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University of Dhaka tops our list of 83 universities in Bangladesh at #554 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Next come Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (#2 in Bangladesh) and Bangladesh Agricultural University (#3 in Bangladesh). Across the whole list there are 203 courses to choose from.
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Only one university here holds a QS World position — University of Dhaka at #554 — so it heads the list. Below them, universities follow their research output: University of Dhaka is cited most (856,195 citations). 7 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
83 are public and 0 private (100% public). The oldest is University of Dhaka, founded in 1921. University of Dhaka is the largest, with 37,000 students.
By level: 135 bachelor's, 66 master's and 2 professional. The most common subjects are Engineering (56), Business & Management (37), Social Sciences & Psychology (20) and Languages & Linguistics (19). The usual length is 4 years and 1–2 years. 100% are full-time. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (99% of courses with a stated intake). North South University offers the widest choice, with 38 of these courses.
University of Dhaka (QS World #554), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (#2 in Bangladesh) and Bangladesh Agricultural University (#3 in Bangladesh) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
83 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 4 years, with 1–2 years the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
North South University, with 38, ahead of People's University of Bangladesh (23).
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