Islamic Arabic University
Profile
- Ownership
- public
- Vice-Chancellor
- Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abu Jafar Khan
- Students
- 598031
- Faculty
- 22921
- Annual budget
- —
- Established
- 2013
- District
- Dhaka
New VC Abu Jafar Khan took charge March 18, 2026 after the BNP-Tarique government replaced Shamsul Alam in the March 16-17 batch of seven university VC reshuffles. Pro-VC position is vacant post-reshuffle; Kamil exam cycle for session-2025 under way.
Recent activity
- 2026-01-20 policy 40th syndicate meeting (under outgoing VC Shamsul Alam) approved plan to introduce one-year BMEd and MMEd professional courses to upgrade Fazil/Kamil madrasa teachers. ↗
- 2026-03-17 appointment Education Ministry (Secondary and Higher Education Division) appointed Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abu Jafar Khan as Vice-Chancellor under Section 11 of IAU Act 2013; he was previously serving as Pro-VC. Outgoing VC Prof. Md. Shamsul Alam (appointed September 2024) was simultaneously released. ↗↗↗
- 2026-03-18 appointment Prof. Abu Jafar Khan formally joined as VC. His four-year tenure runs from this date. ↗
- 2026-04-28 examination IAU published the Kamil Masters (1-year and 2-year, session 2025) examination routine for May 2026. ↗
Provenance & notes
student_count (598,031) and faculty_count (22,921) are from Bangla Wikipedia citing the distributed affiliated-institution headcount across all 1,923 institutions; the 22,921 figure represents teachers at all affiliated madrasas, not IAU's own staff. campus_count=1 refers to the administrative HQ at 124/90/03, Block B, Road 02, West Dhanmondi, Basila, Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1231; the university is otherwise off-campus by design. Pro-VC position appears vacant after Abu Jafar Khan's elevation to VC in March 2026; no new appointment found as of verification date. Treasurer and registrar names not found in post-March-2026 sources; UGC profile page could not be fetched (SSL error). IAU is distinct from Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia and from the Qawmi-stream Befaqul Madarisil Arabia. The March 2026 VC reshuffle was part of the BNP-Tarique government's first batch of seven simultaneous VC appointments (March 16-17, 2026).
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Arabic_University
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