[5] It is named after Rabindranath Tagore (Polymath from India and the first person from Asia to win in 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature) Rabindranath Tagore University is located on the outskirts of Bhopal-the city of lakes and the capital of India's central state of Madhya Pradesh.

The university is about 15 km from the town and is built on a 50 acres self-contained campus, operating out of 15 spacious independent building blocks.

The university has facilities for cricket, hockey, football, kabaddi, volleyball, table tennis, basketball and kho kho, accessible to students and faculty members.

There is also a student healthcare center within the campus, away from the academic and hostel blocks.

The center is attended by a full-time medical superintendent and part-time specialists in general medicine.