Type Private, Engineering Vice-Chancellor Md. Saleh Uddin Founded 3 May 2003 Color Blue, Red & Gray | Established 3 May 2003 Academic staff 137 Phone +880 821-713077 | |
Chairman Toufique Rahman Chowdhury Chancellor President Md. Abdul Hamid Address Zindabazar Government Primary School, Dhaka - Sylhet Hwy, Sylhet 3100, Bangladesh Motto Enter to Learn, Exit to Lead Similar Sylhet International University, Leading University, Victoria University of Bangla, Presidency University - Bangladesh, Millennium University | ||
Metropolitan University (Bengali: মেট্রোপলিটন ইউনিভার্সিটি) or MU is a private university in Sylhet and was established in 2003 by a social worker, Toufique Rahman Chowdhury with the approval of the Ministry of Education under the Private University Act, 1992 (amended in 1998).
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Achievements
Metropolitan University has been approved and accredited by the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh.
Besides, Metropolitan University is an Institutional Member of the Association of Management Development Institution in South Asia (AMDISA) and the Member of Association of Management Development Institution in Bangladesh.
The Chairman of Accreditation Service of International College (ASIC), Moris Dimok inspected Metropolitan University on 6 October 2014 and expressed satisfaction by observing the atmosphere of University. On 19 December 2009, Ataul Karim, Vice President (Research), Old Dominion University, US paid a visit to Metropolitan University. Prof. Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Head of the Department of Computer Science & Technology of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet also visited the Project Fair of Metropolitan University.
The university has four schools and six departments. These are:
School of Science & Technology
There are two engineering departments. Both department are currently offering B.Sc.(Engg.) degree. The dean is Md. Nazrul Haque.
Departments
School of Business & Economics
This is the business school of the university. Currently two departments are running under the school. The dean is Md. Taher Billal Khalifa.
Departments
School of Humanities & Social Sciences
The dean is Suresh Ranjan Basak.
Departments
School of Law & Justice
The dean is M. Rabiul Hossain.
Departments
Undergraduate course
University offers the following undergraduate programmes:
Graduate course
The following degree programmes are available for graduate students:
Short course
Metropolitan University offers two short course. These are:
Academic calendar
MU runs three semesters in an academic year. These are as follows:
Institutes
Research and publication
Almost all the departments of the university are active in research oriented works and projects. Both the teachers and students frequently published various kind of research article in various international journals and conferences. The university also published a journal called Metropolitan University Journal in every two year. Metropolitan University has its own online news portal MUnews24
Affiliation & collaboration
Metropolitan University is a member of and has active collaboration with the following institution/ organization:
- Ministry of Education, Bangladesh
- University Grant Commission
- Association of Commonwealth Universities
- Accreditation Service for International Colleges
- Birmingham City University
- British Council
- Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA)
- Association of Management Development Institutions in Bangladesh (AMDIB)
Scholarships
Metropolitan University offers various scholarship schemes to financially support the meritorious students. A student may avail the scholarship by his/her previous performance or current performance.
Metropolitan University offers the following scholarships to the meritorious students: