Administrative staff 223 (2015) Undergraduates 12,068 (2015) Total enrollment 22,000 (2016) Chancellor Abdul Hamid | Established 1992 Students 13,990(2015) Phone +880 2-55668200 Founded 1992 Vice-chancellor Atiqul Islam | |
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Academic staff 907 (including 449 impermanent/adjunct faculty) (2015) Motto Center of Excellence in Higher Education Notable alumni Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Ziaul Faruq Apurba, Sabila Nur Similar American International University‑Bangladesh, Independent University - Bangladesh, East West University, Ahsanullah University of Scienc, Daffodil International University Profiles | ||
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North South University (Bengali: নর্থসাউথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) or NSU is the first private university of Bangladesh. The government of Bangladesh approved the establishment of North South University in 1992 under the Private University Act (PUA) 1992 (now replaced by PUA 2010). The university was formally inaugurated on February 10, 1993, by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
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Campus
The university's campus is at khaza baba road at Basundhara in Dhaka. The foundation of the campus was laid on January 30, 2003 by Begum Khaleda Zia. Classes started in the permanent campus from June 9, 2009.
This campus can serve up to 20,000 students with amenities and facilities. It contains six buildings with three basements on six acres of land having 665,000 square feet of floorspace.
List of Vice-Chancellors
Library
The NSU library has tow with over 70,000 square feet (6,500 m2) floor area on the southeastern side of the campus. It is the first fully automated university library in Bangladesh using its own library management software, which supports RFID system, web-based online circulation system, full-text e-books and online journal article repository services. The library can accommodate over 1,200 students in its reading rooms. On average 2,000 students use the library every day.
As of August 2014, the library holds 49,500 books, 50,000 online books, 6,000 bound journals (Foreign and local) and magazines, 1,890 CD-ROM databases and books, 226 DVD and videos, 159 audio-cassettes, and other resources.
University Grants Commission (UGC) investigators found the banned militant outfit Hizb-ut Tahrir’s printed materials in the library of the North South University in 2015.
Academics
The university's ten departments are organized into four schools.
Schools
- School of Business and Economics(Accredited By ACBSP)
- Department of Accounting & Finance
- Department of Economics
- Department of Management
- Department of Marketing & International Business
- School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
- Department of Architecture
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Department of Mathematics and Physics
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- School of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Department of English & Modern Languages
- Department of History & Philosophy
- Department of Law
- Department of Political Science & Sociology
- School of Health & Life Sciences
- Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology
- Department of Environmental Science and Management
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Department of Public Health
North South University is accredited by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The university's School of Business and Economics was accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) in November 2015.
Institutes
NSU has four institutes and one center:
International Organizations
Publications
The university publishes a journal called Panini.
Corruption allegation
In 2012, University Grants Commission probe body has found a numerous instances of corruption of the universities' trustee board's chairman M Shahjahan. As a result, the education ministry dissolved the trustee board. Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Abul Hashem, one of the trustee members, was charged with corruption by Anti Corruption Commission during caretaker government.
Students involved militancy
However, North South University is one of the top institution for higher degrees but in 2016, North South University came under government surveillance after some of its students and former faculties were found to have links with militant activities. Students of the university were involved with at least four militant attacks in Bangladesh.
University Grants Commission (UGC) investigators found the banned militant outfit Hizb-ut Tahrir’s printed materials in the library of the North South University in 2015.
The University Grants Commission has suggested several measures to curb student involvement with militant groups. These include attendance tracking, online monitoring by parents and guardians of course loads and grades, and greater student participation in university social activities.