Failure to shift to permanent campus: UGC bars admission to 4 univs

The University Grants Commission (UGC) today put a bar on admission of new students to four universities as the institutions failed to transfer all activities to a permanent campus.

The universities are: Prime Asia University, Stamford University Bangladesh, Asha University, and Victoria University, said a UGC notification issued today.

The notification said the enrolment of new students has been halted for these universities as they failed to show any progress in constructing a permanent campus within a stipulated time, and/or failed to transfer all activities to a permanent campus.

Besides, UGC decided that State University and Manarat International University can only enrol new students on their permanent campus, and not on their temporary campus, said the notification.

Meanwhile, six universities were given till March 31 to completely transfer all academic activities to the permanent campus as they were able to show visible progress in constructing their campuses.

They are: Dhaka International University, Royal University, Southeast University, City University, The Millennium University, and Bangladesh University.

The public announcement, however, stated that enrolment of new students into any programmes for these universities will also be halted if they fail to shift to their permanent campus by April 1.

At the same time, following visible progress in constructing a permanent campus and written commitment regarding shifting all programmes, six more universities were given time till June 30.

They are -- Brac University, University of Development Alternative, Green University, Uttara University, Presidency University, and The People's University of Bangladesh.

They will face similar restrictions if they fail to shift all activities to a permanent campus by July 1.

Earlier, the UGC had decided that the private universities which fail to transfer to a permanent campus by December 2022 will face such a bar by January 2023.