Bangladesh University Directory

Bangladesh University of Business and Technology

BUBT

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. A B M Shawkat Ali

A private university in Mirpur, Dhaka, running since 2003 under the BUBT Trust. It teaches business, engineering, computer science, law, English…

Metropolitan University

MU

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Mohammad Jahirul Hoque

Metropolitan University in Sylhet began teaching in May 2003 and was permanently chartered and accredited by the Government of Bangladesh on 3…

Prime University

Prime

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Quazi Deen Mohd Khosru

Prime University opened in Dhaka in 2002 and operates as a UGC-approved private university. Teaching is organised into four faculties covering…

Primeasia University

PAU

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. ANM Meshquat Uddin

Primeasia University is a private university established in 2003 at Banani in Dhaka. About five thousand students study across five schools…

Varendra University

VU

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Md. Khademul Islam Molla

Varendra University in Rajshahi received Ministry of Education approval on 14 March 2012 and UGC approval that month, beginning classes on 24…

Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology

AUST

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Md. Ashraful Hoque

Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology was founded in 1995 by Dhaka Ahsania Mission, a non-profit voluntary organisation. Based at…

Bandarban University

BUB

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Mohammad Mohibullah Siddiquee

Bandarban University was established on 7 February 2019 as the first public-private partnership university in Bangladesh, approved by the…

Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology, Saidpur

BAUST-Saidpur

Vice-ChancellorBrig Gen Mohammad Mobarak Hossain Majumder, psc

BAUST Saidpur was established by the Bangladesh Army on 15 February 2015 at Saidpur Cantonment and is sponsored by the Army Welfare Trust. It…

BGC Trust University Bangladesh

BGCTUB

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Md. Manzoorul Kibria

BGC Trust University Bangladesh began teaching in 2003 and is approved by the Government of Bangladesh and the University Grants Commission. It…

BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology

BUFT

Acting Vice-Chancellor (Designate)Prof. Dr. Engr. Ayub Nabi Khan

BUFT grew out of the BGMEA Institute of Fashion & Technology, founded in 1999, and received its certificate of incorporation from the Ministry of…

Central University of Science and Technology

CUST

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Md. Amanullah

Central University of Science and Technology is a government and UGC approved private university in Mirpur, Dhaka. It teaches through a school of…

Chattogram BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology

CBUFT

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Mohammed Obaidul Karim

Chattogram BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology was founded in 2022 by the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association. Based…

German University Bangladesh

GUB

Vice-Chancellor (Acting)Professor Dr. S. M. Iqbal Hossain

German University Bangladesh is based at Joydebpur in Gazipur and was founded by members of the German University Bangladesh Trust and the…

Gono Bishwabidyalay

GB

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Md. Abul Hossain

Gono Bishwabidyalay was set up at Savar by the Gonoshasthaya Kendra Public Charitable Trust on 14 July 1998, continuing the work of the health and…

Green University of Bangladesh

GUB-Green

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Mohammad Shorif Uddin

Green University of Bangladesh is a private university established in 2003 and now based at a purpose-built campus in Purbachal American City,…

International Standard University

ISU

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Abdul Awal Khan

International Standard University is a Dhaka private university founded by the International Standard University Trust and run by a board of…

Khulna Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah University

KKBAU

Vice-Chancellor (Designate & Honorary)Prof. Dr. Md. Anisur Rahman

Khulna Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah University was set up by the Dhaka Ahsania Mission in 2018 and received official approval in 2022, with classes…

Notre Dame University Bangladesh

NDUB

Vice-ChancellorFr. Patrick D. Gaffney, CSC

Notre Dame University Bangladesh opened in 2013 at Arambagh in Motijheel, Dhaka. It teaches English, business studies, computer science and…

Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology

SMUCT

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Md. Shah-E-Alam

Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology started in 2003 under the Shanto-Mariam Foundation, formed by combining two earlier…

Sonargaon University

SU

Vice-ChancellorProf. Shamim Ara Hassan

Sonargaon University was established in December 2012 and is sponsored by the Sonargaon University Trust. Approved by the UGC and the Government…

