A review of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings indicates that the number of Bangladeshi universities in the rankings are increasing.

The 2024 QS Asia University Rankings: Southern Asia includes 280 universities from the Southern Asia region. 

BUET has climbed up 162 notches in the engineering and technology category in the UK-based QS Ranking System in 2022, heading straight for the 185th position from the previous 347th.