Popular demand for a kind of university that can reach out to a large number of students desiring higher education in this vast region has always been intensely felt but has never been fulfilled.

It was not until August 2007 when Fakhruddin Ahmed, chief advisor of the Caretaker Government, agreed in principle to establish a full-fledged university in Rangpur.

Two days later Hossain Zillur Rahman, the then education and commerce advisor to the Caretaker Government formally inaugurated the university.

Students who want to get admitted need to pass and compete on the merit list in the admission test which is highly competitive.

Initially, CLIC started functioning at the temporary campus of the university (Teachers' Training College, Rangpur).

This library and information center has large reading rooms with huge resources such as books, journals, periodicals, etc.