Type Private Students 7,500 approx. Colors Red and Green Founded 2002 Academic staff 145 | Established 2002 (2002) Location Dhaka, Bangladesh Phone +880 1712-675595 Color Red and Green Vice-chancellor M Abdus Sobhan | |
Campus Urban
2A/1, North East of Darus Salam Road,Section 1, Mirpur, Dhaka 1216 Address 2A/1 North East of Darus Salam Road, Dhaka 1216, Bangladesh Motto a home for rendering prime knowledge Similar IBAIS University, Primeasia University, Presidency University - Bangladesh, Manarat International University, People's University of Bangla | ||
Prime University (Bengali: প্রাইম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) or PU is a private university in Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The university was established by the Private University Act 1992. PU is affiliated by the University Grants Commission Bangladesh. The University was established in 2002 at Mirpur, Dhaka. PU is the first venture of the Prime Foundation.
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10 storied prime university mazar road campus building
Campus
Prime University is located at 2A/1, North East of Darus Salam Road, Section-1, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. A huge building having an area of 55000 sq. ft is used for the accommodation of the University. The permanent campus of Prime University is under construction at 114-116, Mazar Road, Section-1, Mirpur, Dhaka.
Faculties
PU have 8 departments under 5 different faculties.
Academic programs
PU offers the following graduate and undergraduate programs:
Laboratories
Prime University has built up its laboratories adequately equipped with equipment to conduct and to carry out research on different aspects, which are:
Library
The Prime University Library has different resources like books on different subjects, reports and bound journals, CD ROMs and databases, Audio & Video cassettes etc. Presently, there are more than 30,000 books covering Liberal Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce, Particularly Business, Management, Marketing, Finance, Economics, Computer Science and Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, History and Culture, Sociology as well as different language courses like English, Arabic, Chinese, Korean etc. The Prime University Library Subscribes International Journal like The Economist, Riders Digest, Indian Time etc. The CD ROMs containing contents of different books, matters relating to Environments, Historical Incidences, Culture, Culinary Arts etc. It has also provide a Digital Library that is a focused collection of digital objects that can include text, visual material, audio material, video material, stored as electronic media formats (as opposed to print, micro-form, or other media), along with means for organizing, storing, and retrieving the files and media contained in the library collection.
Academic Semester
Research Center
PU has a research center named Center for Research, Human Resource Development & Publications (CRHRDP)
Journals and Publications
Prime University Journal is an interdisciplinary journal used to publish in January and July of each calendar year and is registered with National Serials Data Program, Library of Congress (ISSN. 1995-5332). The journal contains research-based articles on Social Science, Law, Education, Business, Arts, Science and Technology. The first journal was published in July, 2007 (volume I) by CRHRDP. Also it publish news letter at same calendar year.
Student activity clubs
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Convocation
Prime University held its first convocation on 14 October 2008 at Bangabandhu International Conference Center. Almost 3,200 students achieved their graduation degrees from that ceremony. Yet it is the only convocation for Prime university and the second one will be held on 24 April 2016.