Farid Uddin Ahmed is a Bangladeshi academic and a former vice-chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.
[3] He served as a professor of the department of economics and the dean of faculty of social sciences at the University of Dhaka.
[4] Professor Obaidul Islam was sent on forced leave for misbehaving with Ahmed, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences in 2014.
[5] On 17 August 2017, Ahmed was appointed vice chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.
[6] On 16 January 2022, the Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of Awami League, attacked the students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology who were protesting for the removal of Sirajunnesa Chowdhury hall provost Zafrin Ahmed Liza.