East Delta University Graduate Attributes

Domain Knowledge
The University strongly believes that learning is not an event rather it is a whole process. It is the
continual growth and change in the brain's architecture that results from the many ways we take
in information, process it, connect it, catalogue it, and use it. To build and create the best higher
education environment that is conducive for the development of academic and institutional
excellence and to generate individuals who are competent, innovative and of noble character to
serve the needs of the nation and the world, the University is committed to serve the best
learning opportunities on the domain knowledge for every student.

Students come to the University with a broad range of pre-existing knowledge, skills, beliefs,
and attitudes, which influence how they attend, interpret and organize in-coming information.
How they process and integrate new information will, in turn, affect how they remember, think,
apply, and create new knowledge. Since new knowledge and skill is dependent on pre-existing
knowledge and skill, the University runs Access Academy to evaluate every sudent’s pre-
existing knowledge, craft the strengths and acknowledge and address their weaknesses. Once the
University groom every student to understand the domain knowledge through Access Academy,
the students then can start their studies with specific subjects.

Each and every schools, departments, individual subjects and faculties of the University
promised to provide the best knowledge on the domain that will help the students to achieve
greater through intellectual development. The University recognizes that such intellectual
development is shaped in the form of deeper knowledge of the discipline, problem-solving
capacities, critical thinking, and abilities to understand complexity and ambiguity. In addition to
provide domain knowledge, the University attempts to produce graduates with greater personal
and social growth through enhanced personal efficacy, moral reasoning, interpersonal skills,
intercultural competencies, commitments to social service, and even career development. Faculty
also find greater satisfaction with student learning, new research opportunities and
collaborations, not to mention stronger ties to their community.

Research Understanding
Research discovers, elucidates and evaluates new knowledge, ideas, and the technologies
essential in driving the future of society and humanity. The University acknowledges that
without research, a relevant and modern curriculum does not exist. Hence, the University
promote research fosters professional excellence in the curriculum to delivering outstanding
student education and training.
It is a matter of pride that EDU Library is now connected with Bangladesh-INASP/PERI
Consortia (BIPC) under the auspices of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS) to have access
to thousands of reputed international online journals and books with downloading facilities of
full text articles. The University also provides access to leading E-Resources such as EBSCO,
Wiley-Blackwell, Springer and many more is available for the students and faculties of EDU.
The University also subscribed different research tools and softwares, such as Turnitin,
Mandeley, EndNote, Grammarly etc to provide comprehensive support on research to our faculty
members and students.

In our University, the studies focus on elements of how to conduct research and scholarship.
Several courses in the Undergraduate and Graduate programmes focus on the core aspects of the
“frame of mind” critical to the student as scholar, including internal motivation, a belief in one’s
capacity to do original research or creative practice, reliance on personal authority, and the self-
perception of being a peer in the larger community of scholars. Because of the emphasising real
importance in research, regionally, nationally and internationally, our research activities and
services have critical economic, societal and environmental impacts.

Leadership Development
Leadership is about envisioning and shaping the future. Strong, effective leadership is integral to
both individual and nation-wide success. Integrating effective leadership skills and education
into the curriculum of University allows for self-growth and sustainable success.

Leaders are essential for all of the sectors in a society and in an organisation. The University
purposefully shed light on leadership development programmes through their study curriculums.
The University emphasize on the following four leadership criteria and aims to build such skills
in every EDU graduates. They are:

1. Sustainability Leadership
The world today has many complex and transnational issues. Scarcity on natural and food
resources, our ecological footprint and climate change, regional instability, security issues,
access to healthcare and education, social disruption and technological change need sustainable
solutions which cannot be solved by political institutions alone. To combat with these
challenges, the nation and the society requires sustainable leaders. Sustainable leaders look
beyond immediate, short-term gains and serve the society in a larger context.

