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The university was established in 2001 under the Private University Act 1992. [4] The university's founder was Quazi Azher Ali, who served as first vice chancellor of the university from 2001 to 2009.
Universities in Bangladesh are mainly categorized into four differential types: public (government owned and subsidized), private (private sector owned universities), international (operated and funded by international organizations such as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation), and the latest Cross Border Higher Education (CBHE) which are either study centres or branch campuses managed by ...
The University Library, housed in three separate buildings, is the biggest in Bangladesh. The library holds a collection of more than 617,000 volumes, including bound volumes of periodicals. In addition, it has a collection of over 30,000 manuscripts in other languages and a large number of microfilms, microfiche, and CDs.
The 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement was a series of anti-government [d] and pro-democracy [e] protests in Bangladesh, spearheaded primarily by university students.
The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC) is the regulatory body of all the public (government funded) and private universities of Bangladesh. The Private University Act of 1992 paved the way for vigorous sprouting of private universities. 80% of its universities are in their infancy.
Founded in 1876 as the Dacca Survey School and gained university status in 1962, it is the oldest institution for the study of engineering, architecture, and urban planning in the country. [6] [7] BUET is considered to be the most prestigious university in Bangladesh for science and research. [8]
BUP was founded as the 31st public university of Bangladesh under the Bangladesh University of Professionals Act, 2009. [2] It provides undergraduate and graduate programs across 18 departments in 6 faculties; including arts , social science , security studies , strategic studies , science and technology , business studies and medical studies .
In February 2023, ULAB established two new departments, the Bangla Department and the Literature Department. The university is the first institute of higher education in Bangladesh to teach ethnic minority languages, of which Bangladesh has 44 according to Shameem Reza. [8] ULAB offers degree programs in the following schools: [9]