Sylhet International University (SIU) is a

private university Private universities and private colleges are higher education institutions not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. However, they often receive tax breaks, public student loans, and government grants. Depending on the count ...

located at Shamimabad, Bagbari,

Sylhet Sylhet (; ) is a Metropolis, metropolitan city in the north eastern region of Bangladesh. It serves as the administrative center for both the Sylhet District and the Sylhet Division. The city is situated on the banks of the Surma River and, as o ...

, Bangladesh. It was established under ''The Private University Act of 1992''. SIU is affiliated with the

University Grants Commission of Bangladesh University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (; abbreviated as UCG) is the apex body responsible for overseeing higher education in Bangladesh, ensuring quality standards, and advising on university development. It was established on 16 December ...

. The first vice-chancellor was

Sadruddin Ahmed Chowdhury Sadruddin Ahmed Chowdhury (1 January 1931 – 23 July 2016) was a Bangladeshi academic and physicist. He was one of the instrumental figures in founding Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) and served as the first vice-chancellor ...

. The current vice-chancellor is Md. Shahid Ullah Talukder. The campus is equipped with facilities that include classrooms, laboratories, a library, and computer centres. The university has several research centres and laboratories.

List of vice-chancellors

* Md. Shahid Ullah Talukder * Ashraful Alam (present) Schools * School of Engineering * School of Law * The School of Business & Social Science

Departments

Department of Business Administration * Bachelor of Business Administration(BBA) * Masters of Business Administration(MBA) Department of English * Bachelor of Arts in English * Masters of Arts(Preliminary and Final) in English * Masters of Arts in English Literature and Language Program Department of Law * Bachelor of Laws (Honours) * LLB (Preliminary and Final) * Masters of Law (LLM) Department of Computer Science and Engineering * Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.(Engg.)) * Bachelor of Science (Evening program)(B.Sc.(Engg.)) Department of Computer Science and Information Technology * Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.(Engg.)) Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering * Bachelor of Science(B.Sc.(Engg.)) * Bachelor of Science(Evening program)(B.Sc.(Engg.))

Academics

The university commenced its first academic session in October 2001. The university offers the following programs: *

Bachelor of Business Administration A Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is an undergraduate degree in business administration awarded by colleges and universities after completion of four years and typically 120 credits of undergraduate study in the fundamentals of busine ...

(BBA) *

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ...

(Executive and regular) * Bachelor of Science in

Computer Science & Engineering Computer science and engineering (CSE) is an academic subject comprising approaches of computer science and computer engineering. There is no clear division in computing between science and engineering, just like in the field of materials science ...

( CSE) * Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Engineering (Evening) ( CSE) * Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Informatics ( CSI) * Bachelor of Science in

Electronics & Communication Engineering Electronic engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering that emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of Passivity (engineering), active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and contr ...

(executive and undergraduate) * Bachelor of Science in

(

Evening Evening is the period of a day that begins at the end of daylight and overlaps with the beginning of night. It generally indicates the period of time when the sun is close to the horizon and comprises the periods of civil, nautical and astronom ...

) * Bachelor of Science in Electrical &

Electronics Engineering Electronic engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering that emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current flow ...

(executive and undergraduate) * Bachelor of Arts in English *

Bachelor of Laws A Bachelor of Laws (; LLB) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners. This degree requires the study of core legal subje ...

(LLB Hons) * Evening programs * Bachelor of Laws (LLB pass course)

References

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