The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) has secured the top position among Bangladeshi universities in the World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI) 2026, becoming the only institution from Bangladesh to feature in the WURI Top 40.
ULAB ranked 36th among the Global Top 100 Innovative Universities, according to an announcement made by WURI President Kyung-Sung Kim, reads a press release.
He said ULAB is the only Bangladeshi university to remain in WURI’s Global Top 100 for six consecutive years.
The university has steadily improved its position over the years, ranking 100th in 2021, 96th in 2022, 75th in 2023, 69th in 2024, 54th in 2025, and 36th in 2026.
The achievement was announced during the 6th Annual Conference of the Hanseatic League of Universities (HLU) and WURI Ceremony 2026, held from May 6 to 8, 2026, at National Chi Nan University in Nantou, Taiwan.
A total of 1,927 universities from 96 countries participated in the WURI Rankings 2026. Seven universities from Bangladesh were included in the rankings. In addition to the overall ranking, ULAB earned recognition in several major categories.
The university ranked 5th in social impact through knowledge transfer, 30th in crisis management, 55th in future-oriented responses to global uncertainty and geopolitical risk, 58th in cost-effectiveness management, 61st in digital and ai transformation in strategy and management, 66th in ethics and integrity, 79th in financial impact-driven technology transfer, and 100th in empowerment-based management.
