The University of Dhaka ranks first among Bangladeshi universities for research publications indexed in the Scopus database, according to a search carried out in October 2026. The university has 18,255 publications.
In second place is the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), with 13,807. The country’s 49 universities in the data have a combined total of 147,808 indexed publications.
Vice-Chancellor Professor A B M Obaidul Islam credited teachers, researchers and students, saying the university wants to improve research quality, expand international collaboration and provide better facilities for researchers.