Stamford University Bangladesh

Stamford

Vice-ChancellorDr Sharif Nafe As-Saber

Stamford University Bangladesh dates its inception to 2002 and teaches from a campus in Siddeswari, Dhaka, with a permanent campus also in use. It…

Teesta University

TU

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. M. Abul Kashem

Teesta University commenced its journey on 11 April 2023 and describes itself as the first private university in Rangpur. Established under the…

University of Asia Pacific

UAP

Vice-Chancellor (Acting)Prof. Dr. Mohiuddin Ahmed Bhuiyan

University of Asia Pacific was set up in 1996 and teaches from a campus on Green Road, Farmgate, Dhaka. Seven schools cover engineering, business,…

University of Creative Technology Chittagong

UCTC

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Md Zahid Hossain Sharif, PhD

University of Creative Technology Chittagong was set up by the UCTC Trust and approved by the University Grants Commission in December 2015. It…

University of South Asia

USAB

Vice-ChancellorProf. M. A. Wadud Mondal

University of South Asia has operated since 2003 and reports a student community of about three thousand. It teaches through four schools covering…

American International University-Bangladesh

AIUB

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Saiful Islam

American International University-Bangladesh is a private university in Dhaka, founded in 1994 by Dr. Anwarul Abedin and operating under the…

Anwer Khan Modern University

AKMU

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Abul Hashem

Anwer Khan Modern University was established in 2016 and is based at Uttara in Dhaka. It teaches through three faculties covering business…

ASA University Bangladesh

ASAUB

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. S. M. Rezaul Karim

ASA University Bangladesh received its permission to operate in October 2006. It runs four faculties covering business, law, arts and social…

Bangladesh Army University of Engineering & Technology

BAUET

Vice-ChancellorBrig Gen S M Lutfor Rahman

Bangladesh Army University of Engineering & Technology embarked on its journey in 2015 at Qadirabad Cantonment in Natore. It runs six faculties…

Bangladesh Army University of Science & Technology, Khulna

BAUST-Khulna

Vice-ChancellorBrigadier General Nizam Uddin Ahmed

Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology, Khulna is a private university operated by the Bangladesh Army at Shiromoni in Fultala,…

Britannia University

Britannia

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Surajit Sarbabidya

Britannia University is a private university at Paduar Bazar on the Bishwa Road in Cumilla, described on its own site as the first UGC-approved…

Canadian University of Bangladesh

CUB

Vice-Chancellor (Designated)Prof. Dr. H M Jahirul Haque

A private university in Dhaka that began teaching in June 2016 with an information-technology focus and a tutorial-based teaching model. It runs…

Central Women's University

CWU

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Perween Hasan

Central Women's University is a women-only private university founded in Dhaka in 1993 by Professor Beggzadi Mahmuda Nasir, its founding…

East Delta University

EDU

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Mohammed Nazim Uddin

East Delta University is a private university in Khulshi, Chattogram, founded in 2005. It teaches through three schools covering business, science…

East West University

EWU

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Shams Rahman

Established in 1996, East West University runs three faculties – sciences and engineering, business and economics, and liberal arts and social…

Eastern University

EU

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Farid A. Sobhani

Eastern University was set up in Dhaka in 2003 under the Private University Act 1992 by a group of academics, professionals and philanthropists.…

Feni University

FU

Vice-Chancellor (Acting)Dr. Masudul Hoq Chowdhury

Feni University was established in 2012 and began teaching in May 2013 on Trunk Road in Feni town. Three faculties cover arts, social science and…

International Islamic University Chittagong

IIUC

IIUC was established in 1995 by the Islamic University Chittagong Trust and was renamed International Islamic University Chittagong in 2020. Its…

Manarat International University

MIU

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Md. Abdur Rob

Manarat International University received its charter on 3 April 2001 and was inaugurated the following month. Chartered by the Ministry of…

North East University Bangladesh

NEUB

Vice-Chancellor (Acting)Prof. Dr. Ranjit Kumar Dey

North East University Bangladesh was established in 2012 in Sylhet and teaches under the motto "Education with Innovation". Its schools cover…

North Western University

NWU

Vice-Chancellor (In-Charge)Prof. Kanai Lal Sarkar

North Western University was established on 18 November 2012 under the Private University Act 2010 and teaches around 3,400 students in Khulna.…

