Founded in 1993, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) is one of the oldest and leading private universities in Bangladesh where academic excellence is a tradition, teaching a passion and lifelong learning a habit. IUB currently has more than 9,800 undergraduate and graduate students and over 13,700 alumni. The students of IUB experience an exciting academic life with copious opportunities to explore and nurture their innate talent.
Live in Field Experience (LFE) is a signature course of IUB. It allows IUB students, most of whom come from urban settings, to have an immersive experience of everyday life in rural Bangladesh. Unique in Bangladesh, the overarching idea, which owes its roots to some of the leading social thinkers of this region, is to bridge the gap in knowledge that an urban student has about their rural counterparts. As part of the LFE, which is a mandatory course, small groups of students (usually 5-10, mix of male and female, and English and Bangla medium backgrounds) spend a certain amount of time at different locations in Bangladesh and experience life in the fields.
An IUB delegation of faculty and staff, led by Vice Chancellor Tanweer Hasan, PhD, visited the Mirzapur Cadet College (MCC) on December 3, 2023 as part of the university’s ongoing efforts to enhance collaboration and academic partnerships.
The delegation focused on engaging with cadets and faculty at Mirzapur Cadet College to explore avenues for joint academic endeavors and research initiatives, especially in the areas of artificial intelligence, robotics, renewable energy, astronomy and astrophysics, and so on. The IUB team also engaged in discussions with the faculty and administrative staff of MCC which centered on potential collaborative projects, sharing of academic best practices, and exploration of joint research possibilities.
Key highlights of the visit included presentations on various cutting-edge research areas by IUB faculty members from the School of Engineering Technology and Sciences and the School of Pharmacy and Public Health.