Top universities in Bangladesh by research output (2026)

University of Dhaka publishes the most research in Bangladesh, with 5,727 papers since January 2025, followed by Daffodil International University (3,143) and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2,859). In total, researchers in Bangladesh have published 69,986 papers since January 2025 (49,041 journal articles).

Updated automatically every day. Counts: papers published in 2025–2026 with at least one author at each institution. Source: OpenAlex.

Top 40 Bangladeshi universities and institutes

Rank	Institution	Papers (2025–2026)
1	University of Dhaka	5,727
2	Daffodil International University	3,143
3	Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology	2,859
4	University of Rajshahi	2,757
5	Southeast University	2,580
6	Bangladesh Medical University	2,462
7	Jahangirnagar University	2,270
8	Bangladesh Agricultural University	2,211
9	BRAC University	2,086
10	Khulna University of Engineering and Technology	1,965
11	American International University-Bangladesh	1,959
12	North South University	1,948
13	Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology	1,919
14	University of Chittagong	1,820
15	Queens University	1,776
16	Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology	1,672
17	Dhaka Medical College and Hospital	1,630
18	Shahjalal University of Science and Technology	1,598
19	International University of Business Agriculture and Technology	1,575
20	Khulna University	1,478
21	Noakhali Science and Technology University	1,443
22	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research	1,296
23	Jagannath University	1,244
24	Chittagong Independent University	1,185
25	Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research	1,172
26	Jashore University of Science and Technology	1,161
27	National Institute of Technology Hamirpur	1,157
28	Independent University, Bangladesh	1,095
29	Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology	1,092
30	East West University	1,075
31	International Islamic University Chittagong	1,028
32	Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University	985
33	Gopalganj Science and Technology University	911
34	Military Institute of Science and Technology	893
35	Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University	873
36	Pabna University of Science and Technology	856
37	Gazipur Agricultural University	851
38	United International University	841
39	Islamic University	823
40	Bangladesh University of Professionals	808

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