information System
- Department of Management Studies
- Department of Marketing
- Department of Finance & Banking
- Faculty of Social Science
- Department of Economics
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Info. Science & Library Management
- Department of Mass Communication & Journalism
- Department of Women and Gender Studies
- Faculty of Engineering & Technology
- Department of Computer Science & Engineering(CSE)
- Department of Electronics & Telecommunication(ET)
- Faculty of Life & Earth Sciences
- Department of Geography & Environmental Science
- Department of Disaster Management
Central Library and Information Center
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 of the University 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 & Information center has large reading rooms with huge resources such as books, journals, periodicals etc.
Residential student halls
List of Vice chancellors
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| M. Lutfar Rahman | 20 October 2008[3] | 7 May 2009 |
| Abdul Jalil | 8 May 2009[4] | Present |
References
- ↑ "Begum Rokeya University begins academic activities". thefinancialexpress-bd.com. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ↑ "Rangpur University Launched". bdnews24.com. 2009-04-15.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "New Rangpur University gets VC". The Daily Star. 2008-10-20.
- ↑ "আব্দুল জলিল রংপুর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের নতুন উপাচার্য". bdnews24.com. 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-05-08.