A university in context: Canadian University of Bangladesh

Canadian University of Bangladesh (CUB) is a renowned educational institution providing that scope of learning the nitty-gritty of the education system in Bangladesh. Canadian University of Bangladesh (CUB) has not only stressed on building the infrastructure but also on developing the in-house capacity building.  It can be interpreted, CUB provides as a kind of education that not only limits their students to syllabus-based studies, but also involves inclusion in career courses by making them practical.

Canadian University of Bangladesh (CUB) is the first ever academic institution to help its students learn about the job market focus and enhance their knowledge level. As a result, this university is already conducting regular career seminars, as well as an initiative that is to establish MoU with different employer organizations. This makes the Canadian University unique, from other universities in Bangladesh. The main objective behind setting up the CUB is to produce skilled graduates and equip the potential human resources with proper knowledge.

The CUB is a center of excellence for promoting admirable market professionals who will highly be interested in developing career in the global market alongside devising practical job market education and North American syllabus based education for investors. It was established in 2016.

In addition, it is a world class and well-equipped Calss room structure having the capacity to train the faculty at a time. This institution also has a digital library coupled with extensive research activities. This is the country's first ever educational institution set up with IT facilities including audio and video conference, high-speed fiber optic Internet connections.

The prime focus of the Canadian University of Bangladesh (CUB) is on bridging the gap between the current level of knowledge, skills and competence of Bangladesh job market and the level required for participants in the world perspective. For attaining this objective CUB has already taken some good initiatives.

To focus on Vision 2021 the Canadian University of Bangladesh (CUB) has been established as a stronger and multidisciplinary education institution in the 21st century's South Asia. Visionary and prudent chairman Dr Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat along with other highly professional and renowned senior faculty members are carrying out CUB activities to create skilled human resources for the arena of education.

Those who are highly passionate and interested to start career in the competitive market will find this university degree useful and it will add value to the candidate's career path. The writer is a researcher and columnist in financial market. He authored the book 'Bangladesh Stock Market: Looking ahead after two big crashes'. Email: [email protected]