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North South University
	File:NSU Logo.jpg Seal of the North South University
Motto	"Center of Excellence in Higher Education"
Type	Private, Coeducational
Established	1992
Chancellor	President Zillur Rahman
Vice-Chancellor	Dr. Hafiz G.A. Siddiqi
Academic staff	350
Students	10,000 (year:2009)
Location	Dhaka, Bangladesh; 23°47′38″N 90°24′13″E / 23.794°N 90.4035°E
Campus	Urban
Colors	Blue and White
Nickname	NSU
Affiliations	University Grants Commission, Bangladesh
Website	northsouth.edu

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North South University (Bengali: নর্থসাউথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) or NSU is the first government-approved private university of Bangladesh^[1] . The university, where the language of instruction is English, offers a number of Undergraduate and Masters degrees in the fields of Business Administration, Computer Science, Electrical and Telecommunications Engineering,Electrical and Electronic Engineering , Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Environmental Management, Economics, English, Architecture, etc. It also offers several courses for general and continuing education. About 10,000 students are currently enrolled at North South University. In its 12th Convocation Ceremony in 2009, 1074^[2] students were awarded degrees in undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

Zillur Rahman, President of Bangladesh, is the Chancellor of the university. Dr. Hafiz G.A. Siddiqi is serving as Vice Chancellor. NSU currently has around 200 full-time and 150 part-time faculty members, all of whom, as a requirement ^{[citation needed]}, possess postgraduate qualifications from abroad, most of them from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada ^{[citation needed]}.

History

The first cohort of freshman intake of January 1993 had 137 students^[3] enrolled in three Departments: Business Administration, Computer Science, and Economics. Departments of Environmental Studies (DES), English and General and Continuing Education (GCE) were founded later. The Masters Program in Economics was introduced in 1994. The MBA Program was launched in Summer 1997. Masters in Development Studies and Bachelor in Computer Engineering were introduced in 2002. MS in Computer Science has been introduced from Summer 2003. Bachelor in Architecture was introduced in Fall 2004. Masters in English was launched in Spring 2005. Pharmacy (Undergraduate) and Executive MBA (EMBA) program launched in Spring 2006 and Masters in Biotechnology and Masters in Public Health program launched in Summer 2006. BS in Biotechnology, BS in Microbiology and BS in Biochemistry programs were introduced in Spring 2007. BS in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Bs.EEE)was introduced in Spring 2009.

Administration

President of the Republic is ex-officio Chancellor of the university. Vice Chancellor is the Chief Executive of the University. Each academic department has its own Head. Individual academic department in turn has a Program Director for its every academic program. On top of the administration, there is the governing board (BoG - Board of Governors), headed by a chairperson which oversees policy matters^[4].

Academics

School of Business

The school offers degrees in Business Administration having concentrations in the area of Marketing, Management Information Systems, Human Resource Management, International Business, Business Policy and Strategy, Finance and Accounting. The programs currently offered by the School of Business are:

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Executive MBA (EMBA)

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

This Department offered following programs

Department of Architecture

The Department of Architecture offers the five-year Bachelor of Architecture degree in architecture.

School of Life Sciences

Department of Environmental Science & Management

Two undergraduate programs are currently offered by the department.

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science (BS in Env.)
Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies (BA in Env.)

Department of Pharmacy

The Department of Pharmacy currently offers the following undergraduate degree:

Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm)

Department of Life Sciences

Programs offered by the department are as follows:

Bachelor of Science in Microbiology
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Masters in Biotechnology

Department of Public Health

Programs offered by the department are as follows:

Masters in Public Health (MPH)

School of Arts and Social Sciences

Department of English

The department of English offers the following undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. For MA studies, candidates may specialize in English Literature, English Language and Linguistics or TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages).

Bachelor of Arts in English (BA in Eng.)
Master of Arts in English (MA in Eng.)

Department of Economics

The Department of Economics offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in:

Bachelor of Science in Economics
Master of Science in Economics, Development Studies

Department of General and Continuing Education

Individuals who have not participated in formal education for some time or who do not intend to become candidates for a degree may register for credits in undergraduate courses in this department as non-degree students. Applicants are admitted as non-degree students on a semester by semester basis without any obligation to continue. Such students may apply at any time for transfer to a degree program with/without the credits earned as non-degree students. Program offered by the Department of General and Continuing Education:

Master in Public Policy and Governance (MPPG)

Research Institutes

English Institute
Institute of Development, Environment and Strategic Studies(IDESS)
Center for Information & Communication Technology(CICT)
Confucius Institute

The Confucius Institute at NSU was established in February, 2006, the first in South Asian region and so far the only one in Bangladesh. Some 600 students have been enrolled and nearly 100 Bangladeshis are learning Chinese at the Institute now^[5].

