Dhaka Central University

DCU is a genuine, newly established institution -- not a proposal or renamed college. Established by ordinance on 2026-02-08 as a federal university affiliating seven historic Dhaka government colleges (total ~200,000 students, ~1,000 faculty across all seven). Not a new standalone campus: each college retains its site and identity. Established year set to 2026 (gazette effective date). Student and faculty counts are aggregates across all seven affiliated colleges per press reports; no disaggregated DCU-only figure yet published. Annual budget is unverified: no UGC allocation or finance ministry budget line found for DCU as a standalone entity as of 2026-05-18 (one press report flagged a 'thousand crore' infrastructure burden on the new government but gave no specific figure). VC history: interim government appointed ASM Abdul Hasib (BUET) on 2026-02-16 who never joined; BNP-Tarique government replaced him with Prof. Md. Nurul Islam (JU/National University) effective 2026-03-17. ugc_recognized set true per UGC university list (http://www.ugc-universities.gov.bd/university-detail/245, SSL error prevented direct fetch but UGC ID 245 confirmed in search results). campus_count set to 7 reflecting the seven affiliate college campuses. Website dcu.ac.bd confirmed in multiple sources; dcu.bd is a separate admission-portal domain.