Islamic University, Bangladesh (Bengali: ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, বাংলাদেশ) (Arabic: الجامعة الإسلامية بنغلاديش) (French: Université Islamique, Bangladesh), commonly known as Islamic University, Kushtia (Bengali: ইবি), is one of the six major public research and PhD granting universities in Bangladesh and largest seats of higher education in the south-west part of the country. It is financially aided by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and financed by the Government of Bangladesh through University Grants Commission, Bangladesh. On 22 November 1979, the foundation of the Islamic University was set up in Kushtia,[3] and it is operated under the Islamic University Act of 1980.[4] Islamic University began operations on 28 June 1986. It is the seventh oldest university in the country and the first university on the land of independent Bangladesh which was established after acquiring independence from then West Pakistan in 1971. It grants undergraduate, graduate and doctorate degrees. Islamic university kushtia Bangladesh, ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় কুষ্টিয়া