Welcome to the Office of The International Affairs (OIA)

Director's Message

Professor Muhammad Sajjadur Rahim

 

Welcome to the Office of The International Affairs, University of Rajshahi. University of Rajshahi (also known as Rajshahi University or RU) is the second largest university in Bangladesh and a leading public university in South Asia for higher education and research. RU was founded in 1953 as a second oldest public university in East Bengal after the foundation of University of Dhaka in 1921. Currently there are 17,582 undergraduate and 3,667 master’s students, and 986 MPhil/PhD students across 59 departments and six institutes (Ref: Annual Report 2022-23). Among the students, 39 students are from foreign countries. Most of the faculty members (82.15%) have PhD degrees and many of them earned their PhD from world-renowned institutions abroad. Professor Dr. Saleh Hasan Naqib is the current Vice Chancellor of University of Rajshahi. For almost 70 years, RU is providing quality education and conducting a variety of basic and advanced research activities.

The OIA at RU was founded in 2020 as core division of university administration to develop and manage international initiatives and international partnerships for RU. The activities of OIA include fostering national and international engagement and collaboration, providing support to the international students and visiting scholars. Additionally, we also work with famous university ranking institutions including Times Higher Education (THE) University Ranking and QS World University Ranking to improve the global reputation and ranking of University of Rajshahi.

The OIA also deal with the procedures of signing memorandum of understanding (MoU) or other deeds between any entities of this university with local or foreign universities, research organisations, industries, companies etc. OIA also manages the entire academic progress of international students from the admission process to graduation in both undergraduate and graduate programs.

With the leadership of honourable Vice Chancellor of RU, the university is thriving to excellence in education and research. OIA is supporting the initiatives of RU to internationalisation and being a global institution.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out to our office through email (intaffairs@ru.ac.bd) or phone call (+88 (0)25 888 64335) or in person (room number 129-130, Syed Ismail Hossain Siraji Academic Building). We are here to support and guide you every step of the way.

Latest Events

13-01-2024
রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের (রাবি) অফিস অব দ্য ইন্টারন্যাশনাল এ্যাফেয়ার্সের নতুন পরিচালক হিসেবে নিয়োগ পেয়েছেন ফার্মেসী বিভাগের অধ্যাপক ড. মো. আজিজুর রহমান। আগামী তিন বছরের জন্য এই দায়িত্ব পালন করবেন তিনি। সোমবার (১৮ ডিসেম্বর) বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের রেজিস্ট্রার অধ্যাপক আব্দুস সালাম স্বাক্ষরিত এক অফিস আদেশে এই নিয়োগ দেয়া হয়। অফিস আদেশে বলা হয়, ‘ফার্মেসী বিভাগের অধ্যাপক ড. মো. আজিজুর […]
12-11-2022
A team of three Norwegian from Kristiansand of Norway, led by Mr Dag Vige, have visited the University of Rajshahi (RU) on 12 November 2022. In a meeting with the Vice Chancellor (VC) of RU, they discussed about potential academic and research collaborations between the University of Agder and RU. Among those present in the […]
31-10-2022
Mr Morteza Rezvanfar, a Faculty Member at the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism of Iran Government has visited the University of Rajshahi (RU) on 31 October 2022. In a meeting with the Vice Chancellor (VC) of RU Prof Dr Golam Shabbir Sattar, a discussion was made regarding management of museum and its artefacts, especially […]