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Type
  
Private, coeducational

Students
  
More than 1500

Phone
  
+880 2-8950729

Vice-chancellor
  
Abulhasan M. Sadeq

Established
  
1996

Location
  
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Founded
  
1996

Dean
  
Md. Ashraf Hossain, School of Business, Jafar Sadeq, School of Sciences and Engineering, Md. Sharifuddin Khan, School of Social Sciences, Md. Mohsin Uddin, School of Arts

Undergraduates
  
AUB offers 11 undergraduate programs in 10 departments under five schools.

Address
  
7 Rd No 7, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh

Motto
  
A New Horizon in Education

Similar
  
Atish Dipankar University, IBAIS University, Northern University - Bangladesh, ASA University Bangladesh, Dhaka International University

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Asian University of Bangladesh (Bengali: এশিয়ান ইউনিভার্সিটি অফ বাংলাদেশ) or AUB is a private, coeducational university in Bangladesh. It was established on 4 January 1996 by the Private University Act 1992. AUB had four campuses in Uttara, Dhanmondi, Khulna and Rajshahi, but now it is running its academic program only in its main campus at Uttara and by December 2014 it will shift to the permanent campus at Ashulia. The university is affiliated by University Grants Commission (Bangladesh) and managed by Asian University Trust.

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Faculties

  • School of Business
  • School of Sciences & Engineering
  • School of Social Sciences
  • School of Arts
  • School of Education and Training
  • 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. The honourable advisors are:

  • Ian Small, Head, Distance Education Center, University of New England, Australia
  • Masud Chowdhury, University College of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
  • Kabir Hasan, University of New Orleans, University of New England
  • Anis Chowdhury, University of Western Sydney, Australia
  • Mohammad Ansari, Athabasca University, Athabasca. Alberta, Canada
  • Mohammad Abdur Rashid, International Islamic University, Malaysia
  • Overseas linkages and accreditation

    AUB has established linkages with overseas universities for academic cooperation in education and research. 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. 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 some other universities.

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

    References

    Asian University of Bangladesh Wikipedia