Victoria University of Bangladesh (VUB) (Bengali: ভিক্টোরিয়া বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a private university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in May 2003. In January 2023, the University Grants Commission (UGC) asked it to stop admitting new students because of its failure to move to a permanent campus within the statutory period.
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Established | 2003 |
| Chancellor | President Mohammed Shahabuddin |
Academic staff | 41[1] |
| Students | 510[1] |
| Location | , Bangladesh 23°45′02″N 90°23′18″E / 23.7506°N 90.3884°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | UGC |
| Website | vub |
History
editVictoria University of Bangladesh was founded in May 2003 by businessman K B M Moin Uddin Chisty. Instruction began with the Spring 2004 semester in two faculties.[2]
By 2018, the university had three faculties with a total of nine departments, and enrollment was 510. Approximately 60% of students were pursuing degrees in business administration, 25% in arts and humanities, and 15% in engineering and technology. About one quarter of the students were female.[1]
Private universities are required by law to move to a permanent campus within 12 years of their launch. VUB failed to do so, despite repeated warnings from the UGC and extensions of the deadline. Consequently, in January 2023, the UGC asked the university to stop enrolling new students.[3][4] In April 2023, VUB was operating with no approved vice-chancellor, pro-vice-chancellor, or treasurer.[5]
Faculties and departments
editThe university has three faculties:
Faculty of Business and Management
edit- Department of Business Administration
- Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) (126 credits)
- Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management
- Bachelor of Tourism and Hospitality Management (Honours) (126 credits)
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
edit- Department of Education
- Department of English
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English (120 credits)
Faculty of Science
edit- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
List of vice-chancellors
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Statistical Yearbook Bangladesh 2020 (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. May 2021. pp. 436, 439. ISBN 978-984-475-047-0.
- ^ "Founder & President, BoT". Victoria University of Bangladesh.
- ^ "UGC asks 4 private universities to stop student enrolment". bdnews24.com. 19 January 2023.
- ^ "UGC suspends admission to 4 pvt univs". New Age. 19 January 2023.
- ^ Ahmed, Mustak (20 April 2023). "New private universities get approval despite decline in quality in existing ones". Prothom Alo.
- ^ "Victoria University of Bangladesh". University Grants Commission. Archived from the original on 2022-08-09.
- ^ "Victoria University of Bangladesh". University Grants Commission. Archived from the original on 2022-10-06.