ITS Research Intelligence

Bangladesh University Research Rankings

Name: Bangladesh University Research Rankings – ITS Research Solution
Creator: ITS Research Solution
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Compare Bangladesh universities using recent research output, citation impact, growth and a transparent research-performance score.

Research landscape

The current ITS Research Intelligence dataset contains 65 index-ready universities in Bangladesh. Across those institutions, the average five-year research output is approximately 1,528 works and the average five-year citation count is approximately 8,218. The average publication-growth signal is 88.0%. These figures describe the institutions that pass the public quality gate; they are not intended to represent every tertiary institution in the country.

Country rankings are useful for benchmarking because they reduce some of the structural differences that make global comparisons difficult. They still should not be treated as a complete assessment of institutional quality: teaching, student outcomes, funding levels, research field mix and institutional mission are outside this research-performance score. The value of the page is in seeing who is producing research, how that activity is changing, and where citation visibility is concentrated.

Top research universities in Bangladesh

Rank	University	Country	Score	5-year works	5-year citations	Growth
#1	American International University-Bangladesh	Bangladesh	62.4	3,953	21,051	105.9%
#2	Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology	Bangladesh	61.7	2,937	24,897	74.0%
#3	Eastern University	Bangladesh	61.1	1,760	12,345	139.9%
#4	Bangladesh University	Bangladesh	60.8	2,598	6,111	172.7%
#5	Dhaka Medical College and Hospital	Bangladesh	60.6	8,040	10,213	54.3%
#6	Metropolitan University	Bangladesh	60.2	3,452	15,434	77.2%
#7	Noakhali Science and Technology University	Bangladesh	59.9	3,942	32,124	0.3%
#8	Dhaka International University	Bangladesh	58.9	1,669	5,347	180.8%
#9	City University	Bangladesh	58.8	1,565	4,392	174.5%
#10	Jagannath University	Bangladesh	57.5	2,386	17,799	15.5%
#11	Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University	Bangladesh	57.1	2,508	17,251	-16.7%
#12	Islamic University of Technology	Bangladesh	56.7	1,812	15,012	21.7%
#13	Presidency University	Bangladesh	55.3	1,484	3,079	114.6%
#14	Rangamati Science and Technology University	Bangladesh	53.8	668	3,859	156.6%
#15	University of South Asia	Bangladesh	53.2	552	1,497	345.9%
#16	Uttara University	Bangladesh	53.2	938	3,730	121.7%
#17	Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College	Bangladesh	52.0	2,548	3,367	25.2%
#18	BGC Trust University Bangladesh	Bangladesh	51.1	894	17,046	-79.0%
#19	Bangladesh Open University	Bangladesh	51.1	533	2,813	130.4%
#20	State University of Bangladesh	Bangladesh	50.7	969	8,707	-9.7%
#21	University of Development Alternative	Bangladesh	50.6	505	3,000	61.7%
#22	Northern University Bangladesh	Bangladesh	50.2	744	4,897	37.8%
#23	Asian University for Women	Bangladesh	50.2	448	8,805	-18.0%
#24	East Delta University	Bangladesh	49.6	441	2,480	103.6%
#25	University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh	Bangladesh	49.5	882	4,278	20.7%
#26	Stamford University Bangladesh	Bangladesh	49.4	656	2,734	29.0%
#27	Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University	Bangladesh	49.0	867	4,531	3.2%
#28	Southern University	Bangladesh	48.8	583	1,608	35.9%
#29	Rajshahi Medical College	Bangladesh	48.8	1,396	1,210	45.0%
#30	Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College	Bangladesh	47.7	638	864	148.1%
#31	Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology	Bangladesh	47.6	518	498	1,377.4%
#32	Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology	Bangladesh	47.4	278	1,057	131.2%
#33	Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College	Bangladesh	46.8	953	1,188	40.0%
#34	Armed Forces Medical College	Bangladesh	45.7	430	1,078	42.3%
#35	International Culture University	Bangladesh	45.7	259	134	448.5%
#36	People's University of Bangladesh	Bangladesh	45.4	334	1,095	75.3%
#37	Sylhet International University	Bangladesh	45.4	255	520	117.9%
#38	Bangladesh Academy of Sciences	Bangladesh	44.8	305	681	146.6%
#39	European University of Bangladesh	Bangladesh	44.0	375	2,213	-22.7%
#40	Manarat International University	Bangladesh	43.8	257	726	97.1%
#41	Eastern Medical College and Hospital	Bangladesh	43.7	437	568	61.5%
#42	North East University	Bangladesh	42.4	310	882	10.7%
#43	Victoria University of Bangladesh	Bangladesh	40.1	222	206	14.4%
#44	Bangladesh Islami University	Bangladesh	39.8	254	259	87.1%
#45	The Millennium University	Bangladesh	39.7	150	1,075	4.9%
#46	Pundra University of Science and Technology	Bangladesh	39.6	266	785	13.7%
#47	Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons	Bangladesh	39.1	160	246	58.0%
#48	ASA University Bangladesh	Bangladesh	36.7	108	220	41.2%
#49	Darul Ihsan University	Bangladesh	35.6	188	408	-15.4%

Transparent methodology

What the ITS Research Performance Score measures

The current score is intentionally research-specific. Thirty percent reflects five-year publication output, thirty percent five-year citations, twenty percent h-index, ten percent i10-index and ten percent five-year publication growth. Volume-based indicators are log-normalized before weighting so the largest universities do not dominate simply because of scale. Growth is bounded before entering the score so a tiny starting value cannot create an unrealistic advantage.

The score does not currently claim to measure teaching quality, student satisfaction, reputation, employability or finances. It also does not label the underlying citation totals as field-normalized impact. Future field-normalized modules should be added only when the underlying work-level calculations are available and validated. This separation keeps the ranking interpretable and prevents unsupported claims.

Source data is drawn from OpenAlex and linked to ROR identifiers. Both are open scholarly infrastructures. ITS Research Solution adds value through normalization, quality gates, trend calculations, ranking methodology, benchmarking and readable institution-level analysis.