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Daffodil International University (DIU) is one of the leading private universities in Bangladesh, dedicated to academic excellence, innovation, and global engagement. Established in 2002 under the Private University Act 1992 of Bangladesh, DIU has emerged as a hub of quality education, research, entrepreneurship, and sustainability.
With a student population of over 22,000 and an academic community of distinguished faculty and professionals, DIU offers a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs across disciplines, including the Faculty of Business & Entrepreneurship, Science and Information Technology, Engineering, Health and Life Sciences, and Humanities & Social Sciences.
The university is internationally recognized for its commitment to sustainability, ranking as the Most Sustainable University in Bangladesh in the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings for nine consecutive years. DIU is also ranked globally by Times Higher Education and QS Asia Rankings, making it a globally benchmarked institution.
DIU is known for:
A Smart and Green Campus spread across 30 acres at Daffodil Smart City, Ashulia
Extensive industry-academia collaboration and international partnerships with 600+ global institutions
Research excellence with 1200+ Scopus/ISI indexed publications in 2024
A strong emphasis on innovation, technology, entrepreneurship, and employability
Unique support systems like Daffodil Innovation Lab, Career Development Center (CDC), Start-Up Market, and Micro Credential Academy.
A diverse and inclusive environment with students from over 20 countries
Daffodil International University empowers students to thrive as global citizens and changemakers through hands-on learning, digital skills, research opportunities, and leadership development.
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The " innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) Project " implemented by the Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) under the ICT Division is moving forward with a firm belief in building a startup culture in Bangladesh since 1 July 2016. The main objective of the project is to establish an innovation ecosystem and entrepreneurship culture in Bangladesh. Creating an organizational structure to identify, nurture and promote great ideas, etc. are additional aims of the project. In order to serve this purpose, the project is providing financial and technical support to startups. The project is awarding grants up to BDT 10 lakh in the pre-seed stage of the startups. The iDEA project is also providing training, mentoring, business development support, co-working space, legal support, intellectual property rights, partnership support, etc.
iDEA project is working to create skilled manpower and entrepreneur through training and mentoring in the ICT sector. In addition, iDEA Project has been playing a major role in promoting entrepreneurship as well as promoting startup culture in the IT sector in Bangladesh with its "Startup Bangladesh" theme.
In recognition of the work, the iDEA project won the ASOCIO awards at “2019 ASOCIO-PIKOM DIGITAL SUMMIT” in the ICT Education Category on 12 November 2019 in Malaysia by the “Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO)”, one of the largest organizations in Asia in information technology. Besides, the iDEA Project received international recognition at the WITSA Global ICT Excellence Awards-2020 as runners-up in the Public-Private Partnership category. The mentioned achievements are a huge achievement for the iDEA project which will serve as an inspiration for further success in the future.