# Rangpur Government College

Rangpur Government College is a public educational institution in Rangpur, Bangladesh. It was established on July 25, 1963. It is situated in Radaballav, within one kilometer from the town center. Currently, the college offers HSC, graduate (Pass) courses, bachelor's (honours) courses in 14 subjects and postgraduate courses in 7 subjects. According to the 2024 data, a total of 11,375 students are currently studying here.

## History

In 1963, when it was turned into a government institution, the number of student seats in Carmichael College became limited. In this situation, the absence of a college proving education to the extended number of students was intensely felt. In this circumstance, some philanthropists including Fulle Hossain, the then District Commissioner O.M. Carnie, Assistant District Commissioner Abdus Sattar, District Education Officer Tahemidur Rahman, advocate Abul Khan, Amin Hossain, Abul Salek, Moin Uddin Sarker et. el. come forward to set up a college. Some rich people also gave necessary land to establish the college immediately. Finally on July 25, 1963, it got established, the college was launched as a night college at Koilash Ranjan High School and as a day college at the Zamindarbari (Kalidham) of Ram Babu. Since its establishment till 1992, it was under the supervision of Rajshahi University. It became a government college on November 1, 1984. It came under Bangladesh National University in 1993.

## Campus

The college with its four academic buildings stands on 5.26 acre of land. It has two hostels for students. The female hostel can accommodate 100 students while the male hostel, namely Shahid Moslem Uddin Chattrabas is obsolete now. Some extra-curriculum activities based students organizations are also functioning in the campus. These are, voluntary blood donation related club Badhon, Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC), Red Crescent Society, etc.

## Academics

Currently, about 11,375 HSC, Honors, and master's level students are enrolled in the college in regular and irregular session, 2700 of them being HSC students. Number of teachers is 62. There are three main branches of study in this college: science, arts and commerce. Fourteen honors level subjects offered in this college are given below:
* Department of Physics
* Department of Chemistry
* Department of Mathematics
* Department of Zoology
* Department of Botany
* Department of Bengali
* Department of English
* Department of Political Science
* Department of History
* Department of Economics
* Department of Islamic History
* Department of Philosophy
* Department of Accounting
* Department of Management
Master's final courses:
* Department of Bengali
* Department of History
* Department of Political science
* Department of Economics
* Department of Accounting
* Department of Physics
* Department of Chemistry
Total number of class rooms is 23.

## Result & Ranking

In 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, the National University of Bangladesh ranked it as one of the top ten honours colleges in the Rangpur region.

## Alumni

* Khandaker Golam Mostafa (1943–2020) 2nd Jatiya Sangsad member
* K M Abdul Khaleq Chontu (1946-2017) 5th Jatiya Sangsad member
* M. Abul Kashem (born 1953) academic staff of Bangladesh Agricultural University.
* Abu Sayed (1998/99-2024) student activist.