Islamic University, Bangladesh

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Islamic University, Bangladesh, commonly known as Islamic University, Kushtia, is one of the major public research universities in Bangladesh and the largest seat of higher education in the south-west part of the country financially aided by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference and financed by the government of Bangladesh through University Grants Commission, Bangladesh. On 22 November 1979, the foundation of the Islamic University was set up in Kushtia and it is operated under the Islamic University Act of 1980. Islamic University began operations on 28 June 1986. It is 7th university in the country and the first university in the land of independent Bangladesh which was established after acquiring independence from then West Pakistan in 1971. It is a major international center for an excellent integration of Islamic studies with general studies and studies of modern science, engineering and technology. The university provides both local and foreign students with the facilities of undergraduate studies, postgraduate research and teaching.The standard of teaching is high and the facilities both for academic and extracurricular activities are of good quality. It is a campus-oriented university, where the academic and administrative buildings, residential halls and gymnasium, central cafeteria and auditorium are all on one self-contained 175-acre site at Shantidanga-Dulalpur, beside the Kushtia-Khulna highway. It is located about 24 km south and 22 km north of the Kushtia and Jhenidah district-towns, respectively.