American International University-Bangladesh
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| Motto | Where leaders are created |
| Established | 1994 |
| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Chancellor | President Zillur Rahman |
| Vice-Chancellor | Carmen Z. Lamagna |
| Academic staff | 277 (full-time faculty) as of Spring 2011–2012 |
| Students | 10,725 as of Spring 2011–2012 |
| Location | Dhaka, Banani, Bangladesh 23°47′40″N 90°24′06″E / 23.794458°N 90.401586°ECoordinates: 23°47′40″N 90°24′06″E / 23.794458°N 90.401586°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Dark blue |
| Nickname | AIUB |
| Affiliations | University Grants Commission |
| Website | www.aiub.edu |
American International University-Bangladesh (Bengali: আমেরিকান ইন্টারন্যাশনাল ইউনিভার্সিটি-বাংলাদেশ) (AIUB) is a private research university located at Banani in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 1994 by Anwarul Abedin under the Private University Act, 1992.[1] The university is an independent organization with its own Board of Trustees.[2] It offers several degree programs at graduate and undergraduate level from its four faculties. As of 2012, The university has over 10,725 students with over 277 full-time faculty members and 8,608 Alumni.[citation needed]
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[edit] Campuses
The University is on Kamal Atatürk Avenue, Banani, Dhaka. It has six campuses with two administrative buildings. Different campuses house different faculties and departments:
- Administration Building is at 23°47′40″N 90°24′06″E / 23.794458°N 90.401586°E.
- Campus 1: Faculty of Business Administration is at 23°47′40″N 90°24′20″E / 23.794467°N 90.405664°E.
- Campus 2: Faculty of Engineering is at 23°47′41″N 90°24′09″E / 23.794686°N 90.402417°E.
- Campus 3: Accounts and Audit Section is at 23°47′41″N 90°24′06″E / 23.794650°N 90.401678°E.
- Campus 4: Faculty of Science and Information Technology and the IT Department is at 23°47′40″N 90°24′22″E / 23.794503°N 90.406175°E.
- Campus 5: Faculty of Business Administration is at 23°47′39″N 90°24′20″E / 23.794278°N 90.405611°E.
- Campus 6: Deans' Office and AQAC is at 23°47′39″N 90°24′20″E / 23.794278°N 90.405611°E.
- Campus 7: Department of Math, Department of Basic Sciences and Department of Architecture is at 23°47′39″N 90°24′20″E / 23.794278°N 90.405611°E.
Construction of the permanent campus 23°49′18″N 90°25′40″E / 23.821748°N 90.427785°E is going on at Kuratoli Road, Kuril on a 5.38 acres (2.18 ha) of land. The total building area is 950,000 square feet (88,000 m2). It was designed by architects Soontorn Boonyatikarn and Associates of Thailand and architect Gazi Tariq Mahmood of Bangladesh. The tentative date of completion is mid of 2014.[3]
[edit] 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 |
[edit] 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.[4]
AIUB is the first university of the nation to offer the Agribusiness MBA (AgMBA) program.[5] 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.[6]
[edit] Publications
AIUB publishes two academic journals: AIUB Journal of Science and Engineering (AJSE) (ISSN 1608-3679) and AIUB Journal of Business and Economics (AJBE), (ISSN 1683-8742). 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.
[edit] 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.
AIUB also provides separate male and female prayer room for muslim students.
[edit] 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 ICPC) commonly known as ACM ICPC World Final.[7] In 2001, AIUB qualified for the world final through Wild Card by securing second place in ACM ICPC Kanpur Site regional.[8] Office of Student Affairs (OSA) looks after the extra curricular activities of the student community through student organizations like:
[edit] 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)
- AIUB Photography Club (APC)
- AIESEC in AIUB
- IEEE, AIUB Branch
[edit] 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 and TOEFL with code 7067
- AIUB is listed in the International University Handbook, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 editions by UNESCO
- Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB)
- IAB (Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB)
[edit] References
- ^ "Private University Act, 1992". http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/workgroups/bdlaw/1992-a34.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
- ^ An independent organization with its own Board of Trustees. "Overview of AIUB". http://www.aiub.edu/HtmlViewer2.aspx?FileName=/staticpages/aiub/introduction.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ^ http://www.aiub.edu/HtmlViewer2.aspx?FileName=StaticPages/Top_News/Aiub_permanentCampus.html
- ^ Academic programs. "Degrees offered at present". http://www.aiub.edu/HtmlViewer2.aspx?FileName=/staticpages/aiub/general_information.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ^ "Agribusiness MBA is offered for the first time in Bangladesh by AIUB.". The America's Intelligence Wire. May 6, 2003. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-23202370_ITM. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
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- ^ "Final Standing, ACM ICPC World Final 2002". http://icpc.baylor.edu/past/icpc2002/Finals/Standings.html. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
- ^ "ACM ICPC Kanpur Site regional standing 2001". http://icpc.baylor.edu/past/icpc2002/regionals/ViewRegionalStandings.asp?ContestID=513. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
