About the Department

Population Science and Human Resource Development (PSHRD) is a department within the Faculty of Science. Since the establishment in 1996, the department has been integrating a multidisciplinary teaching and research under a vibrant support from the University of Rajshahi as well as the University Grants Commission. The department has strong programmes of research in the demography, human resource development and management, and population health. Other fields of research in which the department is active include business demography, family demography, medical demography and the indirect estimation of fertility and mortality.

The department provides much of the research for the MSc in Population Science and Human Resource Development from a wide range of research. Moreover, the department supports multidisciplinary research works with close collaboration of different national and international organizations.