With Government permission received on April 29, 2013, and with hopes of beginning the University in a small way in 2014, it is worthwhile to understand how we got to this point.

This short write-up is not a detailed history of the events leading to the founding of the university. Fr. Adam Pereira, CSC, has assembled such an outline. This rather is a picture of the different influences that have brought us this far.

The question of a university rose again on a variety of tracks:

An outside evaluation of the College suggested it to be considered.
The Bishops of Bangladesh raised the issue – to have the Church present at this level and to witness in this way.

The alumni of Notre Dame College on several occasions strongly recommended to the Holy Cross Fathers a vertical expansion of the institution of the university level.

The Government announced a new education policy, basically going over to the American system: Primary School: 1 to class 8; High School: classes 9-12; College (Hons.): 4 year degree