Rajshahi University has announced that classes for first-year undergraduate students of the 2025–26 academic session will begin on May 10. The information was confirmed on April 7 by Professor Mohammad Belal Hossain, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Coordinator of Unit 'A'. He stated that the admission process is currently ongoing and will conclude before classes commence.

According to university sources, the process of filling in subject preferences for successful candidates began on February 22. So far, the second subject choice lists for Units 'A', 'B', and 'C' have been published. The admission tests for this session were held earlier in January, starting with the 'C' Unit (Science) on January 16, followed by the 'A' Unit (Humanities) on January 17, and the 'B' Unit (Commerce) on January 24.

This year’s admission tests were conducted in two shifts across public university campuses in Rajshahi, Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna, Rangpur, and Barishal divisions, with no selection phase included.