National University Revives College Rankings after Six Years

The National University (NU) has initiated moves to publish its college rankings after a six-year hiatus. The performance of affiliated public and private honors colleges will be evaluated based on designated Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to select the top institutions at both national and divisional levels.

The development was confirmed in a notification issued by the National University on Thursday (May 15).

According to the notice, the university has launched the "University College Ranking 2025" process to select the top eight colleges nationally, alongside 10 top colleges from each division, totaling 88 institutions.

Affiliated colleges have been instructed to submit their KPI-related data for the period spanning January 1 to December 31, 2025. The data must be submitted through the designated website using college codes and passwords by June 18, 2026. Principals of the respective colleges have been requested to take necessary measures in this regard following directives from the NU Vice-Chancellor.

The university administration noted that the final rankings will be published in the media, and the selected colleges will be honored with awards and recognitions at a national ceremony.

The National University last published its college rankings in 2018 during an announcement at the Senate Hall of the university's academic building.

For the 2018 rankings, applications were invited online from 881 affiliated undergraduate colleges, out of which 291 applied. Following an initial screening, 125 colleges were shortlisted. Based on the final KPI evaluations, eight colleges were selected at the national level alongside 76 across various regional divisions.

Rajshahi College was named the best college in the country at the national level during the last iteration.

The top regional performers from the previous 2018 rankings included:

• Dhaka Region: Dhaka Commerce College, Tejgaon College, Lalmatia Mohila College, Government Saadat College, Government Rajendra College, Government Tolaram College, Adamjee Cantonment College, Habibullah Bahar College, Siddheswari College, and Siddheswari Girls' College.

• Chittagong Region: Government Victoria College, Chittagong Government College, Noakhali Government College, Feni Government College, Government City College, Brahmanbaria Government College, Government Hazi Muhammad Mohsin College, Mosharaf Hossain Khan Chowdhury Degree College, Chandpur Government College, and Chittagong Government Women's College.

• Rajshahi Region: Rajshahi College, Government Edward College, Government Azizul Haque College, Sirajganj Government College, Nawabganj Government College, Government Mujibur Rahman Women's College, Syed Ahmad College, New Government Degree College, Nawab Siraj-Ud-Daulah Government College, and Naogaon Government College.

• Khulna Region: Government Brajalal (BL) College, Government Michael Madhusudan (MM) College, Kushtia Government College, Shimanto Adarsha College, Jessore Cantonment College, Kumira Mahila Degree College, Jhaudanga College, Khulna Government Women's College, M S Zoha Degree College, and Chuadanga Government College.

• Barisal Region: Government Brajamohan (BM) College, Bhola Government College, Patuakhali Government College, and Government Syed Hatem Ali College.

• Sylhet Region: Murarichand (MC) College, Sylhet Government Women's College, Moulvibazar Government College, Madan Mohan College, South Surma College, and Sunamganj Government College.

• Rangpur Region: Carmichael College, Dinajpur Government College, Kurigram Government College, Government Begum Rokeya College, Rangpur Government College, Uttar Bangla College, Gaibandha Government College, Adarsha College, Hatibandha Alimuddin College, and Nilphamari Government College.

• Mymensingh Region: Ananda Mohan College, Netrokona Government College, Islampur College, Government Mominunnesa Women's College, Jahanara Latif Women's College, Gouripur Women's College, Sherpur Women's College, and Government Shahid Smriti College.