Qazi Azizul Mowla
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Qazi Azizul Mowla | |
|---|---|
কাজী আজিজুল মাওলা | |
| Citizenship | Bangladesh |
| Occupations | Architect, Urban designer, Academic |
| Known for | Urban morphology of Dhaka |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Liverpool University of Hong Kong IIT Roorkee Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology |
| Thesis | Evolution of Dhaka's Urban Morphology (1997) |
| Doctoral advisor | Simon Pepper |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | urban design Architecture |
Qazi Azizul Mawla is a Bangladeshi architect, urban designer, and academic. He is vice-chancellor of the Leading University of Bangladesh.[1][2][3] Previously, he was head of the Department of Architecture, BUET and founding chairperson of the Department of Architecture, Khulna University. Mowla is renowned for his curricular consultancy.
Mawla obtained his Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1981 from the Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. In 1985, he received an honours with first class in build-environment design from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and in 1990, a master's degree with distinction in urban design from the University of Hong Kong. He received his PhD in urban morphology from the University of Liverpool in the UK in 1986.[4] Later he completed his post-doc research & Training in architectural conservation from the Lund University in Sweden in 2006.[citation needed]
Career
Had been in government service as an Assistant Chief Architect until 1991. Mowla started his academic career as an assistant professor and also the founding head of the Department of Architecture at Khulna University in 1991 and became an associate professor in 1994. He was dean of the Faculty of Science Engineering and Technology, engineering adviser to the vice-chancellor and the director of student affairs for Khulna University. He moved to BUET in 2000 and in 2001 became a professor in architecture. In 2012 he become the head of the Department of Architecture at BUET. He was visiting professor at Kyushu University of Japan and KU Leuven of Belgium. Appointed Vice-Chancellor, Leading University by the Chancellor of Universities, Bangladesh, in January 2021.
