daffodil international university
Daffodil International University (Bengali: ড্যাফোডিল ইন্টারন্যাশনাল ইউনিভার্সিটি) (DIU) is a private research university located in Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka – 1216, Bangladesh. It was established on 24 January 2002 under the Private University Act of 1992.
The 2023 QS Asian University Rankings placed DIU between 351st and 400th among Asian universities and 5th among Bangladeshi universities. DIU has been ranked within the top 400 universities in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2022. DIU is the first university in Bangladesh to have signed the UN’s Commitment to Sustainable Practices of Higher Education Institutions. According to the SCOPUS indexed research publications in 2022, Daffodil International University has been positioned 2nd among all universities and 1st among all private universities in Bangladesh.
History
The university was established on 24 January 2002 with the approval of the University Grants Commission (Bangladesh) and the government of Bangladesh‘s Ministry of Education under the Private University Act of 1992 which was replaced by Private University Act 2010.
Faculty of Science & Information Technology
- Department of Software Engineering (SWE)
- Department of Multimedia and Creative Technology (MCT)
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
- Department of Computing and Information Systems (CIS)
- Department of Information Technology and Management (ITM)
- Department of General Educational Development (GED)
- Department of Environmental Science and Disaster Management (ESDM)
- Department of Physical Education and Sports Science (PESS)
