Out of 1,800 universities from around the world, DU and DIU have been ranked 634th and 690th respectively.

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has achieved the joint-top spot among private universities in Bangladesh in the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2025. IUB is placed in the 401-500 bracket globally and ranked fifth among all public and private universities in the country.

A total of 29 universities from Bangladesh, including DU, NSU, and BUET, have made it to the 2025 QS Asia Rankings.

For the cynics, the absence of any Bangladeshi university among the top 800 institutions recently ranked by Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THEWUR) 2025 is unacceptable.

No university from Bangladesh, however, made it to the top 800 of the rankings.

A prestigious ranking system naming Dhaka University as the top university in Bangladesh makes us revisit that love-hate stance.

North South University (NSU) has secured the top position among all universities in Bangladesh in the Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings 2024. NSU ranked in the 301-350 bracket in the rankings. BRAC University was placed in the 351-400 bracket, ranking second in Bangladesh.

London, Tokyo, and Seoul lead the list. Out of the 160 cities in this list, Dhaka ranked 149th with a score of 44.1, one of the lowest on this list.

Democracy needs its voters; and in the case of Dhaka University, this meant recruiting enough of the right kind of voters

Getting ranked higher will never be easy without rectifying the institutions significantly.

In this race, universities vie for higher positions on the leaderboard, marking frenzied attempts to outmanoeuvre their peers.

North South University (NSU) has been ranked in the 201-250 bracket in the Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings 2023.

Ranking universities by comprehensive and internationally accepted organisations serve the purpose of academic improvement, institutional accountability, and students’ enhanced experiences.

In 2022, Bangladeshi universities featured in three major university rankings.

DU and BUET have been included in the 2022-23 Best Global Universities rankings.

The two top law schools in the world withdraw from the most influential university rankings.

BUET and NSU ranked second and third from Bangladesh respectively.

This ranking is being published for the first time this year.

The current state of faculty recruitment at universities in Bangladesh is far from ideal.

Do rankings serve any purpose other than boosting institutional pride?