4 technological universities placed in AD Scientific Index
In terms of the number of world-class researchers, 4 technological Universities are there out of top 10 public universities of the country. BUET is in the second position; SUST got 4th, 6th and 7th positions are taken by KUET and NUST respectively.
This information has emerged in the 2024 report of the Alper-Doger (AD) Scientific Index Ranking, a global ranking organization that works with international universities and researchers.
According to the report, among public universities, in term of the number of researchers, Dhaka University ranks first (665), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology-BUET ranks second (503), Bangladesh Agricultural University ranks third (392), Shahjalal University of Science and Technology-SUST ranks fourth (378), Rajshahi University ranks fifth (237), 6th Khulna University of Engineering Technology (209), 7th Noakhali University of Science and Technology-NUST (198) 8th Jagannath University (178), 9th Chittagong University (174) and 10th Jahangirnagar University (173).
However, although 14 lakh 43 thousand 93 scientists and researchers from 22 thousand 767 universities and related research institutes of 219 countries of the world are included in this list, there is no Bangladeshi researcher in the top 1000 of Asia.
10 thousand 33 scientists and researchers from 201 universities and institutions of Bangladesh have been placed in the list. Dhaka University has 665 teachers and researchers in this list. It is the highest in Bangladesh as a single university or institution.
The name of 10 thousand 33 researchers of Bangladesh has appeared in this year's annual list. The top two are researchers from the International Center for Biodiversity Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B). The first one is the ICDD,B's researcher Rashedul Haque and the second one is Ferdowsi Quaderi. Besides, 270 researchers of the institute have been included in the list.
The global position of Rashedul Haque, who is the first from Bangladesh, is 11 thousand 514th. And in Asia, his position is 1115th. And Ferdowsi Qaderi, a researcher of the same institution, who is in the second position, has a global position of 19 thousand 971. The position is 2099 in Asia.
On the other hand, the global position of Mohammad Rahmatullah of University of Development Alternative (UDA), which is in the third position from Bangladesh, is 32,700th and 3,722th in Asia. In other words, no local researcher was included in the regional ranking.
Maximum 665 teachers of Dhaka University have been placed in various categories in the list. Besides, 503 people have been placed from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. 456 got seats from private North South University.
The list also includes 392 from Bangladesh Agricultural University, 237 from Rajshahi University, 378 from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, 270 from ICDDR, B, 173 from Jahangirnagar University and 174 from Chattogram University.
