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Source: BDPolicyLab Watch record and cited public sourcesAs of 2026-07-05
The university is focused on the organization of its 6th Convocation while managing administrative transitions and ongoing academic cycles.
The university conducted the SSC program admission test for the 2026-27 academic year across 20 centers.
The university issued a notice extending the admission deadline for the SSC program.
Examination routines were published for various programs including the MCCJ program.
A preparatory meeting was held to organize the university's 6th Convocation.
Notices were issued regarding student information corrections and new admission circulars for the DALP program.
Student count (302,777) is the current enrolled figure from the BOU homepage as of May 2026, distinct from the Wikipedia cumulative lifetime enrollment of ~965,838 (as of Dec 2020). Faculty count omitted: the Wikipedia figure of 26,625 'academic staff' from 2016 includes all tutorial centre instructors and is not comparable to standard faculty counts; no current verified figure available. Annual budget omitted: no verified public document found for BOU's institution-level budget allocation for FY2024-25 or FY2025-26. Treasurer post is de facto vacant as of May 16, 2026 following Prof. Shamim's departure to PUST; the BOU website had not yet updated the Treasurer page at time of verification. BOU was not included in the May 14, 2026 11-university reshuffle batch; that batch affected BUET, Islamic University, Comilla, Barishal, Rangamati S&T, and others.
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