page_title: Rajshahi
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Rajshahi / Education
caption_attribution_description: বাংলা: সাবাশ বাংলাদেশ বাংলাদেশের মুক্তিযুদ্ধের স্মৃতিবিজরিত ভাস্কর্যগুলোর অন্যতম। এটি বাংলাদেশের অন্যতম বৃহৎ ভাস্কর্য। এই ভাস্কর্যটি রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে অবস্থিত। এর স্থপতি শিল্পী নিতুন কুণ্ডু। English: Shabash Bangladesh (Bravo Bangladesh) is a sculpture in Bangladesh. It is located at Rajshahi University premises. This is a photo of a monument in Bangladesh identified by the ID BD-E-54-136
context_page_description: Rajshahi is a metropolitan city, and a major urban, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of eponymous division and district. Located on the north bank of the Padma River, near the Bangladesh-India border, the city has a population of over 23,77,314 residents. The city is surrounded by the satellite towns of Nowhata and Katakhali, which together build an urban agglomeration of about 1 million population. Arguably Rajshahi is the most clean and green among the cities in Bangladesh.
  Modern Rajshahi lies in the ancient region of Pundravardhana. The foundation of the city dates to 1634, according to epigraphic records at the mausoleum of Sufi saint Shah Makhdum. The area hosted a Dutch settlement in the 18th century. The Rajshahi municipality was constituted during the British Raj in 1876. It was a divisional capital of the Bengal Presidency.
  Rajshahi is an important administrative, educational, cultural and business centre in Bangladesh today. It is a historic center of silk production. Varendra Research Museum, the oldest of its kind in Bangladesh, is located in the city.
context_section_description: Rajshahi is home to many government and private educational institutions. The city is home to the Rajshahi College- which is the third oldest college in Bangladesh after Dhaka College, and Chittagong College, Rajshahi Medical College, the second oldest medical college in erstwhile East Pakistan. The University of Rajshahi is the second oldest and one of the largest public universities in the country. Rajshahi Engineering College, now known as RUET, was the second engineering college established in the then East Pakistan in 1964.
  Major educational institutes include:
  Barind Medical College
  Rajshahi Cantonment Public School & College
  Seroil Government High School, Rajshahi
  Government Laboratory High School Rajshahi
  Government Women's College, Rajshahi
  Haji Abul Hossain Institute of Technology, Rajshahi
  Higher Secondary Teacher's Training Institute
  Haji Muhammad Mohsin Government High School,Rajshahi
  Islami Bank Medical College
  Mohanogor College, Rajshahi
  New Government Degree College, Rajshahi
  North Bengal International University
  Nowhata Govt. Degree College, Nowhata, Rajshshi
  Rajshahi College
  Rajshahi Government City College
  Rajshahi Education Board Model School & College
  Rajshahi Government Collegiate School
  Rajshahi Medical College
  Rajshahi Model School & College
  Rajshahi Mohila Polytechnic Institute
  Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute
  Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology
  Shah Mokhdum College
  Shah Mokhdum Medical College
  Silk Research and Training Institute
  Teacher's Training College
  Udayan Dental College
  University of Rajshahi
  Varendra Government College, Rajshahi
  Varendra University
caption: Shabash Bangladesh, a sculpture commemorating the liberation war
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