Southern University Bangladesh is located Arefin nagor, Bayzid Bostami, Chattogram, Bangladesh. Southern Started its Journey as an Institute in the year 1998, November 26, 2002 the Institute transformed to the University and got approval from Ministry of Education as a charitable, non-profit, non-commercial and non-political organization in Chattogram and governed by AJ Foundation. In the year 2006 initiator & founder of the Southern University Mr. Sarwar Jahan expand membership for the development of the University and AJ Foundation was renamed as the Southern University Foundation. Sarwar Jahans dream to set up an university for underprivileged people who cannot enter in Public University nor can afford Private University of the country. Sarwar Jahan & Dr. Ishrat Jahan's dedication, tireless efforts and hard work paved the way for approval of the establishment of Southern under the Private University Act -1992 (now repealed by -2010), approved the establishment of Southern University Bangladesh. The University was formally inaugurated on 14 January 2003 and was started its journey in a very modest way. As per the Private University Act 2010 and as instructed by the Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission(UGC), in 2013, the Southern University Foundation transferred to Southern University Bangladesh Trust(SUBT). The board of trust (BoT) is the apex policy making and approving body of the University. Al-haj Khalilur Rahman is the current Chairman of the BoT.He is the President of Chittagong Metropoliton Chamber of commerce (CMCC) and Chairman of the KDS Group, The other members of the BoT are Professor Sarwar Jahan, Professor Dr. Ishrat Jahan, Mr. Liakat Ali Chowdhury, Alhaj Shafiq Uddin , Mr. Nurul Abser, Mr. Abdus Salam(Mir),Prof. Kamal Uddin, Mr. Saifuzaman Chowdhury(Zaved), Mr. Mamun Salam, Mr. Ferdous Khan Alamgir, Mr. Abdus Salam, Mr. Ferdous Wahid(Bappi). The Vice-Chancellor, is the Ex-Officio Member of the BoT. The Syndicate is the next to the BoT and is headed by the Vice-Chancellor. The Vice-Chancellor is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the University. He is responsible for managing the administrative and academic affairs of the university as per the Private University Act 2010, and implementing the policy guidelines set by the BoT. The Vice-Chancellor is assisted by a Pro Vice-Chancellor and a Treasurer. All of them are appointed by the Honorable Chancellor on recommendation of the BoT. The honorable President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is the Chancellor of Southern University Bangladesh. Renowned academicians were the Vice-Chancellor of Southern University Bangladesh. Professor Dr. Moin-ud-Din Ahmad Khan was first Vice-Chancellor(2002-2006), He was first Director General of Islamic Foundation. Professor A.J.M.Nuruddin Chowdhury was second Vice-Chancellor(2006-2010) and former Vice-Chancellor of CU; Professor Mohammed Ali was third Vice-Chancellor(2010-2016), he was the only Vice-Chancellor who served four University as Vice-Chancellor including Chittagong University. Professor. Dr. Nurul Mostafa(2016-2021) was the fourth Vice-Chancellor. Curricula of the University were duly approved by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh, the highest controlling authority on higher education of the country. The university is delivering a substantial general education curriculum, has a Strategic Plan, and has initiated and implemented student instructional learning assessment for degree programs and courses and is in the process of developing the infrastructure for evaluation of institutional effectiveness for its institutional accreditation.
