Education of Rajshahi

University of Rajshahi is another breathtaking institution of Bangladesh. It is the second oldest university of the country and was established in 1953. It has a huge campus of an area of 753 acres. It is like a park of natural beauty. Rajshahi College is another oldest educational institution of Bangladesh.It has some very old historical structure by the British. Rajshahi is also an important educational center and termed as 'Education city' of Bangladesh. There were there brother called Prem Nath, Bhola Nath, Lokh Nath. they made three big school for the people of Rajshahi city. Major educational institutes include:

Rajshahi Universiy

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• University of Rajshahi
• Rajshahi College
• Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology
• Rajshahi Medical College
• New Government Degree College, Rajshahi
• Rajshahi Government City College
• Rajshahi Government Women's College
• Teacher's Training College
• British Council Test Center Uposhahar
• Higher Secondary Teacher's Training Institute
• Silk Research and Training Institute
• Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute
• Udayan Dental College, Rajshahi
• Varendra University
• North Bengal International University
• Sarda Govt. Pilot High School, Sarda, Charghat, Rajshahi
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Notable residents

• Akshay Kumar Maitreya, noted Indian historian and social worker from Bengal.
• A.H.M Quamruzzaman, Politician, National Leader and former Home Minister of Bangladesh.
• Ila Mitra, the leader of peasants and indigenous Santhals.
• Andrew Kishore, Singer
• Hasan Azizul Huq, Linguist, Author, Story-writer.
• Khaled Masud Pilot, Former Captain of Bangladesh Cricket Team
• Mohammad Shamsuzzoha, academic, participant of Bengali Language Movement.
• Ritwik Ghatak
• Sir Jadunath Sarkar
• Sabbir Rahman, international cricketer
• Selina Hossain, Novelist, Present Director of Bangla Academy
• Mrinal Haque, Sculptor