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Metropolitan University Bangladesh
MottoCommitted to excellence
TypePrivate, Engineering
Established3 May 2003; 20 years ago (3 May 2003)
AccreditationUniversity Grants Commission (UGC)
Academic affiliations
ChairmanToufique Rahman Chowdhury
ChancellorPresident Mohammed Shahabuddin
Vice-ChancellorMohammad Jahirul Hoque
Academic staff
137
Administrative staff
74
Undergraduates3,700
Postgraduates421
Location
Sylhet

24°55′49″N 91°58′23″E / 24.930182°N 91.973063°E / 24.930182; 91.973063
CampusBateshwar, Sylhet, Bangladesh
Colors      Blue, red & gray
Websitemetrouni.edu.bd

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).

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.[1]

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),[2] 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. 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.[3]

The university has four schools and six departments. These are:[4][5]

List of vice-chancellors

School of Science & Technology

There are three engineering departments. Both departments 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

Courses

Undergraduate course

University offers the following undergraduate programmes:[8]

Graduate course

The following degree programmes are available for graduate students:[9]

Short course

Metropolitan University offers two short course. These are:[10]

Academic calendar

MU runs two semesters in an academic year. These are as follows:

Semester Duration
Spring January - June
Summer July - December

Convocation

Convocation Year
1st Convocation [13] 2010
2nd Convocation [14] 2015
3rd Convocation [15] 2018

[16]

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 [18]

Affiliation & collaboration

Metropolitan University is a member of and has active collaboration with the following institution/ organization:[19]

  1. Ministry of Education, Bangladesh
  2. University Grant Commission
  3. Association of Commonwealth Universities
  4. Accreditation Service for International Colleges
  5. Birmingham City University
  6. British Council
  7. Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia|Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA)
  8. Association of Management Development Institutions in Bangladesh|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.[20]

Metropolitan University offers the following scholarships to the meritorious students:

Footnotes

  1. ^ "List of Private Universities". University Grants Commission. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges and Universities - ASIC". www.asic.org.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Achievements". Metropolitan University. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Metropolitan University, Sylhet". University Grants Commission. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Academic Council". Metropolitan University. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  6. ^ "vc".
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  8. ^ "Undergraduate Course". Metropolitan University. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Graduate Courses". Metropolitan University. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Short Courses | Course Categories". Metropolitan University. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  11. ^ "Android Application Development". Metropolitan University. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  12. ^ "Microcontroller Programming". Metropolitan University. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  13. ^ "1st-convocation". Metropolitan University. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  14. ^ "2nd Convocation". Metropolitan University. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  15. ^ "3rd Convocation". Metropolitan University. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  16. ^ "Convocation". Metropolitan University. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  17. ^ "Faculty of * Business & Information Technology (IBIT)". University Grants Commission. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  18. ^ "MUNEWS24". munews24.com. Metropolitan University. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  19. ^ "Affiliations". Metropolitan University. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  20. ^ "Scholarships". Metropolitan University. Retrieved 12 December 2015.

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