Rajshahi College (Bengali: রাজশাহী কলেজ Rajshahi Kôlej) is situated in the city center, adjacent to Rajshahi Collegiate School and is very near to the famous Barendra Museum. It is said to be the third oldest institutions of higher education in Bangladesh after Dhaka College and Chittagong College. Established in 1873 and within a short period after establishment, the college became one of the main centres of higher education for the inhabitants of East Bengal, North Bengal, Bihar, Purnia and Assam.

Rajshahi College was the first institution in the territories to offer bachelor and honours degree courses in various disciplines since 1878. The postgraduate Departments in Arts and in Law started in 1881 and continued till 1909 when they were withdrawn because the college could not meet the requirements of the New Regulations of the University of Calcutta but started again in 1993 under the affiliation of National University.The daily affairs of the college are run on the basis of guidelines prescribed by the Ministry of Education.

Rajshahi College stopped enrolling Higher Secondary students in 1996 but again started enrolling them from session 2010-2011.

Rajshahi college is probably the sole institutes dares to manage its all data and information digitally and has become a pioneer institute to do this job online through setting an own server station along with LAN and Broadband Leased Line connection.