Rajshahi University admission applications open 15 November and run to 30 November
Applications for the admission test for the first-year undergraduate (honours) class of the 2026-27 academic session at Rajshahi University open on 15 November 2026. Applications will continue until 11:59 pm on 30 November. The information comes from the university's admission notice published last Thursday (12 November).
The notice says interested candidates must apply online to the relevant unit following the published rules. The admission test in the three units will be held in a 100-mark multiple-choice (MCQ) format.
Each unit will have 80 questions. For every wrong answer, 0.25 marks will be deducted. Giving more than one answer to the same question will be treated as a wrong answer. The pass mark in the admission test is 40.
The admission test for each unit will be held in two shifts. The first shift will run from 11 am to 12 noon and the second from 2 pm to 3 pm. However, the second shift of Unit B has been set from 3 pm to 4 pm.
The admission test will be held at eight regional centres: Rajshahi, Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna, Rangpur, Sylhet, Mymensingh and Barishal. Candidates must choose their preferred test region when applying. Once a region is selected, it cannot be changed.
Students who passed the HSC or equivalent examinations of 2025 and 2026, Diploma-in-Commerce, BFA (pre), HSC (Vocational) under the Bangladesh Technical Education Board, A Level and other equivalent examinations can apply. BFA (pre) degree holders must upload their mark sheet when applying. Students who passed Diploma-in-Engineering from technical institutions can also apply to the relevant unit, but their GPA will be determined on a 5.00 scale.
Applicants from the humanities group must have a minimum GPA of 3.00 in both the SSC and HSC examinations (including the fourth subject), with a combined GPA of 6.50. The same condition applies to commerce applicants: a minimum GPA of 3.00 in each examination and 6.50 in total.
Applicants from the science group must have a minimum GPA of 3.50 in both the SSC and HSC examinations (including the fourth subject), with a combined GPA of 7.50. Whichever unit a candidate applies to, the eligibility set for the group from which they passed the HSC examination will apply to them.
Candidates must pass five subjects at GCE O Level and at least two subjects at A Level. Of the seven subjects across both levels, at least four must have a B grade and three at least a C grade. For O Level, A Level and English-version (national curriculum) applicants, question papers translated into English will be supplied where applicable; candidates wishing to sit the test with the English question paper must fill in the relevant online option when applying.
Under Unit A are 12 departments of the Faculty of Arts, two departments of the Faculty of Law, 10 departments of the Faculty of Social Sciences, three departments of the Faculty of Fine Arts and the Institute of Education and Research (IER). Under Unit B are the six departments of the Faculty of Business Studies — Accounting and Information Systems, Management Studies, Marketing, Finance, Banking and Insurance, and Tourism and Hospitality Management; the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) is also included in this unit.
Under Unit C are the departments of the faculties of Science, Agriculture, Engineering, Biological Sciences, Geosciences, Fisheries, and Veterinary and Animal Sciences. Students from all three groups — humanities, commerce and science — can apply to all three units according to their eligibility.
Students who passed through rechecking and re-evaluation of the 2026 HSC answer scripts and through the supplementary examination can apply according to their eligibility within seven days of the publication of results. Conditions imposed by the relevant units, departments and institutes will also apply. Quota applicants must apply following the instructions given online; otherwise their quota applications will not be accepted later.
