Islamic University, Bangladesh
Profile
- Ownership
- public
- Vice-Chancellor
- Prof. Dr. A K M Motinur Rahman
- Students
- 18000
- Faculty
- 394
- Annual budget
- n/a
- Established
- 1979
- District
- Kushtia
Expanding STEM laboratory facilities and strengthening institutional research output at Islamic University, Bangladesh under UGC guidelines.
Recent activity
- 2026-06-18 academic_council Academic Council of Islamic University, Bangladesh approved revised curricula aligned with Bangladesh National Qualifications Framework. ↗
- 2026-07-15 infrastructure Commissioned upgraded central laboratory and digital research facilities across general faculties. ↗
- 2026-08-10 admission Announced academic admission intake guidelines and enrollment quotas for the upcoming academic session. ↗
Provenance & notes
Verification status 'partial': student_count (18,000+) from Wikipedia cross-checked against Banglapedia (15,384) — Wikipedia figure is more recent and reflects postgraduate enrolment; Banglapedia figure (15,384) appears to be from an earlier snapshot; used Wikipedia upper bound. Faculty count (394 teachers) is from Banglapedia, which also lists 473 officers and 326 employees. Annual budget not publicly verifiable from primary sources; set null. Pro-VC (Yeaqub Ali) and Treasurer (Jahangir Alam) were appointed December 2, 2024 under the interim government; their status under the new BNP-era VC (Motinur Rahman, took office May 15, 2026) has not yet been reported as changed. Registrar Manjurul Haque holds an acting designation as confirmed in multiple 2025-26 press releases. Campus is on the Kushtia-Jhenaidah border (175 acres at Shantidanga-Dulalpur); administratively in Kushtia district, Khulna division. The 271st syndicate (October 31, 2025) suspended 19 teachers, 11 officials, expelled 33 students over anti-July-uprising roles; these sanctions were subsequently reversed at the 273rd emergency syndicate (March 19, 2026). Note: 33 expelled students were not included in the reinstatement; only the 30 teachers/officials were reinstated. Former VC Nakib Nasrullah replaced interim VC Shaikh Abdus Salam (who resigned August 8, 2024 post-July uprising); the February-May 2026 window falls under the BNP government sworn in February 17, 2026.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_University,_Bangladesh
- https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Islamic_University
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/387095
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/education/newly-appointed-islamic-university-vc-assumes-office-949746
- https://www.newagebd.net/post/Country/299740/bangladesh-govt-appoints-new-vcs-in-11-public-univs
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/227818
- https://www.newagebd.net/post/education/251817/m-yaqub-ali-new-pro-vc-jahangir-alam-appointed-treasurer-of-iu
- https://www.bssnews.net/district/365957
- https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/staffer-kills-teacher-islamic-university-4121226
- https://www.bssnews.net/district/373873
- https://www.newagebd.net/post/country/294390/punishment-of-30-iu-teachers-officials-waived
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/384176
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/386563
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/383293
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/islamic-university-suspends-19-teachers-11-officials-expels-33-students-over-alleged-anti