Motto | Teacheth man that which he knew not |
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Type | Private |
Established | 1993 |
Chancellor | President Mohammed Shahabuddin |
Vice-Chancellor | Tanweer Hasan |
Academic staff | 180 (full-time faculty), 76 (adjunct faculty). Total – 256 |
Students | More than 7,500 undergraduate and graduate students |
Address | Plot 16, Block B, Aftabuddin Ahmed Road , Bashundhara, Dhaka , Bangladesh |
Colors | Blue and saffron |
Website | iub.edu.bd |
Independent University, Bangladesh (Bengali: ইন্ডিপেন্ডেন্ট বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) or IUB is a private university in Bangladesh. It is located in Bashundhara Residential Area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 1993 under the Private University Act, 1992.[1][2] IUB has 10,000 students, 11,556 alumni, and 401 faculty members (of which 70% of them have North American Ph.Ds). The campus is spread over three and a half acres and is equipped with an amphitheater, a library, laboratories, and more than 120 classrooms.
IUB is the only university in Bangladesh that was shortlisted in the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2020 for student recruitment campaign of the year. According to the world university rankings of Times Higher Education (THE), IUB stands within 400th universities globally in terms of various aspects of impact analysis.Its business school received American accreditation from the ACBSP. [3]
List of vice-chancellors
- M Omar Ejaz Rahman (2012 – 2022)[4]
- Tanweer Hasan (23 February 2022 – present)[5]
Academics
School of Business and Entrepreneurship (SBE)
Undergraduate program
The school offers an undergraduate Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree. Available areas of concentration are accounting, economics, finance, general management, human resource management, international business, management information systems, and marketing.[6]
Graduate program (MBA)
The school offers an MBA degree. Students are allowed up to five years from the date of initial enrollment to complete the degree requirements. It is possible to finish the program within five semesters by taking the maximum course load, or within three semesters if students have waivers or transfer courses. Available areas of concentration are banking, finance, human resources management, and marketing.[7]
Graduate program (EMBA)
The school also offers an EMBA degree.
Graduate program (MSc Economics)
The school also offers a Master of Science (MSc) in Economics degree. [8] The program offers a concentration in Development Economics, International Economics, Applied Econometrics, Financial Economics and Environmental and Natural Resource Economics.
School of Engineering, Technology, and Sciences (SETS)
Undergraduate program
- B.Sc. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE)
- B.Sc. in Electrical & Telecommunication Engineering (ETE)
- B.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)[9]
- B.Sc. in Computer Science (CS)
- B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (CEN)
- B.Sc. in Physics
- B.Sc. in Mathematics
- B.Sc. in Pharmacy
- B.Sc. in Microbiology
- B.Sc. in Biochemsitry and Biotechnology
- B.Sc. in Environmental Science and Management
Graduate program
- M.Sc. in Computer Networks and Communications (CNC)
- M.Sc. in Telecommunication Engineering (TE)
- M.Sc. / M.Eng. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE)
- M.Sc. in Computer Science (CSC)
- M.Sc. in Software Engineering (SEN)
School of Environment and Life Sciences (SELS)
Undergraduate program
The school offers undergraduate programs on various majors under the Department of Environmental Science and Management and the Department of Life Sciences.
Graduate program
The school offers graduate programs on various majors.
School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (SLASS)
Undergraduate program
The school offers undergraduate programs on a rare variety including Anthropology, Sociology, Global Studies and Governance (the only program of such kind in the country), Media and Communication, English Literature, English Language Teaching and Law. Besides the school offers undergraduate minors on all subjects mentioned above. It also offers many foundation courses ranging from history to philosophy, art to politics, music to culture.
Graduate program
The school offers graduate programs in Development Studies, English Language Teaching, Media and Communication, and English Literature.
School of Pharmacy and Public Health (SPPH)
Undergraduate program
The school offers an undergraduate program in Pharmacy.
Executive Master of Public Health
The school offers an executive master of Public Health.
Faculty
The faculty includes scholars such as musicologist Mustafa Zaman Abbasi,[10] microbiologist Shah M. Faruque,[11] pharmacologist J. M. A. Hannan,[12] and climatologist Saleemul Huq.[13] Ekushey Padak and Independence Day Award recipient Enamul Haque taught at the university.[14]
References
- The content of this article is based on its Bangla equivalent on bangla Wikipedia.
- ↑ Private University Act, 1992, archived from the original on 25 April 2003, retrieved 17 June 2007
- ↑ IUB at a glance, Information about the University, retrieved 30 August 2015
- ↑ World University Ranking, 18 February 2021
- ↑ "Omar Rahman stays as VC of IUB". The Daily Star. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ↑ "Professor Tanweer Hasan joins IUB as the new vice-chancellor". Dhaka Tribune. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ↑ "Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)" (PDF). School of Business. Independent University, Bangladesh.
- ↑ "Master of Business Administration (MBA)" (PDF). School of Business. Independent University, Bangladesh.
- ↑ "M.Sc in Economics". 3 April 2016.
- ↑ "Overview | Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IUB".
- ↑ Kamal, Nashid (24 December 2016). "Celebrating the birthday of a celebrity". The Daily Star.
- ↑ "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). The World Academy of Sciences.
- ↑ "Prof. Dr. J.M.A Hannan". Independent University, Bangladesh.
- ↑ "IUB's Professor Saleemul Huq on Reuters Hot List of top climate scientists". bdnews24.com. 29 April 2021.
- ↑ Sen, Geeti, ed. (1997). Crossing Boundaries. Orient Blackswan. p. 301. ISBN 978-81-250-1341-9.