Bangladesh University of Professionals
Profile
- Ownership
- public
- Vice-Chancellor
- Major General Md Mahbub-ul Alam, BSP, ndc, afwc, psc, MPhil, PhD
- Students
- 10000
- Faculty
- 710
- Annual budget
- ৳1,349,700,000
- Established
- 2008
- District
- Dhaka
Routine academic cycle underway: 2025-26 session freshers received (Apr-May 2026), FY 2025-26 budget of Tk 134.97 crore approved at 17th senate meeting (June 2025), VC unchanged since April 2022; no political turbulence or VC rotation detected in the 90-day window
Recent activity
- 2026-02-17 research Department of International Relations (FSSS) hosts seminar 'Navigating the Changing Global Order: The Case of Bangladesh' at Shadhinata Auditorium ↗
- 2026-02-18 other Hult Prize Grand Finale held at Shadhinata Auditorium, organised by BUP Finance Society under Department of Finance and Banking ↗
- 2026-03-09 closure BUP closed from March 9 to March 28, 2026 (institutional recess) ↗
- 2026-04-14 other BUP Cultural Forum organises Bangla Noboborsho 1433 festivities at Monpura Field and Concourse ↗
- 2026-04-29 admission Freshers' Reception 2025-26 begins: FASS session April 29, FST April 30, FBS and FSSS May 10; admission test results for 2025-26 were published January 20, 2026 (tests held January 9, 10, 17) ↗↗
- 2026-05-04 other Seminar on 'Gender Equality, Democratic Values and Role of Youth' held at BUP ↗
- 2026-05-10 admission Freshers' Reception for FBS and FSSS held at Shadhinota Auditorium; VC Major General Mahbub-ul Alam attends as chief guest ↗
Provenance & notes
student_count (~10,000) and faculty_count (~710) from Wikipedia citing BUP data; earlier third-party sources give 6,050+ students and 410+ faculty, likely stale; Wikipedia figures (10,000+, 710+) used as more recent. Budget FY 2025-26: Tk 134 crore 97 lakh = 1,349,700,000 BDT, approved at 17th Annual Senate Meeting on June 19, 2025 (New Age BD); treasurer listed is current as of that meeting. VC Major General Md Mahbub-ul Alam appointed April 5, 2022 per bup.edu.bd/vc_information; rank is Major General (not Lieutenant General), appointed from Bangladesh Army Infantry corps. Pro-VC Prof Dr Khondoker Mokaddem Hossain's term expired December 9, 2025; no successor confirmed on bup.edu.bd/pro-vc-information as of May 2026; set to null. Mir Mugdho (BUP MBA student) killed July 18, 2024 at Azampur intersection while distributing water during quota-reform protests; memorial initiatives documented at Khulna University (his undergraduate institution), not at BUP campus directly. BUP under Ministry of Defence/Armed Forces Division, not Ministry of Education -- UGC-recognized but not under MoE. VC is uniformed officer; no rotation detected in the 90-day window (Feb-May 2026). verification_status=partial: student/faculty counts not officially published for 2025-26; Pro-VC vacancy unconfirmed; no FY 2026-27 budget yet.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_University_of_Professionals
- https://bup.edu.bd/vc_information
- https://bup.edu.bd/officers
- https://bup.edu.bd/pro-vc-information
- https://bup.edu.bd/about
- https://bup.edu.bd/news/details/381
- https://www.newagebd.net/post/campus-bites/267736/bup-holds-17th-annual-senate-meeting
- https://bangladeshpost.net/posts/bup-holds-freshers-reception-for-2025-26-session-169267
- https://bup.edu.bd/notice/details/791
- https://afd.gov.bd/training/training-institutions/bup
- http://www.ugc-universities.gov.bd/university-detail/24