RAJSHAHI, May 2, 2024 (BSS) - Rajshahi University (RU) has attained its place 
among 500 top universities in Asia.

Times Higher Education (THE), a periodical related to education based in the 
United Kingdom (UK), has recently published a ranking list of 2024 showing 
RU's place among 401-500.

In the list, 21 universities in Bangladesh including RU have come, said a 
press release issued by RU Public Relation Office here today.

The ranking list has been made based on some indicators, including education 
standard, teachers-students ratio, research standard and citation rate and 
international students.  

Published in THE's website on April 30 the list showed RU, Dhaka University 
and Brac University grabbed the third position jointly among Bangladesh's 
universities.

The release added that RU Vice-chancellor (VC) Professor Golam Sabbir Sattar 
has joined a conference on 'Going Global Asia Pacific' held in Singapore in 
November 2022 and talked with the THE education and research officials about 
planning towards taking the RU to world standard through development. 

Subsequently, the VC has adopted all sorts of time-fitting steps and 
implemented those efficiently.