Gano Bishwabidyalaya

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Gano Bishwabidyalaya

Established: 1998
Type: Private
Chancellor: Prof. Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed
Vice-Chancellor: Prof. Dr. A.Q. Chowdhury
Location: Nayarhat, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nickname: GB
Website: http://www.gkbd.org/link/education/gb.htm

Gano Bishwabidyalaya (Bengali: গন বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a private University of Bangladesh. It was established in 1996. The University is located in Nayarhat, Dhaka. It was one of the 11 universities that went operational without University Grants Commission (UGC) approval which was made a necessity under the Private University Act (1992) in Bangladesh. [1] It also introduced new academic courses without UGC approval along with a number of other private universities. [2]

[edit] Academics

There are 24 departments under three faculties. These are :

  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Faculty of Basic and Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Postgraduate Studies

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Khan, Siddiqur Rahman. "11 pvt univs offer 50 courses without UGC approval", New Age, 2005-01-18. Retrieved on 2006-12-16. (English) 
  2. ^ Staff Correspondent. "Private universities continue to hoodwink UGC", Weekly Holiday, 2004-06-02. Retrieved on 2006-12-16. (English) 

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