Hence, the sustainable leaders are holistic thinker. Such thinkers understand the context behind a
problem and its relationship to broader trends. Social innovators find ways to redesign products
and processes that create business and social value. The magnitude of sustainability challenges
demands a fundamental reengineering of business. Leaders with social innovation competence
view this challenge as a growth opportunity.
A leader with active values is mindful of emotions and motivations and sensitive to those of
others. Mindful leaders can view themselves and their work as part of a larger purpose,
motivating them to harness business to improve society. Therefore, a sustainability-literate leader
must be aware of emerging environmental and social trends, and the risks and opportunities they
create for business. In a whole, a sustainable leader must possess emotional intelligence in him to
understand the greater impact of his decisions.

Emotional intelligence is defined as “the ability to accurately perceive your own and others
emotions, to understand the signals that emotions send about relationships, and to manage your
own and others’ emotions.” In effect, EQ is characterized by the intangible behavior that helps in
managing emotions, taking different perspectives, being empathetic, focused on human
centricity, being socially aware, being flexible and adaptable, and focused on building
meaningful relationships.

Besides, an individual can be recognised as a sustainable leader if the person possesses the
following characteristics, such as self- awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, empathy and
social skills. The East Delta University wants their graduates to possess the above skills and wish
to make each and individual of them as sustainable leaders.

2. Digital Leadership
A leader must has the ability to embrace technology (and know how to use data) in this digital
age. This is known as digital leadership. Such a leadership is getting increasingly important than
ever before.

With all the variances between generations, leaders have to evolve their styles to motivate a very
diverse workforce. In this era, every leader must take decisions based on the perfectly analysed
data. Hence, leadership in every division will be more or less dependent on data and what that
basically means is the analysis will assist to formulating the national, social and organisational
strategy.

East Delta University wishes to provide digital literacy, digital vision, digital presence,
adaptability skills with technology and technological awareness to its students. Consequently, the
University curriculum and lecture tool encompasses all the technological values that are needed
to achieve individual’s success. In each school and department, the students are taught about the
sensitivity in the digital workplace, digital literacy, digital vision, digital presence as well as how
to retain an awareness of cultural differences.

3. Moral and Ethical Leadership

A leader, by definition, is one who guides, who shows the way by example. A leader, if he is to
be effective, must have the ability to persuade others. If there is no persuasion, there simply is no
leadership. In order to be able to persuade others to follow a course of action, a leader must have
personal integrity. If a man cannot be trusted, he cannot lead, for the populous will not be guided
by someone in whom they have no confidence.

Moral Leadership is a very different kind of leadership. Rather than aspiring to being followed,
Moral Leaders aim to serve. Instead of showcasing their own skills, moral leaders tend to
develop the capacities of others. Moral Leadership is not about rank – any person holding any
position can be a moral leader, but such individuals are always characterized by a deep sense of
ethics, are driven by core ideals (such as justice) and are motivated by the pursuit of a higher
purpose.

Moral Leadership is also about particular capacities and skills. First of all, Moral Leaders know
how to manage themselves, how to temper their egos and how to act with nobility and rectitude.
They are visionary and affect personal change. Moral Leaders also have a highly developed
sense of emotional intelligence and master key social skills. They work to overcome obstacles
and are skilled at the art of consultation. They build consensus navigate diversity and establish
unity. Moral Leaders are the conscience (i.e. moral compass) of an enterprise or organization and
the glue that holds it together.

Leaders are being challenged as to how ethical they are, in their conduct and behavior, in terms
of goods and services produced, the society, customers, suppliers, employees and the whole
ecosystem in which they operate. The world around us is rapidly evolving and transforming. As
the world and more specifically the nation, need many more leaders who will guide us through
the maze of change, the University dedicates its mission to build ethical and moral individuals in
future for the nation.

4. Innovative Leadership
Innovation leadership is a philosophy and technique that combines different leadership styles to
influence others to produce creative ideas, products, and services. Social and business innovation
is a collaborative affair that runs from idea, through development to implementation. This
process normally involves many people with various expertise. So the notion of a lone innovator
simply does not exist.

The innovative leader is not a micro-manager. It focuses on the big picture and works with
creative thinkers who can add to that vision and make it greater. Micro-managers, on the other
hand, tend to stifle creativity and focus far too much on the details – causing them and their
teams to lose sight of the big picture.