Northern University of Business & Technology Khulna

NUBTK

Vice-Chancellor (In-Charge)Professor Dr. Md. Harun Ar Rashid

Northern University of Business and Technology, Khulna received government approval in December 2015 under the Private University Act 2010 and…

Presidency University

PU-Presidency

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Md. Abdul Mannan Chowdhury

Presidency University was authorised by the Ministry of Education on 21 July 2003 and opened to students that September. It was started by the…

Pundra University of Science and Technology

Pundra

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Chitta Ranjan Misra

Pundra University of Science & Technology describes itself as the first private university in North Bengal, established under the Private…

Royal University of Dhaka

RUD

Royal University of Dhaka was set up under the Private University Act 1992 by founders Dr. Momtaz Begum and Dr. HBM Iqbal. The UGC approved its…

Shah Makhdum Management University

SMMU

Vice-ChancellorDr. Shofikur Alam Chowdhury

Shah Makhdum Management University was established in 2005 and is based in Rajshahi. It teaches through three schools covering science and…

State University of Bangladesh

SUB

Vice-Chancellor (Acting)Prof. Dr. Md. Hassan Kawsar

State University of Bangladesh was established in 2002 under the Private University Act. It teaches through four schools covering business and…

Tagore University of Creative Arts

TUCA

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Syed Mohammad Shahed

Tagore University of Creative Arts was established in 2016 at Sector 12, Uttara, Dhaka, and is accredited by the University Grants Commission and…

Times University Bangladesh

TUB

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. A.K.M Salahuddin

Times University Bangladesh started in 2013 in Faridpur and describes itself as the district's only private university. Approved by the government…

University of Brahmanbaria

UOB

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Syed Samsuddin Ahmed

University of Brahmanbaria is a UGC and government approved private university in Brahmanbaria town. It teaches across five faculties covering…

University of Information Technology and Sciences

UITS

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Md. Abu Hashan Bhuiyan

UITS was founded on 7 August 2003 in Dhaka as a non-profit university with an information-technology focus, sponsored by the PHP Family. It…

University of Science and Technology Chittagong

USTC

Vice-ChancellorProf Dr. Mohammed Solaiman

University of Science and Technology Chittagong began on 13 May 1989 as a private charitable initiative and became a university after the Private…

Z.H. Sikder University of Science & Technology

ZHSUST

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Khair Jahan Sogra

Z. H. Sikder University of Science and Technology was established in 2012 by entrepreneur Z. H. Sikder at Kartikpur in Shariatpur. It is a…

Bangladesh Army International University of Science & Technology

BAIUST

Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology began its first academic session in February 2015 at Syedpur in Cumilla, beside…

Bangladesh University

BU

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Md. Jahangir Alam

Bangladesh University is a private university in Dhaka that began its journey in 2001. Approved by the University Grants Commission, it teaches…

CCN University of Science & Technology

CCNUST

CCN University of Science & Technology was founded in 2014 at Kotbari in Cumilla by Md. Tariqul Islam Chowdhury of the CCN Education Family. It…

Chittagong Independent University

CIU

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. M M Nurul Absar

Chittagong Independent University was registered as a separate university in February 2013, having started in 1999 as another institution's…

City University

CU

Vice-ChancellorBrig Gen Prof. Dr. Engr Md Lutfor Rahman (Retd)

City University is a private university in Bangladesh founded in 2002, which began with fifteen students and now reports around eight thousand. It…

Dr. Momtaz Begum University of Science and Technology

MBUST

Vice-Chancellor (Acting)Professor Dr. Muhammad Azizul Hoque

Dr. Momtaz Begum University of Science and Technology was founded in 2021 by Dr. H. B. M. Iqbal and focuses on STEM subjects. It is being built as…

European University of Bangladesh

EUB

European University of Bangladesh was established in March 2012 under the Private University Act 2010. It teaches through three schools covering…

Exim Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh

EBAUB

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Md Shafiqul Bari, Ph.D

EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh was established in 2013 at Chapainawabganj and describes itself as a research-based private…

Fareast International University

FIU

Vice-Chancellor (Acting) & TreasurerDr. Md. Monjur-E-Khoda Tarafdar

Fareast International University was founded in 2013 with government approval under the Private University Act 2010 and began teaching in the…

