Bangladesh Open University | A varsity for distance education

Bangladesh Open University or BOU is varsity for distance education. It offers all level of education and regularly publishes the result on their official website as notice.

Bangladesh Open University

The Bangladesh Open University or BOU was established on 21st October 1992. It is a public university. It serves distance mode of learning. The varsity is mandated to promote education through the multimedia instruction of both specific and general knowledge using any media and technology. The varsity provides distance learning for schools, courses, services, and management. Situated in the Board Bazar, Gazipur District, Dhaka Division, (the main campus), the varsity stands to be the 7th largest university in the world considering the enrollment. The current ranking of it is 12971. The aim of the university is to offer education to all. They are focused on educating the Bangladeshi mass people. Those who can not manage to reach school or college regularly. BOU is granted to offer the Degrees summoned under the Clause 6(c) of the BOU Act 1992. This is a recognized national university accredited by the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, which is the statutory body attached to the Bangladesh Ministry of Education. There are six academic schools and one administrative division. From the official website, a student can get a quick result of science, arts, and commerce group of SSC/HSC/BSc/BBA/BEd/MEd/BBSMEd/CED/BELT/CALP/CELP/MBA/CEMBA /EMPA/PGDM/CIM/DCSA and more.

BOU at a Glance:

Established-October 21, 1992 Type - Public Mode of Delivery-Open and Distance Learning Chancellor-Honorable President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Location-Board Bazaar, Gazipur Area-35 Acres

Affiliations/Membership

1. The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) 2. SAARC Consortium on Open and Distance Learning (SACODIL) 3. Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU) 4. International Council for Open and Distance Learning (ICODL) 5. Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) 6. Commonwealth Educational Media Center for Asia (CEMCA) 7. Association of SAARC Universities (ASU) 8. Global Alliance for Transnational Education (GATE) 9. International Research Foundation for Learning (IRFOL) 10. Commonwealth Schooling Association (COMOSA) 11. International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)

Halls: Open Universities are not residential. Students can appear for the examinations and class from their home. They don’t have to attend regular classes at all like.

 Result

Get Report by SMS For BA/BSS, BBA, SSC Result by Mobile, type mobile message option- BOU space StudentId Example: BOU 08010012237 Send the Message to 2777 except Banglalink. For Banglalink, Send the Message to 2700. Note: Student_Id must be Eleven Digits without (-) character and Message must be written in English Format.

Academic Faculties and Departments

Faculties ( BOU 11 divisions are organized into seven schools and 21 academic programs are offered by BOU)

School of Education UG Degree Programs in education School of Social Science, Humanities and Language: UG Degree Programs in languages (English and Arabic) and social science School of Business offers: BBA, PGDM, Regular MBA and Commonwealth Executive MBA/MPA studies and degrees School of Agriculture and Rural Developments: UG Degree programs in agriculture and development studies School of Science and Technology: UG Degree programs in computer science, health and nursing School of Law: UG Degree programs in law and legal studies Open School: Secondary School completion

Admission Procedure and Eligibility

The Applicants with minimum second class or GPA 2.50 in both SSC and HSC are eligible to seek admission in BOU. Form rate- BDT 100 Requirements: 3 copy recent passport size photographs Certificates of previous examinations Character certificate Citizenship proof Total admission fee for 1st year UG programs is: BDT 2825

Campus Address and Location

Main campus Registrar (In Charge) Bangladesh Open University Board Bazar, Gazipur-1705, Bangladesh Phone: 88 02 9291112, PABX 88 02 9291101-4/211 Fax: 88 02 9291130 E-mail: regi@bou.edu.bd| registrar@bou.edu.bd Website: www.bou.edu.bd Dhaka City Office Registrar Dhaka Regional Resource Centre Building Government Laboratory School Road, Dhanmondi Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh, Phone: 88 02 9673669 Fax: 88 02 9291130, E-mail: regi@bou.edu.bd| registrar@bou.edu.bd Website: www.bou.edu.bd

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