American International University-Bangladesh
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American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) is a private
Private university
Private universities are universities not operated by governments, although many receive public subsidies, especially in the form of tax breaks and public student loans and grants. Depending on their location, private universities may be subject to government regulation. Private universities are...

  research university located at Banani in Dhaka
Dhaka
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...

, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. It was established in 1994 by Anwarul Abedin under the Private University Act, 1992. The university is an independent organization with its own Board of Trustees. It offers several degree programs at graduate and undergraduate level from its four faculties. The university has over 9,000 students with over 280 full-time faculty members.

Campuses

The University is on Kamal Atatürk Avenue, Banani
Banani
Banani is a village in Mali, populated by the Dogon people.....

, Dhaka
Dhaka
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...

. It has six campuses with two administrative buildings. Different campuses house different faculties and departments:
  • Administration Building is at 23.794458°N 90.401586°E.
  • Campus 1: Faculty of Business Administration is at 23.794467°N 90.405664°E.
  • Campus 2: Faculty of Engineering is at 23.794686°N 90.402417°E.
  • Campus 3: Accounts and Audit Section is at 23.794650°N 90.401678°E.
  • Campus 4: Faculty of Science and Information Technology and the IT Department is at 23.794503°N 90.406175°E.
  • Campus 5: Faculty of Business Administration is at 23.794278°N 90.405611°E.
  • Campus 6: Deans' Office and AQAC is at 23.794278°N 90.405611°E.
  • Campus 7: Department of Math, Department of Basic Sciences and Department of Architecture is at 23.794278°N 90.405611°E.

Construction of the permanent campus 23.821748°N 90.427785°E is going on at Kuratoli Road, Kuril on a 5.38 acres (2.2 ha) of land. The total building area is 950000 square feet (88,257.9 m²). It was designed by architects Soontorn Boonyatikarn and Associates of Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

 and architect Gazi Tariq Mahmood of Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. The tentative date of completion is mid of 2014.

Academic bunting and tassel color

Dark blue University
Light blue Faculty of Science and Information Technology
Orange Faculty of Engineering
Green Faculty of Business Administration
Maroon Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences

Academics

The academic programs gradually develop around the Faculty of Science and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Business Administration, and Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences.

AIUB is the first university of the nation to offer the Agribusiness MBA (AgMBA) program. The Master of Engineering in Telecommunications (M.Eng. in Telecommunications) is a joint degree program by the Faculty of Science & IT and Faculty of Engineering. AIUB has been offering the program since spring 2008–09.

Publications

AIUB publishes two academic journals: AIUB Journal of Science and Engineering (AJSE) and AIUB Journal of Business and Economics (AJBE), . Since the first publications in 2002 by the Office of Research & Publications (ORP) of AIUB, three issues per year are published.

AIUB has launched an online databank, which contains historical financial data of nation's business, stock market, economic data and HR data.

Infrastructure

The university has the following labs:
  • Analog Electronics Lab
  • Computer Hardware and Architecture Lab
  • Computer Networks Lab
  • Control System Lab
  • Digital Electronics Lab
  • Digital Signal Processing Lab
  • Electrical Circuits Lab
  • Electrical Machines Lab
  • Measurement & Instrumentation Lab
  • Microcomputer Lab
  • Microprocessor Lab
  • Microwave Engineering Lab
  • Motor and Transformer Winding Repair Shop
  • PCB Etching Room
  • Industrial and Power Electronics Lab
  • Telecommunications Lab
  • VLSI Lab
  • VHDL & Logic Synthesis Lab
  • Switch Gear
  • Project lab
  • Cellular Communication Lab


There are about 32,000 books, 96 online journals and others articles, periodicals, CDs, video covering more than 80 academic areas in the AIUB library.

The auditorium serves as an activity room for extracurricular activities. It can hold 210 people. The auditorium is used for seminars, meetings, special classes, business presentation and the like. It is equipped with state-of-art facilities.

AIUB provides separate male and female housing facilities for international students and out-of-Dhaka students.

Extra curricular activities

AIUB is one of the only five universities from Bangladesh who have participated in the maximum level of ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest is an annual multi-tiered computer programming competition among the universities of the world. The contest is sponsored by IBM. Headquartered at Baylor University, with autonomous regions on six continents, the ICPC is directed by Baylor Professor...

 (ACM ICPC) commonly known as ACM ICPC World Final. In 2001, AIUB qualified for the world final through Wild Card by securing second place in ACM ICPC Kanpur Site regional. Office of Student Affairs (OSA) looks after the extra curricular activities of the student community through student organizations like:

Extra-curricular Clubs

  • AIUB Business Club (ABC)
  • AIUB Oratory Club (AOC)
  • AIUB Drama Club (ADC)
  • AIUB Film Club (AFC)
  • AIUB Gaming Club (AGC)
  • AIUB Performing Arts Club (APAC)
  • AIESEC
    AIESEC
    AIESEC is a global youth organisation that develops leadership capabilities through their internal leadership programmes and engaging students and graduates in international student exchange and internship programmes for profit and non-profit organisations. Its international office is in...

     in AIUB
  • IEEE, AIUB Branch

Affiliations

  • UGC (University Grants Commission, Bangladesh)
  • International Association of Universities (IAU)
  • International Association of University Presidents (IAUP)
  • American Association of University Administrators (AAUA)
  • Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN)
  • American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham)
  • Association of Universities in the Asia & the Pacific (AUAP)
  • Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI)
  • Score recipients of GMAT
    Graduate Management Admission Test
    The Graduate Management Admission Test is a computer-adaptive standardized test in mathematics and the English language for measuring aptitude to succeed academically in graduate business studies. Business schools use the test as a criterion for admission into graduate business administration...

     and TOEFL
    TOEFL
    The Test of English as a Foreign Language, or TOEFL , evaluates the ability of an individual to use and understand English in an academic setting....

     with code 7067
  • AIUB is listed in the International University Handbook, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 editions by UNESCO
    UNESCO
    The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

  • Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB)
  • IAB (Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB)

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