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| লিডিং ইউনিভার্সিটি | |
 | |
| Other name | LU |
|---|---|
| Type | Private university |
| Established | 2001 (2001) |
| Accreditation | Institute of Architects Bangladesh |
| Academic affiliation | University Grants Commission (Bangladesh) (UGC) |
| Chancellor | President of Bangladesh |
| Vice-Chancellor | Qazi Azizul Mowla |
| Academic staff | 130 |
| Students | 4,692 |
| Location | Sylhet, Bangladesh 24°52′11″N 91°48′17″E / 24.8697°N 91.8048°E / 24.8697; 91.8048 |
| Campus | Urban 5 acres |
| Language | English |
| Website | lus |
Leading University (Template:Lang-bn), commonly known as LU, is a private university of Bangladesh. It was founded in 2001. The LU campus is located in Ragib Nagar, Kamal Bazar, South Surma, Sylhet.
History
Leading University was founded in 2001 by industrialist Ragib Ali.
Before its permanent campus was established, the university operated out of upper floors of Madhuban market building in Sylhet's Bandar Bazar neighborhood. It opened its permanent campus in February 2016.
By 2018, the university had 4 faculties and enrollment was 4,692. Approximately 40% of students were pursuing degrees in business administration, 35% in engineering and technology, 10% arts and humanities, and 10% in law. About one fifth of the students were female.
Academics
Faculties and departments
Leading University has 11 academic departments:
- Faculty of Modern Science:
- Department of Architecture (Arch)
- Department of Civil Engineering (CE)
- Department of Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)
- Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE)
- Department of Public Health (PH)
- Faculty of Business Administration:
- Department of Business Administration (BuA)
- Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management (THM)
- Faculty of Social Science:
- Department of Law
- Department of Islamic Studies (IS)
- Faculty of Arts and Modern Language:
Programs
The university offers the following undergraduate programs:
- Bachelor of Architecture (IAB Accreditation)
- B.Sc. in Civil Engineering
- B.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering
- B.Sc. (Hons) in Electrical & Electronics Engineering
- BBA (Hons)
- LL.B (Hons)
- Bachelor of Tourism & Hospitality Management
- B.A. (Hons) in English
- B.A. (Hons) in Bangla
- B.A. (Hons) in Islamic Studies
LU offers the following postgraduate programs:
- MBA (Regular)
- MBA (Executive)
- M.A. in English (Preliminary and Final)
- M.A. in Islamic Studies
- LL.M
- Master of Public Health
- M.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering
Research
In 2018, the university spent 0.5–1.0 million Bangladeshi taka ($6,000–12,000 as of 2018) on research.
LU publishes the Journal of Business, Society and Science (ISSN 2072-5701) three times a year.
List of vice-chancellors
Following is the complete list of the vice-chancellors.
- Mohammad Nurunnabi Chowdhury (21 March 2002 - 20 March 2006)
- ABM Shahidul Islam (1 August 2006 - 18 October 2009)
- Md. Kismatul Ahsan (15 September 2011 - 14 September 2015)
- Md. Qumruzzaman Chowdhury (1 March 2016 - 29 February 2020)
- Qazi Azizul Mowla (1 March 2021 - present)
See also
References
- ^ Statistical Yearbook Bangladesh 2020 (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. May 2021. pp. 435, 438. ISBN 978-984-475-047-0.
- চ্যালেঞ্জ মোকাবিলায় দক্ষ গ্র্যাজুয়েট গড়াই লক্ষ্য. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 18 April 2023.
- "Sylhet businessman killed in clash with students". The Daily Star. 15 December 2007.
- "Two pvt varsities operating their activities in commercial buildings". The New Nation. 11 September 2011.
- ‘দক্ষ মানবসম্পদ সরবরাহের কারখানা লিডিং ইউনিভার্সিটি’. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 25 February 2016.
- "Faculty". Leading University.
- "Universities lack research culture". Daily Sun. 18 January 2020.
- International Association of Universities (2019). International Handbook of Universities 2019 (29th ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. p. 286. ISBN 978-3-319-76970-7.
- "VC". Leading University.