Universal College Bangladesh (UCB) has partnered exclusively with University of London (UoL) for the launch of multiple bachelor’s degrees with academic direction from the most notable London School of Economics (LSE), a press release said Thursday.
With 100 percent curriculum and testing from London School of Economics, the offered courses at UCB initially include BSc Business and Management, BSc Finance and BSc Accounting and Finance. Apart from significant savings in tuition fee, eligible students will get up to 40 percent scholarship. Students would also become part of an elite global community of 100,000+ plus UoL alumni across 200 countries.
A inaugural event was held in this regard on Thursday, at the state-of-the-art UCB campus (SA Tower, 1 Gulshan Avenue Dhaka-1212) with leading dignitaries in attendance, including Dr. Dipu Moni, MP, Minister of Education, Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury, MP, Deputy Minister of Education, Tipu Munshi, MP, Minister of Commerce, HE Mr. Robert Dickson, High Commissioner of UK to Bangladesh, Professor Wim A Van der Stede, Dean, London School of Economics Extended Education and others.
Bob Kundanmal, chairman, STS Group, stated at the launch, “This remarkable new phase of international in-country education has been possible for STS Group due to the blessing and support of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Ms. Sheikh Hasina.”
Zarif Munir, senior MD, Boston Consulting Group, and director at UCB, said in his keynote speech, “Such programs can potentially save invaluable dollar reserves for a nation that annually repatriates close to
$4.5 billion on outward tuition fee remittances.”
Dr. Dipu Moni said, “This fast-growing nation is now being viewed as a most-preferred destination for global equity, global institutions and global-skilled manpower – key pillars for Bangladesh’s ongoing thundering industrial revolution.”
