Best Colleges in Khulna — the Class XI Admission List
বাংলায় পড়তে চাও? দেখো: খুলনার সেরা কলেজ — একাদশ শ্রেণিতে ভর্তির তালিকা
Khulna is a divisional city, but in education-board terms it does not have a board of its own — its colleges fall under the Jashore Education Board. That single fact confuses a lot of applicants, because here the board and the division are not the same thing.
In practice this creates no obstacle: the central application does not care about boards, and Khulna’s colleges appear under Jashore’s roster. But when you go looking for a notice or a result you go to the Jashore board’s site, not a Khulna one — because there is no such board.
The second thing that sets Khulna apart is scale. The district has noticeably fewer colleges than Rajshahi or Chattogram, so applications concentrate on the good ones. Fewer options also means a badly ordered list costs more here than elsewhere.
The list — best colleges in Khulna
| College | Why it is here | Key fact |
|---|---|---|
| Government Brajalal College, Daulatpur | Khulna’s best-known and oldest college, with a large intake in all three streams. | Central online application · EIIN 116954 |
| Khulna Govt. College | One of the main government colleges in the city centre, and easy to get to. | Central online application · EIIN 133155 |
| Govt. Girls’ College, Khulna | The city’s principal government college for girls. | Central online application · EIIN 117107 |
| Azam Khan Govt. Commerce College, Khulna | A government college dedicated to business studies — the region’s first choice for commerce. | Central online application · EIIN 117165 |
| Khulna Public College | Consistent in results and in steady demand among parents in the city. | Central online application · EIIN 117111 |
| Bangladesh Noubahini School and College, Khulna | Navy-run, with emphasis on discipline and English, and rules of its own. | Central online application · EIIN 117112 |
| Khulna Govt. Model School and College | Continuity from its own school, inside the city, and comparatively less contested. | Central online application · EIIN 132117 |
How to use this list
Because Khulna has fewer colleges, a mis-ordered list does more damage here. Filling all ten choices with the city’s top names makes going unselected in the first phase a real possibility — keep at least three where your result is clearly more than enough.
When you go looking for a notice or a result, go to the Jashore board’s website. Any site calling itself the “Khulna Education Board” is unofficial, and during the season sites like that are exactly where wrong dates come from.
Daulatpur, Khalishpur and the city centre feel close together, but the commute still has to match the shift. Work out, before you enrol, how early you would have to leave your area to make a morning-shift class.
Class XI admission 2026-27 — every phase and its date
About 995,230 students applied in phase 1; 980,815 were placed on the merit list and 14,415 got no college at all — 2,205 of them with a GPA of 5. After migration 853,441 were finally selected against 2,601,779 seats, so the students left out were short of a well-built choice list, not of seats.
| Step | Date |
|---|---|
| SSC 2026 result published | 10 August 2026 |
| Admission policy published | 24 August 2026 |
| Phase 1: online application | 2 September 2026 – 10 September 2026, 8:00 PM |
| Phase 1: late window | 12–13 September 2026, until 8:00 PM |
| Phase 1: merit list | 16 September 2026, 8:00 PM |
| Phase 1: confirmation deadline | 18 September 2026, 8:00 PM |
| Phase 1: migration result | 19 September 2026, 8:00 PM |
| Admission at the college (phase 1) | 20–22 September 2026 |
| Classes began | 24 September 2026 |
| Phase 2: online application | 27 September 2026 (Sunday) – 28 September 2026, 8:00 PM |
| Phase 2: result | 1 October 2026, 8:00 PM |
| Phase 2: confirmation | 1–3 October 2026, until 8:00 PM |
| Phase 2: migration result | 4 October 2026, 8:00 PM |
| Phase 2: admission at the college | 5–7 October 2026 |
| Phase 3 | Not announced yet |
| Where to apply | xiclassadmission.gov.bd |
If you got no college in phase 1, or did not confirm, phase 2 is your chance: applications run from 27 September 2026 (Sunday) to 28 September 2026, 8:00 PM. A phase-1 applicant who was not selected anywhere applies free this time.
Frequently asked questions
The Jashore Education Board. Khulna is a division but has no education board of its own, so its districts — Khulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira and the rest — sit under Jashore. Searching for a college in the central application, you will find them listed under that board.
Yes, and through the central online application — the name on this list came from the central roster. The college also teaches at degree and postgraduate level, so look specifically for the higher-secondary notice.
The city has a government commerce college devoted to business studies, and it is the region’s first choice for the stream. The general government colleges also run commerce sections, so a list can carry both kinds of option.
They are not directly comparable, because there are fewer applicants too. The top city colleges are genuinely contested, but there is no separate entrance-test stage as in Dhaka — so the preparation differs rather than the difficulty.
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