National University, Bangladesh


National University is a public collegiate university of Bangladesh that was established in 1992 by an Act of Parliament as an affiliating university of the country to impart graduate and post-graduate level education to students through its affiliated colleges, schools and professional institutions throughout the country. The number of colleges under the NU is 2,257. Among these, 555 are government colleges. A total of 881 colleges offer honors courses. It is the second-largest university in the world in terms of enrollment. The headquarters is in Gazipur, on the outskirts of Dhaka. After its establishment, the university began affiliating with association degree-awarding colleges, many of which were previously affiliated with the University of Dhaka, University of Rajshahi, University of Chittagong and Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.
WWW nu.edu.bd

Organization

It is an undergraduate, postgraduate teaching and research university as well as an affiliating university. It is state-run and public. The university has a school and a centre. It has established institutes that provide courses leading to MPhil and PhD degrees.
The Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (IHS) was established in 1997 to offer a two-year MPhil program based on a modern American-style credit hour and semester system, which includes coursework, a two-month internship, and a thesis supervised by a faculty member. The M.Phil. is an interdisciplinary degree which is intensive enough to help the students to pursue PhD 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, Institute of National Science, Institute of Life Sciences, and Institute of Business and Management Studies – 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 honours 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.
There are four academic units:
  • School of Undergraduate Studies
  • Centre for Postgraduate Studies Training & Research
  • M.Phil./Ph.D. Programme Unit
  • Centre for Curriculum Development and Evaluation
The school and centres organise education in colleges and improve the standard. The university provides bachelor's, honours and master's 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 2,254 component/affiliated colleges. These colleges under its academic control cater for courses leading to Pass, Honours and master's 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 National University of Bangladesh is now the fifth largest university in the world after its 17-year history by its number of registered students at affiliated colleges. It is also one of the largest universities in the world by number of affiliated colleges and number of expanding subjects and courses.

Academic departments

Vice-chancellors

Full list of the vice-chancellors.
  1. Muhammad Abdul Bari
  2. Aminul Islam
  3. Durgadas Bhattacharjee
  4. Abdul Momin Chowdhury
  5. Aftab Ahmad
  6. Wakil Ahmed
  7. Syed Rashedul Hasan
  8. M Mofakhkharul Islam
  9. Kazi Shahidullah
  10. Harun-or-Rashid
  11. Md. Moshiur Rahman
  12. A S M Amanullah

Research and publication

The National University JournalPublication "7 দফা'র 100 বছর"NewsletterSamachar
  • ''Masters Regular Quata Admission Result''

Admission

  • On Campus
  • * NU Undergraduate Program
  • * On-Campus Masters Final
  • * PGD in Library and Information Science
  • * NU On-Campus M. Phil
  • * NU On-Campus Ph.D
  • Institute of Liberation War and Bangladesh Studies
  • * ILBS MPhil
  • * ILBS PhD
  • PGD Program
  • * NU Skill-based PGD Program
  • Affiliated Colleges/Institutes
  • * Honours
  • * Honours Professional
  • * Degree Pass
  • * Private Degree
  • * Private Certificate Course
  • * Masters
  • * Masters
  • * Masters
  • * Preliminary to Masters
  • * Masters
  • * Preliminary to Masters
Until the 2014–15 academic year, admission to undergraduate programs under the National University was conducted through entrance examinations. However, from the 2015–16 academic year, the admission process shifted to a merit-based system, relying solely on SSC and HSC examination results. After nearly a decade, the National University reintroduced entrance examinations for undergraduate admissions starting from the 2024–25 academic year.
On May 31, 2025, a total of 560,595 students appeared for the admission test against 440,195 available seats across 264 government and 617 non-government colleges affiliated with the National University.

Affiliated colleges & institutions

There are around 2,254 colleges affiliated to NUB. Some of them include according to College performance Ranking 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018:

Top 5 colleges

Top college by region

; Rangpur region
; Dhaka region
;Mymensingh region
; Rajshahi region
; Chittagong region
;Khulna region
;Barishal region
;Sylhet region

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