List of universities in Bangladesh

Public universities

Bangladesh has 53[3] public universities to the bulk of higher studies students. These universities are funded by the government while managed as self-governed organizations.

Dhaka division is home to thirteen public universities, among which eight are in Dhaka City. There are seven public universities in Chittagong division, six in Rajshahi division five in Khulna division, four in Mymensingh Division. Each of Rangpur division, Sylhet division & Barisal division has two. as of 2020 the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh has introduce the cluster system for students enrollment. According to this system all public universities in Bangladesh should be sorted in five clusters i.e. one for agricultural universities; one for science and technology universities, one for engineering universities, one for medical universities and the last one for general studies universities.[4][5][6]

Civil Engineering building, BUET

Auditorium of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University

Mir Mosharrof Hossain Hall, Jahangirnagar University

Auditorium, Islamic University, Bangladesh

Administrative Building, University of Rajshahi

Academic Tower Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST)

University Entrance Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology

TSC, University of Dhaka

Auditorium, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology

Administrative Building Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University

Academic building, Barisal University

Campus of Begum Rokeya University

War memorial sculpture in Bangladesh Agricultural University

Administrative building of Jagannath University

Portion of new academic building of KUET as seen from the front

Shaheed Minar of Sylhet Agricultural University

Entry Gate of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University

Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Shaheed Minar

General universities

Medical universities

Science and Technology universities

Specialized universities

Agricultural universities

Engineering universities

Off-campus universities

The following are the public universities that operate through a number of colleges all over Bangladesh instead of a localized campus.

Private universities

Establishment of private universities in Bangladesh was initiated after the institution of the Private University Act 1992.[48] There are 80[49] such universities that are operational in five out of seven divisions of the country. The University of Comilla was established in 1995. Another 12 universities have been approved by UGC recently but yet to start operation. So the total number of an approved private university is now 97 (as of April 2018).

Most of the private universities are in Dhaka Division, totalling 51. All of them have their campuses in Dhaka city, concentrated mostly in the Gulshan, Dhanmondi, Panthapath and Uttara regions of the city. Two private universities in Dhaka specialize in science and technology, one specializes in women’s studies, and the others are general universities. Six private universities are located in Chittagong Division. All six have their main campuses in Chittagong city. International Islamic University, Chittagong has its urban campus in Kumira, outside the main city. Five of them are general universities, while one specializes in science and technology. The only private university in Rajshahi Division has its campus in Bogra. In Sylhet Division there are four private universities, all having their main campuses in Sylhet city. There is no private university in Barisal Division and Rangpur Division.

North South University

Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology

East West University

Independent University, Bangladesh

International universities

There are only three international universities in Bangladesh according to UGC. They are neither managed nor funded by the government, like public universities, nor established under the Private University Act and managed by a private governing body, like private universities. International Culture University, established by civil society organization and branded by United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI)[143] and United Nations Global Compact (UNGC),[144] is an internationally accredited-affiliated and an active partner of different international organizations working for internationalization of education and international quality. Islamic University of Technology was established by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and is located in Gazipur, Dhaka division, another is located in Chittagong division and funded by the Asian University for Women Support Foundation (AUWSF), a United States–based non-profit corporation.[145] later one is South Asian University.[146]

Proposed universities

In 2016 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced bringing out Higher Educations reforms to establish at least one university or sub-campus at district level across the country for promotion of higher education.[149][150][151]

The following is a list of proposed new universities.

• Bangladesh University of Juridical Sciences[152]
• Bangladesh University of Educational Planning and Administration[152]
• Pandit Bihar University[153]
• Marine Science University of Barisal[152]