Campus

Permanent campus

NSU Entrance

SAC and Admin Building

Bridge Between SAC and NAC

The university's current campus is located in Bashundhara, Dhaka. The foundation of the current campus was laid on January 30, 2003 by Begum Khaleda Zia^[6]. After a long wait, classes started in the permanent campus from June 9, 2009^[7]. This campus is capable of serving 12,000 students with all modern amenities and facilities. It comprises 6, 8-10 storied, building with 3 basement on 18 bighas of land having 12 lac. 50 thousand sq-ft^[8]. The major units are: Administrative building, North Academic Building (NAC), South Academic Building (SAC), Open Theater Building, Library and the Auditorium. The School of Business and the School of Arts and Social Sciences are located in North Academic Building (NAC) and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the School of Life Sciences are located in South Academic Building (SAC).

Old campus

Old campus of North South University was located in 12, Kemal Attaturk Avenue in Banani, Dhaka. It had five buildings—Star Tower, Sher Tower, Lifo Tower, BTA Tower and GMQ Tower. The Star Tower was the main administrative building, department of Computer Science and Engineering, Life Sciences and Pharmacy were also located in that building. School of Business Administration was located in Sher Tower. The GMQ Tower was named in honor of the late proctor, G.M. Abul Quasem, of North South University.

Library

File:LibraryNSU1.jpg

NSU Library

NSU Library consists of six floors with over 60,000 square feet floor area at the south-east side of the campus. This is the first fully automated university library in Bangladesh using self-developed library management software^[9]^[10], which supports web-based online circulation system, full-text e-books and online journal article services. The library can accommodate over 1200 students at a time in its reading rooms. On an average 2000 students use the library every day. As of March 2010, the library possesses over 31,796 books, 5,700 bound journals and magazines, 1,277 CD ROM databases and books, 103 videos, 159 audio-cassettes, and 62 DVDs^[11].The library subscribes to 15 local journals, 18 foreign and 12 local magazines, two foreign dailies and most of the leading national dailies published from Dhaka. In addition to this, the library also ensures easy access to the Internet for the users to browse, download, and print fulltext articles from over 10000 journals from Blackwell, IEEE, Jstor, HINARI, OARE, AGORA, Oxford University Press, Wiley Interscience, Springer online databases etc.

Publications

The university publishes a journal titled Panini.^[12]

Campus life

Student activity club

North South University has various student clubs focused on different topics. For example, the North South University Shangskritik Shangathan, established in the Fall of 1994, organizes cultural programs celebrating major national events. Young Entrepreneurs Society (YES) is an organisation for fostering entrepreneurship. NSU Wireless Forum and NSU Computer Club organize Technology related events. The NSU Debate Club is the first student activity club at NSU. In 2007 NSU Debating club won the bid of All Asians 2008 and got to be the first South Asian university to host this particular tournament. AIESEC in North South University is a local chapter of AIESEC Bangladesh.

The university has the following clubs: AIESEC, Computer Club, Cine and Drama Club, Debate Club, Earth Club, English Club, Games and Sports Club, MBA Club, Media Club, Pharma Society, Photography Club, Shangskritik Shangathan, Social Service Club, Young Economists' Forum, Young Entrepreneurs Society, Wireless Forum, and NSU Canvas.

Criticism and controversy

Recently North South University has gained negative attention of the media and public due to incidents of rape inside the campus, the proctor Gour Govinda Goswami's efforts in concealing the rape, the issuing of a notice blaming the rape on the dressup of female students and hiding the involvement of staff with the rape, eve-teasing of students by lower staff, proctor's denial of justice to victims of eve-teasing and dismissal of students trying to raise the issues. A controversial recovery of hidden cams from several of the female washrooms has also been a topic of hot discussion among students and guardians. ^[13]

North South University has also been criticised several times for the brutal suppression of several protest efforts by students, one of which included a protest against a sudden increment in tuition fees in Spring of 2009 semester, in which students were severely beaten up, even female students were physical abused by NSU staffs and members of law enforcement agencies under the instructions of NSU authority. ^[14]

