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History Of DIU

Birth of a Private University:
Darul Ihsan University

Darul Ihsan University is the first Private University in Bangladesh. Here have some events relating to the birth of Darul Ihsan University. It was some time in March 1958 Professor Dr. Sayed Ali Ashraf, The head of the Department of English of the Karachi University, suggested to promote and develop Private University in less developed countries, in a meeting held at Karachi University with renowned educationalists and professionals, local and foreign. Professor Ali Ashraf further stated that the Private University in less developed country would act as a tool for ultimate economic prosperity and political stability. The suggestions and ideas of promoting the developing of University in the Private sector were accepted unanimously by the renowned educationalists and professionals present in the meeting.

In 1975, Professor Dr. Syed Ali Ashraf, the then Dean and Head of the Department of English, King Abdul Aziz University, K.A.A.U., Jeddah in an informal discussion meeting held at K.A.A.U, Jeddah with foreign and local renowned educationalists and professionals of Saudia Arabia, disclosed firmly his desire to set up a Private University in Bangladesh. Prof. Ali Ashraf elaborated that the University should be able to blend the establish linkage between "Revealed" Knowledge and "Acquired Knowledge" to provide total education and knowledge to the people. The establishment of such Private University in Bangladesh was his faith and his decision was honest, firm and determined.

With that end in view Prof. Dr. Sayed Ali Ashraf formed as a Founder of the Darul Ihsan Trust in 1986. The aim and objective of the Darul Ihsan Trust is to established educational institution including University to provide meaningful linkage between, "Revealed Knowledge" and "Acquired Knowledge".

The birth of Darul Ihsan University took place in 1989 at Savar Campus in presence of high foreign and local dignitaries. The first convocation was held at Savar on 13 March 1997 and Bachelor, Master and Doctorate degrees were conferred upon 442 students by the Chancellor, Darul Ihsan University and President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.

It will thus reveal that the original idea of Professor Dr. Sayed Ali Ashraf to promote and developed University in the private sector crystallized and proved in reality by establishing the Darul Ihsan University by him as its Founder. The concept and objective of the University provide the students a religious base and guide to acquire higher knowledge in Human and Natural Science. They learn to protect the moral fiber of the nation from being eroded and thereby face the challenges of the world.

DARUL IHSAN UNIVERSITY--A PROFILE

Background

Darul Ihsan University was established in 1989 by the Founder Vice Chancellor the late Professor Syed AN Ashraf in collaboration with some eminent persons including Dr. Abdullah Omar Nasseef, present Chairman, Darul Ihsan Trust (DIT), Sheikh Ahmad M. Salah Jamjoom and Dr. Mohammed Abu Yamani, following a series of International Conferences on Muslim Education from 1977 to 1989 in five different countries.

Aims

The primary aim of the University is to develop an education system which is faith-based in philosophy but modern in approach and whose goal is to stop the erosion of moral values among the younger generation as against the Western secular system which is divorced from faith and devoid of absolute values having no relationship of man with God.

Darul Ihsan - A significant name

The outer meaning of Darul Ihsan is 'Adobe of Excellence'. The inner mean¬ing is the stage of conciousness in which a person realizes the constant presence of God within oneself as well as everywhere. It has other meanings too, such as compassion and sympathy. It is hoped that those who live and study at DIU will acquire this kind of consciousness and behave accordingly for self-purification and aim at achieving the balanced growth of the total man, the cultivation of his powers-moral, spiritual, intellectual, aesthetic, emotional and physical.

Classification of Knowledge Objectives

All knowledge is a unity and is divided into three classes as shown in the following diagram :

Knowledge concerns man's diverse relationships. His relationship with God supplies the basic principles which govern the relationship with other human beings and with the external nature and the other natural creatures. With this end in view, the University designed its curricula under the following three faculties:

a) Faculty of Religious Sciences: The knowledge that reflects the relationship between men and his Creator, Almighty Allah, is included in the Faculty of Religious Sciences comprising the disciplines such as Quran and Quranic Sciences, Daw'ah and Islamic Studies, AI-Quran, Tahfizul Quran, Arabic & Islamic Studies, Sharia & Law etc.

b) Faculty of Human Sciences : The knowledge that reflects the relationship between man and his other fellow-beings is included in to the Faculty of Human Sciences comprising the disciplines such as Humanities, Social Sciences, English Language and Literature, Economics, Business Studies etc.

c) Faculty of Natural Sciences : The knowledge that reflects the relationship between man and the nature comes under the Faculty of Natural Sciences consisting of the disciplines such as Computer Science and Engineering, Information Science and Communication Technology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics.

Location

At present the campus is at Dhanmondi, Uttara and Savar. But its eventual home will be at Bolibhadra, Savar surrounded by meadows, trees, creeks and lakes on an area measuring 13 acres of land. Already the construction of a large building with 14000 sft per floor is going on.

Fees

Tuition and other fees for the students of DIU are lower than those of many leading private universities of Bangladesh.

Library

The University has libraries at all the Institutes and Departments. The total number of books in all the libraries taken together is 21564.

Awards of gold medals, crests and degree certificates

In the last two Convocations held on 13.09.1997 and 27.03.2002 respectively 265 and 601 students obtained the above awards and at the 3rd Convocation to be held on 21.12.2003, 576 students are receiving awards.

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