*** North South University Campus ***

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North South University (Bengali: নর্থসাউথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) or NSU is the first private university of Bangladesh. The government of Bangladesh approved the establishment of North South University in 1992 under the Private University Act (PUA) 1992 (now replaced by PUA 2010). The university was formally inaugurated on February 10, 1993 by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. NSU has the authority, under its Charter, to impart instruction and confer undergraduate and graduate degrees in all branches of arts, business and sciences, including engineering, agriculture, law and medicine. It also has the authority to grant diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions. Currently, NSU offers bachelor's and master's degrees in 29 subjects (15 bachelor's degrees and 14 master's degrees). Additional programs including PhD in different subjects are under preparation. The university's campus is at Bashundhara in Dhaka. The foundation of the campus was laid on January 30, 2003 by Begum Khaleda Zia. Classes started in the permanent campus from June 9, 2009. This campus serves 4,000 to 12,000 students with amenities and facilities. It contains six buildings with three basements on six acres of land having 665,000 square feet of floor-space. The NSU library has six floors with over 70,000 square feet (6,500 m2) floor area on the southeastern side of the campus. It is the first fully automated university library in Bangladesh using its own library management software, which supports RFID system, web-based online circulation system, full-text e-books and online journal article repository services. The library can accommodate over 1,200 students in its reading rooms. On average 2,000 students use the library every day. As of August 2014, the library holds 49,500 books, 50,000 online books, 6,000 bound journals (Foreign and local) and magazines, 1,890 CD-ROM databases and books, 226 DVD and videos, 159 audio-cassettes, and other resources. It subscribes to 20 local journals, 18 foreign and 19 local magazines, two foreign dailies and most of the leading national dailies published from Dhaka. The NSU library is the pioneer of subscribing online journals and MyAthens in Bangladesh. It started subscription to online journals with JSTOR, IEEE, ACM Digital library and 39 titles of online journals for the first time in 2002. After that the other libraries started subscription to online journals in the country. Now it has access to 40,000 online journals of 52 publishers including Ebsco, Emerald, Blackwell, JSTOR, ACM, Oxford University Press, Wiley, Springer, ASCE and other major databases. Academic programs: The university's ten departments are organized into four schools. Schools: School of Business and Economics Department of Accounting & Finance Department of Economics Department of Management Department of Marketing & International Business School of Engineering & Physical Sciences Department of Architecture Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Mathematics and Physics School of Humanities & Social Sciences Department of English & Modern Languages Department of History & Philosophy Department of Law Department of Political Science & Sociology School of Health & Life Sciences Department of Biology & Chemistry Department of Environmental Science and Management Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Department of Public Health Source: http://google.com http://google.com http://google.com http://google.com http://google.com http://google.com http://wikipedia.org http://wikipedia.org http://wikipedia.org http://wikipedia.org http://wikipedia.org http://wikipedia.org Keywords: north south university bangladesh, north south university flash mob, north south university campus, north south university funny video, north south university concert, north south university dance performance, north south university presentation, north south university short film, north south university funny, north south university pharma fest 2015, north south university dance, north south university club fair, north south university architecture, north south university bangladesh campus, north south university club, north south university convocation, north south university club carnival, north south university cse, north south university dhaka, north south university rag day, north south university fashion show, north south university fest, north south university fighting, north south university, north south university program, north south university student, north south university social services club, north south university gangnam style, north south university 2015