Bangladesh National University (Bengali: জাতীয় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, বাংলাদেশ )
Bangladesh National University (Bengali: জাতীয় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, বাংলাদেশ ) is a parent university of Bangladesh which was established to affiliate all the colleges nationwide. It is the 5th largest university in the world according to enrollment. The headquarters is located at Gazipur, on the outskirts of DhakaNational Univeristy Admission 2013-2014: Degree Pass Information (2013-2014)
The National University was established in 1992 under an act of Parliament of the Government of the people's republic of Bangladesh with features distinct from those of the traditional Universities of the country. The National University caters the general education at graduate and post-graduate level in colleges/institutions which were affiliated to different public universities since independence. About one million students are studying in more than 1600 colleges/institutions affiliated to this university.
The National University is expanding in terms of number of students, courses and institutions day by day. To day this university plays the most significant role to provide opportunities for higher education among the students living especially in rural and semi-urban areas. The university has taken a lot of important steps to improve the standard of education by formulating a modern uniform curriculum, providing training of the teachers and supplying teaching materials to the affiliated institutions.
Organization
The university is a postgraduate teaching and research university as well as an affiliating university. It is a state-run public university. It has already a school and a centre and has established a number of institutes. The institutes provide courses of higher level leading to M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees.The Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (IHS) was opened in 1997 to offer two-year M.Phil. following modern American credit hour and semester system including course work, two-month internship and thesis guided by supervisor. The M.Phil. is an interdisciplinary degree which is intensive enough to help the students to pursue Ph.D. courses. The course is open to faculty members who are employed at universities and colleges. Four more institutes — the Institute of Liberation and Bangladesh Studies (ILBS), Institutes of National Science (INS), Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), and Institute of Business and Management Studies (IBMS) — have all the formalities complete toward their constitutions and are soon to provide higher courses related to science, needs of life, and national heritage.
Very few of the teachers teaching at honors and masters level have higher training. The training programme of the university is designed to augment the knowledge of the college teachers, enhance their skill in teaching and get them an exposure to higher ideas. Eminent educationists and scholars of the country are associated with the academic programmes provided on campus.
The university has four academic units: School of Under Graduate Studies, Centre for Post Graduate Education, Training & Research, Centre for Curriculum Development and Evaluation, and Institute of Post-Graduate Studies.
The school and centers organize education in colleges and improve the standard. The university provides bachelors, honors and masters degrees in ten disciplines: languages, humanities, social science, commerce and business administration, physical sciences, mathematical sciences, biological science, education, law and computer technology.
Apart from the units providing campus teaching at Board Bazar, Gazipur, the university has about 1,688[3] component/affiliated colleges. These colleges under its academic control cater for courses leading to Pass, Honours and Masters degrees. The university exercises academic control over the colleges according to the National University Act 1992 mandated by the National Parliament of Bangladesh and the statutes of the university. It provides the curricula and syllabi, arranges admission test, gives guidelines for admission, arranges inspection, holds examination, publishes results and awards certificates.
The curricula and syllabi of the colleges are being standardized and modernized in consonance with national ideology. The new syllabuses came into effect from the last academic session.[when?]
The National University of Bangladesh is now one of the largest universities in the world after its 17-year history — by its number of registered students at affiliated colleges, number of affiliated colleges and number of expanding subjects and courses.
Academic Departments
Faculty of Arts
Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Department of Bengali
Department of English
Department of History
Department of Philosophy
Department of Islamic history and Sanskrit
Faculty of Business Studies
Department of Accounting
Department of Finance
Department of Management
Department of Marketing
Faculty of Science
Department of Computer Science
Department of Botany
Department of Zoology
Department of Chemistry
Department of Physics
Department of Mathematics
Department of Statistics
Faculty of Social Science
Department of Economics
Department of Political Science
Department of Sociology
Department of Social Work
Department of Geography
Department of Psychology
Prominent University College Institutions
Dhaka College
New Govt. Degree College, Rajshahi
Government Titumir College
Eden Girls' College
Govt. College (Narsingdi)
Kabi Nazrul Government College
Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College
Govt Bangla College
Dhaka Commerce College
Dhaka City College
Victoria College, Comilla
Brahmmanbaria Govt College
Government Hazi Mohammad Mohshin College
Chittagong College
Government Physical Education College, Dhaka
Govt Commerce College,Chittagong
Rajshahi College
Brajalal College
Brojomohun College
Michael Modhushudon College
Government Azizul Haque College
Government Saadat College
Kumudini College
Ananda Mohan College
Carmichael College, Rangpur
Sylhet Govt.Womens College
Murari Chand College, Sylhet
Notre Dame College (Dhaka)
Rajshahi Govt. City College, Rajshahi
