UGC alerts students to enrolment at 14 private universities flagged red

The University Grants Commission has alerted students to the risks of admission to 14 private universities flagged red.

The government has already closed some of these universities, some others have their ownership disputed in court, some do not have approved campus while another simply does not have permission to run educational operations.

Besides these, the UGC said in a notice on Tuesday it has not permitted any foreign university to set up branch, campus or study centre in Bangladesh, warning the students against admission to such entities.

Currently, 101 private universities have the UGC’s approval and 91 of them are in operation.

Out of these, 60 have vice-chancellors, 20 pro-vice chancellors and 44 treasurers while the rest of the private universities are operating with these top posts vacant.

The UGC issued the notice to inform the HSC candidates awaiting results about the current state of the private universities.

Thousands of HSC examinees wait to enter a test centre in Dhaka. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

“Neither the education ministry nor the UGC will take responsibilities if any student gets admission to any unapproved private university or unapproved campus, programme or course of any registered private university,” reads the notice.

It advised the students to enrol only at approved campus, programme or course of the private universities.

The 14 universities flagged red in the notice include IBAIS University, America Bangladesh University, Southern University of Bangladesh and Premier University in Chattogram, Gono University, Darul Ihsan University, Queens University, Sylhet International University, and the University of Comilla and Britannia University in Cumilla.

The four others, the University of Science and Technology, the People’s University of Bangladesh, the University of South Asia, and the Atish Dipankar Science and Technology University, have unapproved campuses, according to the notice.

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