North South University

North South University (Bengali: নর্থসাউথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) or NSU is the first[1] [2] private university of Bangladesh. The university offers a number of undergraduate and Masters degrees in the fields of Business Administration, Computer Science, Telecommunications 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 2007 Convocation Ceremony, 518 students were awarded degrees in undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

Zillur Rahman, President of People's Republic of Bangladesh is the Chancellor of the university (president of Bangladesh is vested with this authority to be the Chancellor of all universities in the country mpra [3] ) . Dr. Hafiz G.A. Siddiqi is serving as Vice Chancellor. NSU currently has 160 full-time and 125 part-time faculty members, all of whom, as a requirement, possess postgraduate qualifications from abroad, most of them from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. A number of professors and lecturers from noted public universities such as University of Dhaka and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology serve as part-time / adjunct faculty members at the North South University.

Website: http://www.northsouth.edu/