Universities in Bangladesh

Notable Universities in Bangladesh

A closer look at 20 universities in Bangladesh. Founding year is from Wikidata, and what each publishes most research in is from OpenAlex (papers since 2020). A dash means the source has nothing.

School	City	Type	Founded	Publishes most in
University of Dhaka	Dhaka	Public	1921	Social SciencesMedicineEnvironmental Science
University of Rajshahi	Rajshahi	Public	1954	MedicineAgricultural and Biological SciencesSocial Sciences
Chittagong Medical University	Chattogram	Public	2016	—
Bangladesh Agricultural University	Mymensingh	Public	1961	Agricultural and Biological SciencesEnvironmental ScienceMedicine
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology	Dhaka	Public	1876	EngineeringMaterials ScienceEnvironmental Science
Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology	Rajshahi	Public	1964	EngineeringComputer ScienceMedicine
University of Chittagong	Chattogram	Public	1966	Environmental ScienceMedicineSocial Sciences
Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology	Chittagong	Public	1968	EngineeringComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science
Jahangirnagar University	Savar	Public	1970	MedicineEnvironmental ScienceComputer Science
Islamic University of Technology	Gazipur	Public	1981	EngineeringComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science
Islamic University Kushtia	Kushtia	Public	1979	MedicineComputer ScienceBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology	Gazipur	Public	1980	EngineeringMaterials ScienceComputer Science
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology	Sylhet	Public	1987	Environmental ScienceEngineeringMedicine
University of Science & Technology Chittagong	Chattogram	Private	1989	MedicineEngineeringComputer Science
International University of Business Agriculture and Technology	Dhaka	Private	1991	EngineeringComputer ScienceSocial Sciences
Khulna University	Khulna	Public	1991	Agricultural and Biological SciencesMedicineEnvironmental Science
Bangladesh Open University	Gazipur	Public	1992	Social SciencesMedicineAgricultural and Biological Sciences
Independent University, Bangladesh	Dhaka	Private	1993	MedicineEngineeringComputer Science
North South University	Dhaka	Private	1992	MedicineComputer ScienceEngineering
American International University - Bangladesh	Dhaka	Private	1994	EngineeringComputer ScienceMedicine