Sylhet International University (SIU) is a

private university Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public student loans, and grant (money ...

located at Shamimabad, Bagbari,

Sylhet Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...

, Bangladesh. It was established under ''The Private University Act of 1992''. SIU is affiliated with

University Grants Commission of Bangladesh University Grants Commission ( bn, বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় মঞ্জুরী কমিশন ''Biśbobidyālaẏ mañjurī komiśan'') of Bangladesh was established on 16 December 1972. It was created according to the Pres ...

. The first

vice-chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth and former Commonwealth n ...

was

Sadruddin Ahmed Chowdhury Sadruddin Ahmed Chowdhury (1 January 1931 – 23 July 2016) was a Bangladeshi academic and physicist. He was one of the instrumental figures in founding Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) and served as the vice-chancellor of th ...

. The current vice-chancellor is Md. Shahid Ullah Talukder.

List of vice-chancellors

* Prof. Md. Shahid Ullah Talukder ( present )

Schools

* School of Engineering * School of Law * The School of Business & Social Science

Departments

Department of Business Administration * Bachelor of Business Administration(BBA) * Masters of Business Administration(MBA) Department of English * Bachelor of Arts in English * Masters of Arts(Preliminary and Final) in English * Masters of Arts in English Literature and Language Program Department of Law * Bachelor of Law(Honours) * LLB.(Preliminary and Final) * Masters of Law(LL.M) Department of Computer Science and Engineering * Bachelor of Science(B.Sc.(Engg.)) * Bachelor of Science(Evening program)(B.Sc.(Engg.)) Department of Computer Science and Information Technology * Bachelor of Science(B.Sc.(Engg.)) Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering * Bachelor of Science(B.Sc.(Engg.)) * Bachelor of Science(Evening program)(B.Sc.(Engg.))

Academics

The university commenced its first academic session in October 2001. The university offers the following programs: *

Bachelor of Business Administration Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a bachelor's degree in business administration awarded by colleges and universities after completion of undergraduate study in the fundamentals of business administration and usually including advanced ...

(BBA) *

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

(Executive and regular) * Bachelor of Science in

Computer Science & Engineering Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) is an academic program at many universities which comprises scientific and engineering aspects of computing. CSE is also a term often used in Europe to translate the name of engineering informatics academic ...

( CSE) * Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Engineering (Evening) ( CSE) * Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Informatics ( CSI) * Bachelor of Science in

Electronics & Communication Engineering Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current fl ...

(executive and

undergraduate Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, in the United States, an entry-lev ...

) * Bachelor of Science in

(

Evening Evening is the period of a day that starts at the end of the afternoon and overlaps with the beginning of night. The exact times when evening begins and ends depend on location, time of year, and culture, but it is generally regarded as beginn ...

) * Bachelor of Science in

Electrical Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by ...

Electronics Engineering Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current f ...

(executive and

) * Bachelor of Arts in

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...

(L.L.B Hons) * Evening programs * Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B pass course)

References

{{Authority control Private universities in Bangladesh Universities and colleges in Sylhet District 2001 establishments in Bangladesh Educational institutions established in 2001