First Capital University of Bangladesh

FCUB

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. M. Mofazzal Hossain

First Capital University of Bangladesh is a private university at Ghoramara in Chuadanga, with over two thousand students enrolled. It teaches…

Hamdard University Bangladesh

HUB

Vice-ChancellorProf. Md. Monjarul Alam, PhD

Hamdard University Bangladesh sits in the Hamdard City of Science, Education and Culture at Gazaria, Munshiganj. Four faculties cover business…

International University of Business Agriculture and Technology

IUBAT

Vice-ChancellorProf Dr Abdur Rab

IUBAT opened in 1991 as a non-profit private university at Uttara in Dhaka, growing out of work begun in 1989 by founder Professor Dr M Alimullah…

Ishakha International University, Bangladesh

IIUB

Ishakha International University Bangladesh was established in March 2012 at Kishoreganj and started teaching in the Fall 2012 semester with…

Lalon University of Science & Arts

LUSA

Lalon University of Science and Arts is a private university in Kushtia, currently housed on the eighth and ninth floors of the Zilla Parishad…

North Bengal International University

NBIU

North Bengal International University was established on 15 September 2013 and teaches at Chowddopai on Natore Road in Motihar, Rajshahi. Five…

North South University

NSU

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Abdul Hannan Chowdhury

North South University was established in 1992 and sits at Bashundhara in Dhaka. It organises teaching into four schools covering business and…

NPI University of Bangladesh

NPIUB

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Md. Forhad Hossain

NPI University of Bangladesh was founded in 2015 and teaches at East Basta in Singair, Manikganj. Three faculties cover science and engineering,…

Queens University

QU

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Abdul Khaleque

Queens University is a private university in Banani, Dhaka, offering professional and liberal arts programmes intended to prepare graduates for…

Rabindra Maitree University

RMU

Rabindra Maitree University was approved in 2015 and began its academic work in 2017 at Kushtia. Four faculties approved by the University Grants…

Ranada Prasad Shaha University

RPSU

Ranada Prasad Shaha University, run by the Kumudini Welfare Trust, received Ministry of Education approval on 14 March 2012 and University Grants…

RTM Al-Kabir Technical University

RTM-AKTU

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Abu Naser Zafar Ullah

RTM Al-Kabir Technical University is a technical university in Sylhet offering career-focused programmes that combine classroom teaching with…

Southeast University

SEU

Vice-ChancellorProf. Yusuf Mahbubul Islam, Ph.D

Southeast University has run since 2002 from a vertical campus in Tejgaon, Dhaka. Its ten departments sit under three schools – science and…

The People's University of Bangladesh

PUB

Vice-Chancellor (Acting)Professor Dr. Abu Kamal Md. Mahbubuzzaman

The People's University of Bangladesh was founded in 1996 in Lalmatia, Dhaka, under the Foundation for People's Education, with the aim of…

University of Global Village

UGV

Vice-ChancellorDr. Abdul Baqee

University of Global Village is a private university in Barishal teaching through four faculties: engineering and technology, business and…

Victoria University of Bangladesh

VUB

Vice-ChancellorProf. Asit Roy Choudhury

Victoria University of Bangladesh was permitted to operate as a full university on 31 May 2003 under the Private University Act, and teaches at…

World University of Bangladesh

WUB

World University of Bangladesh received formal approval to begin operating on 26 February 2003, after groundwork started in 2000. Based at Uttara…

Asian University of Bangladesh

AUB

Vice-Chancellor (Acting)Professor Dr. Md. Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan

Asian University of Bangladesh was established in September 1996 and occupies a ten-acre campus on Bangabandhu Road at Tongabari, Ashulia, Dhaka.…

Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology

ADUST

Atish Dipankar University of Science & Technology was established in 2004 with government and UGC approval and teaches from Sector 15, Uttara…

Bangladesh Islami University

BIU

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Brigadier General K.M. Saljar Hosen (Retd.)

