University of South Asia, Bangladesh explained

University of South Asia, Bangladesh
Native Name:ইউনিভার্সিটি অব সাউথ এশিয়া
Native Name Lang:bn
Type:Private research university
Vice Chancellor:M. A. Wadud Mondal
Academic Staff:108
Students:2,900
City:Amin Bazar, Savar Upazila
State:Dhaka District
Country:Bangladesh
Coordinates:23.7951°N 90.4027°W
Language:English

University of South Asia (Bengali: ইউনিভার্সিটি অব সাউথ এশিয়া) or UNISA is a private university in the Amin Bazar, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Its curriculum has been approved by the University Grants Commission.

History

The university was founded in 2003.[1]

In July 2010, students protesting against value-added tax on tuition blockaded the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway near the university's temporary campus in the Banai neighborhood of Dhaka. Unable to negotiate an end to the conflict, police baton charged the protesters and fired tear gas to clear the road. Students threw brick bats at the police and vandalised vehicles.[2]

A University Grants Commission (UGC) team made a surprise inspection of the university in August 2016. They did not find the vice-chancellor, pro-vice-chancellor, or treasurer on campus.[3] The board of trustees was not formed in accordance with the rules, there was a lack of senior teachers, research was not being performed, and needy students and children of freedom fighters were not being admitted in line with their quotas. In November, the UGC recommended that the Education Ministry cancel the university's temporary approval.[4]

The Private Universities Act 2010 allows at most one-third of the instructors at a university to be part-time. In 2017, more than two-thirds were part time.[5] As of August 2022, the university had only one full professor, the remaining instructors being assistant professors or lecturers.[6]

According to the UGC, the university carried out no research in 2017 or 2018.[7] [8]

By 2018, the university had 4 faculties with a total of 17 departments, and enrollment was 2900. Approximately 70% of students were pursuing degrees in engineering and technology, 15% in business, and 8% in science. About one tenth of the students were female.[9]

It moved to its permanent campus in Savar Upazila in 2022.[10]

Academics

The university has four schools:

University of South Asia Business School

University of South Asia School of Engineering

University of South Asia School of Humanities

University of South Asia School of Public Health and Life Science

List of vice-chancellors

References

  1. Web site: University of South Asia . University Grants Commission of Bangladesh.
  2. News: Private university students lift highway siege . bdnews24.com . 26 July 2010.
  3. News: Harun ur Rashid . ACC to probe University of South Asia documents . The Independent . Dhaka . 22 January 2018.
  4. News: Chowdhury . Noman . Many private varsities still running illegally . Daily Sun . 19 August 2017.
  5. News: Chowdhury . Noman . 12 private varsities run by 50pc part-timers . Daily Sun . 25 September 2017.
  6. News: Akhter . Shahin . Many univs run with no or few professors . New Age . 4 August 2022.
  7. News: Salman . Md Solamain . Huge disparity between growth and research spending . Daily Sun . 9 June 2019.
  8. News: Salman . Md Solamain . Universities lack research culture . Daily Sun . 18 January 2020.
  9. Book: Statistical Yearbook Bangladesh 2020 . May 2021 . Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics . 436, 439 . 978-984-475-047-0.
  10. News: UGC: No new students without permanent campus . Dhaka Tribune . 31 December 2022.
  11. News: Habib . Wasim Bin . Adhikary . Tuhin Shubhra . Certificates from 18 pvt universities unacceptable . The Daily Star . 18 November 2016.
  12. News: bn:ইউনিভার্সিটি অব সাউথ এশিয়ায় উপাচার্য ও সহ-উপাচার্যের যোগদান . https://www.prothomalo.com/education/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A5-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%93 . Prothom Alo . 19 June 2017 . bn.
  13. Web site: Message From VC . University of South Asia.

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