The long cherished dream of the people of Raiganj came true when Smt. Mamata Banerjee, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of West Bengal announced to upgrade Raiganj College (University College) into a full-fledged University in late 2014 with Prof. Anil Bhuimali as the First Vice Chancellor of Raiganj University. Raiganj University has started its journey on 3rd February 2015. The Higher Education Department, Government of West Bengal has already approved 21 Academic Departments (UG and PG) with many advanced features and services. We have reformed our undergraduate syllabi and have started Honors Programme under semester system following CGPA Grade. The Higher education department, government of west Bengal has already approved to open twenty one post-graduate departments. We have started PhD programme in all the ten PG departments and the coursework programme started form 30th January, 2016.