Stamford University Bangladesh

Not to be confused with Stanford University.
Stamford University Bangladesh
Type Private, Coeducational
Established 2002
Chancellor President of Bangladesh
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. M. Feroze Ahmed
Academic staff
 350(full-time faculty)
Students 26,000+ [1]
Location Dhaka, Bangladesh
Campus Urban
Colors Ultramarine and Alice blue
Affiliations University Grants Commission Bangladesh
Website stamforduniversity.edu.bd

Stamford University Bangladesh (Bengali: স্টামফোর্ড বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় বাংলাদেশ) is a private university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 2002 under the Private University Act.[2] Before starting as a university, its predecessor institution was known as a Stamford college group established in 1994,[3] later it was upgraded as private university of Bangladesh in 2002 and appeared as Stamford University Bangladesh. It is also having the highest number of students (around 14000) among the private universities in Bangladesh. Stamford University is the first ISO certified university in Bangladesh.[4]

Departments and subjects

Department of English
Department of Computer Science
Department of Business Administration
Entrance to Stamford University (Siddeshwari campus)
Siddeshwari campus
Department of Law
Department of Pharmacy
Department of Microbiology
Department of Environmental Science
Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Department of Architecture
Department of Film and Media
Department of Economics
Department of Journalism Media Studies
Dhanmondi campus

Credit transfer

Stamford university provide credit transfer facility for its students to different reputed foreign universities. The university has already transferred more than 100 students of BBA, MBA, CSE and CSI programs to different universities of the USA, the UK, Canada and Australia. It has arranged joint degree programs and credit transfer programs with Claflin University, State University of New York and Monash University, Australia.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Profile of the university". Retrieved 2007-01-15.
  2. ↑ "Private University Act, 1992". Retrieved 2007-07-01.
  3. ↑ "37th Bengal Studies Conference". Retrieved 2007-07-01.
  4. ↑ http://www.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2009/december/private_uni/profile.htm

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