References

^ "Private Higher Education in Bangladesh, UNESCO Research Paper" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-03-07.
^ Convocation. "NSU holds 12th Convocation for first time at NSU Main Campus". Retrieved 2010-03-01.
^ "NSU: A Brief History". Retrieved 2010-03-07.
^ "NSU: A Brief History". Retrieved 2010-03-07.
^ "Confucius Institute in Bangladesh cements relations". Retrieved 2010-03-01.
^ "New Campus Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony". Retrieved 2010-03-02.
^ "NSU commences classes at the new campus". Retrieved 2010-03-02.
^ "NSU holds Fall 2009 orientation Ceremony at its own campus". Retrieved 2010-03-02.
^ "Use of ICT in Libraries: An Empirical Study of Selected Libraries in Bangladesh". Retrieved 2010-03-07.
^ "Library Automation in Bangladesh: The Dhaka University Library Experiences". Retrieved 2010-03-07.
^ NSU Library. "Library At a glance". Retrieved 2010-03-02.
^ PANINI. "Panini: NSU STUDIES IN LANGUAGE & LITERATURE". Retrieved 2009-01-21.
^ The New Age Coverage: http://www.newagebd.com/2009/nov/26/nov26/xtra_cover.html, The Daily Star Coverage: http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/496/nsurapedstar.jpg, The controversial notice by NSU blaming the dress-up of students for rape: http://saquibhussain.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/cant-help-but-to-hate/, Student protest groups: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=239674821216
^ http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/wit-idea-details.php?nid=121&type=witness

External links

[1] "Private Higher Education in Bangladesh, UNESCO Research Paper" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-03-07.

[2] Convocation. "NSU holds 12th Convocation for first time at NSU Main Campus". Retrieved 2010-03-01.

[3] "NSU: A Brief History". Retrieved 2010-03-07.

[4] "NSU: A Brief History". Retrieved 2010-03-07.

[5] "Confucius Institute in Bangladesh cements relations". Retrieved 2010-03-01.

[6] "New Campus Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony". Retrieved 2010-03-02.

[7] "NSU commences classes at the new campus". Retrieved 2010-03-02.

[8] "NSU holds Fall 2009 orientation Ceremony at its own campus". Retrieved 2010-03-02.

[9] "Use of ICT in Libraries: An Empirical Study of Selected Libraries in Bangladesh". Retrieved 2010-03-07.

[10] "Library Automation in Bangladesh: The Dhaka University Library Experiences". Retrieved 2010-03-07.

[11] NSU Library. "Library At a glance". Retrieved 2010-03-02.

[12] PANINI. "Panini: NSU STUDIES IN LANGUAGE & LITERATURE". Retrieved 2009-01-21.

[13] The New Age Coverage: http://www.newagebd.com/2009/nov/26/nov26/xtra_cover.html, The Daily Star Coverage: http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/496/nsurapedstar.jpg, The controversial notice by NSU blaming the dress-up of students for rape: http://saquibhussain.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/cant-help-but-to-hate/, Student protest groups: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=239674821216

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 Recently North South University has gained negative attention of the media and public due to incidents of [[rape]] inside the campus, the proctor Gour Govinda Goswami's efforts in concealing the rape, the issuing of a notice blaming the rape on the dressup of female students and hiding the involvement of staff with the rape, eve-teasing of students by lower staff, proctor's denial of justice to victims of [[eve-teasing]] and dismissal of students trying to raise the issues. A controversial recovery of hidden cams from several of the female washrooms has also been a topic of hot discussion among students and guardians. <ref>The New Age Coverage: http://www.newagebd.com/2009/nov/26/nov26/xtra_cover.html, The Daily Star Coverage: http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/496/nsurapedstar.jpg, The controversial notice by NSU blaming the dress-up of students for rape: http://saquibhussain.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/cant-help-but-to-hate/, Student protest groups: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=239674821216</ref>
+North South University has also been criticised several times for the brutal suppression of several protest efforts by students, one of which included a protest against a sudden increment in tuition fees in Spring of 2009 semester, in which students were severely beaten up, even female students were physical abused by NSU staffs and members of law enforcement agencies under the instructions of NSU authority. <ref>http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/wit-idea-details.php?nid=121&type=witness</ref>
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