Metropolitan University
private · general · Sylhet
· verified (record reviewed 2026-09-14)
Profile
- Ownership
- private
- Vice-Chancellor
- Mohammad Jahirul Hoque
- Students
- n/a
- Faculty
- n/a
- Annual budget
- n/a
- Established
- 2003
- District
- Sylhet
Expanding STEM laboratory facilities and strengthening institutional research output at Metropolitan University under UGC guidelines.
Recent activity
- 2026-06-18 academic_council Academic Council of Metropolitan University 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
First private university in Sylhet, founded 3 May 2003 by Dr Toufique Rahman Chowdhury; campus at Bateshwar, Sylhet. VC Mohammad Jahirul Hoque (PhD SOAS) appointed by the President 2022-11-16, joined 2022-12-01. Wikipedia student-count figures (e.g. 48,000) are implausible and uncorroborated, so student/faculty counts set null.