Islamic University, Bangladesh
| ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (ইবি) | |
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| Type | Public, Coeducational |
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| Established | 22 November 1979 |
| Affiliation | University Grants Commission, Bangladesh |
| Chancellor | President Md. Abdul Hamid |
| Vice-Chancellor | Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari |
| Students | 16,000+ |
| Location | Kushtia, Khulna, Bangladesh |
| Campus | Urban, 175 acres at Shantidanga-Dulalpur, beside the Kushtia-Khulna highway, about 24 km south from Kushtia and 22 km north from Jhenidah, (Post Code: Kushtia-7003). |
| Language | Bengali, English, Arabic |
| Website | iu |
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Islamic University, Bangladesh (Bengali: ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, বাংলাদেশ), commonly known as Islamic University (IU), Kushtia (Bengali: ইবি), is one of the major public universities in Bangladesh and the largest seat of higher education in the south-west part of the country financially aided by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference and financed by the government of Bangladesh through University Grants Commission, Bangladesh. On 22 November 1979, the foundation of the Islamic University was set up in Kushtia and it is operated under the Islamic University Act of 1980. Islamic University began operations on 28 June 1986. It is the first university in independent Bangladesh which was established after acquiring independence from then West Pakistan in 1971. It is a major international center for an excellent integration of Islamic studies with general studies and studies of modern science, engineering and technology. The university provides both local and foreign students with the facilities of undergraduate studies, postgraduate research and teaching.The standard of teaching is high and the facilities both for academic and extracurricular activities are of good quality. It is a campus-oriented university, where the academic and administrative buildings, residential halls and gymnasium, central cafeteria and auditorium are all on one self-contained 175-acre site at Shantidanga-Dulalpur, beside the Kushtia-Khulna highway. It is located about 24 km south and 22 km north of the Kushtia and Jhenidah district-towns, respectively.
On 1 December 1976 then government announced the establishment of the Islamic University to promote Islamic System of education and to co-ordinate with Islamic Education and other branches of modern education in the country . Islamic University, Kushtia was founded on 22 November 1979 at Shantidanga-Dulalpur (Kushtia-Jhenidah) by the late president Ziaur Rahman based on the recommendation of ‘Islamic University Planning Committee’ on 7 January 1977 headed by M. A. Bari including other seven members.Then the Islamic University Act was passed by National Assembly of Bangladesh on 27 December 1980.The main objective for establishing Islamic University is “to provide for instruction in theology and other fields of Islamic Studies and comparative jurisprudence and such other branches of learning at Graduatge and Postgraduate level as the University may think fit and make provision for research including Post-Doctorate research and training for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge”[Clause 5(a), The Islamic University Act 1980(37)]. On 1 January 1981 the government of Bangladesh appointed A. N. M. Mamtajuddin Choudhury as the first vice-chancellor and the university became operational that year.
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