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Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) established in 1993 is the leading private university in Bangladesh with an explicit focus on Research and Global partnerships. It is a full service, meritocratically elite university with a current enrollment of 5,500 students, 6500 Alumni and 250 faculty members (of which 25% have PhD’s mostly from North America).