Asian University of Bangladesh

Asian University of Bangladesh (Bengali: এশিয়ান ইউনিভার্সিটি অফ বাংলাদেশ) or AUB is a private, coeducational university of Bangladesh. It was established on 4 January 1996 by the Private University Act 1992. AUB has four campuses in Uttara, Dhanmondi, Khulna and Rajshahi. The university is affiliated by University Grants Commission (Bangladesh) and managed by Asian University Trust.

Message from the Honourable Vice Chancellor

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Asian University of Bangladesh, a place of learning and scholarship, engaged in preparing young men and women to face the challenges of the new millennium. 

In its efforts towards progress and development, Bangladesh needs high quality human resources, professionally sound and morally upright, equipped with state-of-the-art knowledge and technology know-how. AUB commits to deliver this to the nation. 

Established in September 1996, with a few students and only two faculties located in a small two-storied building, AUB expanded and grew very fast. It has now seven faculties, four campuses and about seven thousend students. This has been achieved despite our efforts to restrict expansion in the face of high demand and pressure for admission into our university. It seems that AUB's quality education did the promotional job effectively. 

AUB has two modes of education, which is unique in the country. A full time student can have the privilege of campus based education. But if you are working or staying away from the campus, you may still avail of AUB's quality education through its distance mode. 

If you have made up your mind to excel, to make high achievements in life and contribute to building the nation, you need the best in education and training. AUB's mission is to give this to you. 

I am sure you will find this website very useful and informative. For additional information, please refer to the AUB office, which will be glad to assist you. 

Please accept my best personal wishes for your success.

Professor Abulhasan M Sadeq, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor,
Asian University of Bangladesh.

History

Dhanmondi Campus, Asian University ofBangladesh

Asian University of Bangladesh (AUB) received formal approval of the Government of the Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh on 4 January 1996 as a degree-awarding university under the Private University Act, 1992. AUB is accredited by the University Grants Commission, Bangladesh and the Government of Bangladesh. AUB is also accredited overseas.

The efforts to establish this university date back to 1990 when the idea was first mooted out by the founder of AUB, Dr. Abul Hasan Muhammad Sadeq, to import high quality education as widely as possible from an inter-disciplinary, integrated ethico-human approach reflecting our values, heritage and principles. Efforts continued for mobilizing a pool of academic resources from experienced and committed Bangladeshi academicians attached to overseas universities. The academic programs of AUB have been prepared by experts with cooperation from reputed overseas universities to meet international standards of education.

Faculties

School of Business

School of Science & Engineering

School of Social Sciences

School of Arts

School of Education and Training

[edit]Departments

Department of Business Administration

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Department of Government and Politics

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Department of Economics

Department of Information Science and Library Management

Department of English

Department of Bengali

Department of Islamic Studies

Department of Islamic History and Civilization

Department of Education and Training

Campus

Uttara Campus, Asian University of Bangladesh

The university established five campuses in Uttara, Dhanmondi, Motijheel, Rajshahi, and Khulna. Its central campus is situated at House 9, Road 5, Sector 7 of Uttara Model Town in Dhaka. The largest number of students is here. The distance mode education programs operate from this campus as do the university’s administrative activities.

The university gets its urban campuses at House 36, Road 27 (Old), 16 (New), Dhanmondi and at 28/1 Toyenbee Circular Road, Motijheel in Dhaka. The authority wants to expand its facilities to the north and the south of the country. In the south, the university campus is at 33 K. D. A. Avenue (near Hotel Royal), Khulna; in the north, the university campus is at House C/691, Birsheshtha Shahid Jahangir Sarani, Talaimari, Kajla, Rajshahi.

Library

AUB has a big library consisting of about 1 lakh books, 500 journals, 150 research reports and 10000 audiovisual materials. The main feature of the library is that it has an Asia Foundation corner. Asia Foundation has so far donated 5000 books and 900 audiovisual learning resources which have been kept in the corner. Besides Uttara, there is one more Asia Foundation corner at Dhanmondi Campus of the AUB. The materials received from the Asia Foundation are found extremely useful for the students and the faculty members.[2]

Features

AUB is a leading university in Bangladesh. Its salient features include the following:

AUB provides dual-mode education: Distance and on-campus, which is unique in Bangladesh. Dual-mode education exists mostly in developed countries.

The academic curriculum of AUB has been developed with the help of experts from reputed universities, at home and abroad, to provide high quality education comparable with that of world-class universities.

An International Advisory Board consisting of members from American, Canadian and Australian universities advises on the academic standard of AUB.

In academic programs, AUB has adopted an inter-disciplinary and ethico-human approach so that the graduates of AUB are professionally sound and morally upright and equipped with multidimensional insights to face the challenges of real life in the complex world of modem times.

AUB follows the full credit hour system that provides flexibility to students to adjust their studies according to their interests, ability, needs and desired time plan.

AUB can reach every nook and corner of Bangladesh by its distance mode of education; thus high-quality education is accessible to remote areas including the rural poor.

Through distance education, AUB can go beyond the boundary of Bangladesh with its high quality education, especially Asian countries and particularly to its South-Asian neighbourhood.[3]

International advisors of AUB

An international council of advisors has been formed to advise AUB in its academic programs. The council consists of academicians from universities in Australia, Canada, Malaysia and the United States of America, who have considerable personal experience in education. The honourable advisors are:

Dr. Ian Small, Head, Distance Education Center, University of New England, Australia

Dr. Masud Chowdhury, University College of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Dr. Kabir Hasan, University of New Orleans, University of New England

Dr. Anis Chowdhury, University of Western Sydney, Australia

Dr. Mohammad Ansari, Athabasca University, Athabasca. Alberta, Canada

Dr. Mohammad Abdur Rashid, International Islamic University, Malaysia[4]

Overseas linkages and accreditation

AUB has established linkages with overseas universities for academic cooperation in education and research. Accordingly, AUB has signed memoranda of understanding with the following universities:

University of West Florida, USA

Ashland University, Ohio, USA

University of Southern Queensland, Australia

University of Jordan, Jordan

International Islamic University, Malaysia

University of Yarmouk, Jordan

Tehran University, Iran

University Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR), Malaysia

Under an agreement, AUB students may study 50% of the courses at AUB and the remaining 50% of the courses at Ashland University, Ohio, USA for a degree from Ashland University. Also, AUB students will be able to switch to the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, for a USQ degree with credit transfer at any point of their studies and also to University Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR), Malaysia with similar facilities. Credit transfer facilities are available with a number of other universities as well.

AUB is accredited by and is a full member of APICS, which is Switzerland-based body for accreditation of universities and international cooperation in education.

General Information

Male Student    :               10503

Female Student               :               2853

Total Teacher    :               78

Male Hostel Seat             :               300

Female Hostel Seat        :               150

Asian University of Bangladesh

House# 9, Road# 5, Sector# 7, Uttara Model Town, Dhaka - 1230

Phone: 8950729,8922992,01818709576 , Fax: 8916521