Bangladesh Islami University is a private university at Green Model Town in Manda, Dhaka, established under the Private University Act 1992 as…

Cox's Bazar International University

CBIU

Cox's Bazar International University was founded in 2013 as the first private university in Cox's Bazar district, and sits near Kolatoli beach. It…

Dhaka International University

DIU-Dhaka

Dhaka International University was founded on 7 April 1995 by Alhaj Professor Dr. A.B.M. Mafizul Islam Patwari. It runs four faculties, spanning…

Global University Bangladesh

GUB-Barishal

Global University Bangladesh was approved in 2013 and established in 2015 under the Private University Act 2010. It teaches from Mallick Tower at…

International Islami University of Science and Technology Bangladesh

IIUSTB

International Islami University of Science and Technology Bangladesh was established in 2023 at Baipail in Ashulia. It combines Islamic studies…

Khwaja Yunus Ali University

KYAU

Khwaja Yunus Ali University began its academic journey in 2012 at Enayetpur in Sirajganj, on the bank of the Jamuna. It teaches through schools of…

Trust University, Barishal

TUB-Barishal

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Md. Shahidul Islam

Trust University, Barishal was established on 3 June 2018 with approval from the University Grants Commission and the Ministry of Education, and…

University of Development Alternative

UODA

The University of Development Alternative (UODA) in Dhaka teaches around the founder's "Complete Education for Alternative Development" idea,…

University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh

ULAB

Vice-ChancellorProf. Shamsad Mortuza, PhD

The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh teaches through schools of arts and humanities, business, science and engineering, social sciences, and…

University of Scholars

IUS

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Enamul Basher

University of Scholars was founded in 2015 and is accredited by the Bangladesh Accreditation Council, with approval from the University Grants…

Uttara University

UU

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Eaysmin Ara Lekha

Uttara University is a private university in Dhaka, approved in 2003, running thirty-nine undergraduate, graduate, weekend and evening programmes…

Ahsania Mission University of Science and Technology

AMUST

Ahsania Mission University of Science and Technology is a private university at Binodpur Bazar in Motihar, Rajshahi, sponsored by Dhaka Ahsania…

Grameen University

GU

Grameen University received formal approval from the Ministry of Education in August 2025 and approval from the University Grants Commission of…

Leading University

LU

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Mohammed Taj Uddin

Port City International University

PCIU

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Mohammad Tayub Chowdhury

Port City International University is a UGC and government approved private university at Khulshi in Chattogram. It teaches undergraduate and…

Premier University

PUC

Vice-ChancellorProfessor S. M. Nasrul Quadir

United International University

UIU

United International University is a private university approved by the Government of Bangladesh and the UGC. It teaches through four schools…

Brahmaputra International University

BRIU

Brahmaputra International University is a private university at Foujdari Moor in Jamalpur, approved by the University Grants Commission and the…

Northern University Bangladesh

NUB

Vice-ChancellorDr. MD. Mizanur Rahman

Northern University Bangladesh was founded on 17 October 2002 by a group of academics and is run by the NUB Trust, a non-political non-profit…

Rajshahi Science & Technology University

RSTU

Rajshahi Science and Technology University was established in 2013 and runs from a campus at Dastanabad in Natore Sadar. Its own site describes it…

Sylhet International University

SIU

Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Md. Ashraful Alam

Sylhet International University is a privately funded university in Sylhet city, within walking distance of Osmani Medical College Hospital, with…

Justice Abu Zafar Siddiquie Science and Technology University

JAZSSTU

Justice Abu Zafar Siddiquie Science and Technology University is a private university listed by the University Grants Commission with a year of…

Bangladesh University of Health Sciences

BUHS

Bangladesh University of Health Sciences is a private university in Dhaka established by the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh in 2012. Its own…

BRAC University

BRACU

BRAC University appears on the University Grants Commission register of approved private universities in Bangladesh, with bracu.ac.bd as its…

Daffodil International University

DIU

Daffodil International University is a private university established in 2002 and based at Daffodil Smart City in Birulia, Savar, on the northern…

Southern University Bangladesh

SUB-Chattogram

Southern University Bangladesh is a private university in Chattogram, based at Mehdibag Road. Its website currently presents a group landing page…

ZNRF University of Management Sciences

ZUMS

ZNRF University of Management Sciences, known as ZUMS, is a private university in Bangladesh focused on management education, research and student…