A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between North South University (NSU) and STEMX365 on December 17. Through this MoU, STEMX365 and NSU will collaborate to support NSU students in all kinds of space education and research.
NSU’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Abdul Hannan Chowdhury signed the MOU on behalf of NSU. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) space scientist and founder of space research organization STEMX365 Mizanul Chowdhury signed the MOU on behalf of STEMX365.
Dean of NSU School of Engineering and Physical Sciences Dr. Shazzad Hosain, Chair of Department of Computer Science and Engineering Dr. Mohammad Abdul Matin, and faculty from NSU attended the MOU signing ceremony along with delegates from STEMX365.
STEMX365, founded by MIT space scientist Mizanul Chowdhury, is a non-profit space research organization that has opened the door to free space science and technology education for Bangladeshi youth in an agreement with Japan’s JAXA. The organization works in collaboration with MIT’s Zero Robotics Lab. Through this organization, talented young people studying science and technology in various schools, colleges, and universities in the country are learning programming, learning about space, building robots and participating in international competitions and achieving success.
In the meantime, Bangladesh won second place in 2021, fifth place in 2023, and third place in 2024 in the international Kibo Robotics Programming Competition under the supervision of STEMX365.
