Metropolitan University or MU is a private university in Sylhet and was established in 2003 by a social worker, Toufique Rahman Chowdhury with the approval of the Ministry of Education under the Private University Act, 1992.
Achievements
Metropolitan University has been approved and accredited by the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and University Grants Commission of Bangladesh. Besides, Metropolitan University is an Institutional Member of the Association of Management Development Institution in South Asia and the Member of Association of Management Development Institution in Bangladesh. The Chairman of Accreditation Service of International College, Moris Dimok inspected Metropolitan University on 6 October 2014 and expressed satisfaction by observing the atmosphere of University. On 19 December 2009, Ataul Karim, Vice President, Old Dominion University, US paid a visit to Metropolitan University. Prof. Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Head of the Department of Computer Science & Technology of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet also visited the Project Fair of Metropolitan University. The university has four schools and six departments. These are:
Metropolitan University offers two short course. These are:
Android Application Development
Micro-controller Programming
Academic calendar
MU runs three semesters in an academic year. These are as follows:
Semester
Duration
Spring
January - April
Summer
May - August
Autumn
September - December
Convocation
Institutes
Institute of Business & Information Technology
Research and publication
Almost all the departments of the university are active in research oriented works and projects. Both the teachers and students frequently published various kind of research article in various international journals and conferences. The university also published a journal called Metropolitan University Journal in every two year. Metropolitan University has its own online news portal MUnews24
Affiliation & collaboration
Metropolitan University is a member of and has active collaboration with the following institution/ organization:
Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia
Association of Management Development Institutions in Bangladesh
Scholarships
Metropolitan University offers various scholarship schemes to financially support the meritorious students. A student may avail the scholarship by his/her previous performance or current performance. Metropolitan University offers the following scholarships to the meritorious students: