The Chemistry department of Jahangirnagar University has secured the top position at the Scimago World Rankings this year amongst the Bangladeshi public and private universities, reports BSS.
The ranking has been made on the basis of research, innovation and societal activities of universities.
The Scimago Journal & Country Rank is a publicly available portal that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus database.
The Institutions Ranking of Scimago includes governments, health, universities, companies and non-profit organizations into consideration to make a combined list.
According to the Scimago website, JU chemistry department stands at the top of the list among all Bangladeshi institutes after combining the research, innovation and societal ranks this year.
The department also secured the 654th international position for chemistry following a 76 per cent of ‘geographical context’. The context has largely taken into consideration for the institutional facilities in the respective region.
Besides, the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, University of Dhaka, Rajshahi University and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology secured the position among the country’s top five institutions in this subject area.