Islamic University, Bangladesh

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Islamic University, Bangladesh

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Type	public
Established	1985
Chancellor	President Mohammad Zillur Rahman
Vice-Chancellor	Professor Dr. Abdul Hakim Sarkar
Academic staff	Five
Students	12,000+
Location	Kushtia , Bangladesh
Nickname	IU
Affiliations	All of the Fazil & Kamil Madrasahs in the country.
Website	http://www.iu.ac.bd

Kushtia Islamic University Auditorium.

Islamic University (Bengali: ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a public university in Bangladesh financially aided by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. It was formed in 1985 in Kushtia under the Islamic University Act of 1980 to promote the Islamic system of education in the country. Islamic University started its academic activities on June 28, 1986.

History

Islamic University, Kushtia was founded on November 22, 1979 at Shantidanga-Dulalpur (Kushtia-Jhenidah) by the late president Ziaur Rahman based on the recommendation of Islamic University Planning Committee headed by Professor Dr. M. A. Bari. The Islamic University Act was passed by National Assembly of Bangladesh on December 27, 1980. On January 1, 1981 the government of Bangladesh appointed Dr. A. N. M. Mamtajuddin Choudhury as the first vice-chancellor and the university became operational that year.

As construction of several important buildings began, a presidential decree was issued on May 15, 1982 to shift the university from Shantidanga-Dulalpur to Boardbazar, Gazipur on an area of 50 acres. The construction of an academic building, two residential halls and other necessary infrastructures were completed. Initially two faculties (Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences) with four departments (Al-Quran, Dawah, Accounting, Management) were established and 300 students were enrolled. In 1987, two more departments (Sharia and Economics) were established. On December 28, 1988, while the infrastructure development and academic activities were in full swing, the university was again shifted to Shantidanga-Dulalpur (Kushtia-Jhenidah).

In 1991 five more departments — Bengali, English, Arabic, Islamic History, and Public Administration — were established.

Now there are 22 departments under five faculties—modern applied sciences, technological, and engineering subjects were included with the ordinary departments.

On 23 June 2009, an Act of Parliament assigned the President as chancellor, replacing the Prime Minister.

Student body

The university has about 12,000 regular students. There are six halls for students, including four halls of 1,507 seats for male and two hostels of 1000 seats for female students. A new female hostel named Sheikh Hasina hall is constructing. This capacity is not enough and students usually live in two adjacent cities, Kushtia and Jheniadah. The university has approximately 42 buses (both owned and hired) to bring those students to the campus.

External links

• List of Islamic Universities and Colleges around the world