21 October 1992; 31 years ago (21 October 1992)[1]
Chancellor
President Mohammed Shahabuddin
Vice-Chancellor
Professor Dr. Syed Humayun Akhter
Academic staff
26,625 (2016)[2]
Students
965838 (Cumulative as of 15/12/2020) (formal programs)[2]
Location
Board Bazar, Gazipur
,
Dhaka Division
,
Bangladesh
Campus
Main Campus, Regional Center, Subregional Center affiliated schools and colleges
Total academic programs
62 (includes 43 formal and 19 non-formal programs)[2]
Affiliations
Commonwealth of Learning SAARC Consortium on Open and Distance Learning (SACODiL) University Grants Commission (UGC) Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU)
Website
bou.ac.bd
The Bangladesh Open University (BOU) (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ উন্মুক্ত বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (বাউবি)),established on 21 October 1992, is a public university with its main campus in Board Bazar, Gazipur District, Dhaka Division. It is the 8th largest university in the world according to enrolment.
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As the only public university in Bangladesh to use distance education as a method of delivery, BOU is mandated to "promote through multimedia; instruction of every standard and knowledge – both general and scientific – by means of any form of communications technology, to raise the standard of education and to give the people educational opportunities by democratizing education and creating a class of competent people by raising the standard of education of the people generally."[3]
^Heidelberg Bangladesh Law Translation Project: Bangladesh Open University Act, 1992
^ abc"About Bangladesh Open University". Bangladesh Open University. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
^Clause 5, Bangladesh Open University Act, 1992
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