Universities in Bangladesh

There are about 1688[2] colleges organized under the umbrella of Bangladesh National University — one of the largest in the world.

And amongst private higher education institutions, the Universal College Bangladesh is the pioneer of bringing together world's best universities such as Monash College Pathway program and London School of Economics and Political Science in Bangladesh, where you can obtain foreign degree from the Dhaka city campus.

The country is yet to have any research and education network (REN) or digital library consortium (DLC).

Bangladesh has 55 [3] public universities instructing the bulk of higher studies students.

[4] Eight universities the UGC of Bangladesh recommended for shutting down due to poor quality of academic standards.

Dhaka University , the first university in Bangladesh (image dated 1952)