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An orientation program was held for the 6th batch of students entering the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) on Thursday, September 16th, 2010 at IUB’s Baridhara Campus. The orientation was conducted by the Pro Vice Chancellor of IUB and the Director of the MPH Program, Prof M Omar Rahman, who welcomed the new students at the outset and pointed out that they had entered a program which holds itself to high international standards. He mentioned that the University now offers a weekend MPH Program for students who are also working professionals. He also mentioned that IUB will now recruit students during both the September and January sessions. Among others, the Registrar of the University, Dr. Tanvir A. Khan, Professor Haroun Er Rashid, the Director of the School of Environmental Science and Management, and Professor Nazrul Islam, the Director of the School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, spoke on the occasion. The Associate Director of The Centre for Health, Population and Development, Dr. Rita Yusuf, as well as other MPH faculty members, also welcomed the new students.
IUB’s MPH Program is dedicated to developing analytical, creative and managerial skills in students and preparing them to use their public health knowledge within a larger socio-economic and cultural context. The program is modeled after similar programs at The Harvard School of Public Health, USA, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA, The School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, USA and The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. The MPH faculty members who teach and guide students with their research at IUB are all distinguished individuals with post-graduate degrees, mostly Ph.D’s, from renowned international universities. Graduates of the IUB MPH Program have in the past gained, and continue to gain, distinction as qualified professional health managers and analysts in a range of different settings within the public sector, NGOs, and UN organizations inside the country as well as abroad.
Autumn semester begins
Posted on: August 18, 2010
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Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organized an orientation programme on Saturday, 14 August 2010 at its permanent campus at Bashundhara for the newly admitted students of the Autumn 2010 semester.
In his acquaintance speech Pro Vice Chancellor Prof. Omar Rahman spoke on the distinctive nature of IUB education which places importance of professional education on the foundation of cross-disciplinary liberal arts curricula. Prof Bazlul Mobin Chowdhury, Vice Chancellor of IUB heartily welcomed the new students and thanked them for choosing IUB for changing and shaping their future and called upon them to utilize the time to come out as the best professionals in their fields as well as a better human being. He assured the students that IUB would do everything for ensuring their dreams come true.
The programme also included excellent multi-media presentation on the University and its study programmes, future prospects and the facilities available for the students at the schools, computer labs and laboratories and described the on-going academic activities of the University by the School of Business (SB), School of Engineering & Computer Science (SECS), School of Environmental Science & Management (SESM) and School of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences (SLASS). Ms Lima Choudhury, Sr Asst Director, Undergraduate Admissions, conducted the ceremony.
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