Ideally, every individual in a business or society works as team members. Every innovation in
the society requires dozens or more ideas, ideas on improving the original concept, ideas on how
to implement it, ideas to solve problems and so on. In East Delta University, we are producing
future team-workers and leaders who will dedicate themselves in innovations. Innovations are
must in a society like us where we pertain to several problems every day. Not only in the
curriculums, the University in each year launches different programs, competition through
several events organised by EDU Clubs in order to make our students more innovative and
creative.

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Critical thinking means being able to present evidence for ideas, analysing the way to think
instead of simply learning facts without ever questioning them. The workplace is changing fast,
and Universities needs to adapt to it. Critical thinking and problem solving are considered key
skills for this uncertain future, especially considering how remote work seems to become more
and more popular as the years go by. In the future, workers will be likely selected based on their
ability to be independent from micro-managing and able to work with less supervision and even
away from the office.

Today’s students are likely not to work using the same tools they are using to study. The fast
changing technology will change the fate of our graduates, and hence, learning with critical
thinking will prepare them to learn and adapt faster and keep up to date with relevant changes in
their fields of study.

The University and all the faculty members works hard to teach our students with critical and
analytical approach in every subject which makes the learning process more relevant for the
students. Critical thinking skills are not limited to a subject, and they can be applied to anything,
from politics to physics. The ability of thinking logically and systematically has a huge impact
not only on how we understand ideas, but on how we express them. Whether we choose to be a
history professor or a scientist, being able to explain what we want and what are goals in the
most effective way is an invaluable skill, in the workplace as well as in life. The University train
their student to be an open mind, being able to self-direct, self-discipline and self-monitor, which
allow this generation to succeed no matter what happens next.

Effective Communication Skills and Career-Oriented Visions

In today’s world, the evidence suggests that employers are recruiting graduates for jobs outside
their specialisms. As there are fewer certainties about what career a degree will lead to,
employers want graduates to be better prepared for the workplace. Universities need to be
thinking about the skills they will need to do well in a job. Hence, East Delta University
undertakes various programmes and opportunities that will create the soft skills among its
graduates.

Unlike hard skills, which can be proven and measured, soft skills are intangible and difficult to
quantify. Some examples of soft skills include analytical thinking, verbal and written
communication, and leadership. One reason soft skills are so revered is that they help facilitate
human connections. “Soft skills are key to building relationships, gaining visibility, and creating
more opportunities for advancement,” says Kathy Robinson, founder of Boston career-coaching
firm TurningPoint.

Basically, soft skills are required in every career and in any entrepreneurship. Both written and
verbal communication skills are of utmost important soft skill that is required in any workplace.
Effective communication skills improve the chances of building relationships with co-workers.
Communication skills boost the performance because they help to extract clear expectations from
your manager so that you can deliver excellent work.

To improve the communication and presentation skills, the University arranges and offers
different public speaking workshops. In addition, every course in the Undergraduate and
Postgraduate studies contains the marks in presentation. The University also runs Access
Academy which prepares each and every student to be more preventative and career-oriented.
The students learn about what they require to get a desired job from the very beginning of their
Undergraduate studies through Access Academy.

Global Citizenship
There is a shared resolve among educators across the world to ensure that young people acquire
social, civic and global-intercultural aptitudes by promoting democratic values and fundamental
rights, social inclusion and non-discrimination as well as active citizenship across all disciplines.

East Delta University provides a well-rounded, transformative, value-creating curriculum which

not only opens student’s eyes, but also sets the stage for them to act in ways that are inspired by
their course of study and driven by a desire to make a difference locally, regionally and globally.
It challenges traditional views and assumptions, allows students to introduce and access non-
dominant perspectives and encourages new ways of thinking.

Value-creating, transformative global citizenship education leads students to become more

inclusive, non-discriminating, open, reflective and emotionally able to change and is vital to the
development of critical thinking skills and critical reflection among graduates. The University in
every semester update their curriculum through a peer-review process in order to move beyond
the creative initiatives of individual teachers towards a more holistic redesign of university
curricula.