Bhagalpur National College is located within the municipal limit of Bhagalpur City, one of the oldest Divisional Headquarters of Bihar. It is situated beside the National Highway (NH-80) linking Patna-Kolkata. The college is one of the premier constituent units of T.M. Bhagalpur University. The college has a homogeneous sprawling campus stretching an area of about 4 acres. The river Ganga flows only one km away the North of the college. Bhagalpur, popularly known as a silk city, has a great historical antiquity. Bhagalpur has been a famous commercial and industrial centre with specialization in silk industry and trade since time immemorial. There is a good amalgamation of Marwari, Bengali, Angika and Urdu languages and cultures. Eminent distinguished personalities like Rabindra Nath Tagore, Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay and Ashok Kumar etc; lived here. Established in 1960, the college passed through phases of growth, expansion and produced a number eminent personalities in sphere of politics, administration, social services and academic.