University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh

University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
Motto	A NEW VISION IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Established	2002
Type	Private, Coeducational
Chancellor	H.E. President Zillur Rahman
Vice-Chancellor	Professor Dr. Rafiqul Islam
Location	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Campus	Urban
Nickname	ULAB
Affiliations	University Grants Commission Bangladesh
Website	ulab.edu.bd

University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (Bengali: লিবারেল আর্টস বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) (ULAB) is a university in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in February 2002, permission to open was received from the University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh in November 2003, pursuant to the Private University Act 1992.

History

ULAB's founder, Kazi Shahid Ahmed, believes in creating works that benefit the people of Bangladesh and are of service to the country. In this spirit, he created a place of learning where well-rounded students would be fully steeped in the values of their own heritage, yet trained to face the modern global workplace. The sponsors planned for many years, and the idea of the University was initiated at a public colloquium, in February 2002, attended by leading academics, cultural figures, and entrepreneurs. Permission for the opening of ULAB was received from the University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh in November 2003. ULAB was formally launched at a ceremony on October 1, 2004. For its first two years the university operated from its original campus in Mohakhali, Dhaka. The new, purpose-built campus in the heart of Dhanmondi was opened in the Fall of 2006. This brand-new, fully dedicated building has all modern facilities, laboratories and libraries available for its students. In the Summer of 2008, ULAB opened its second campus, also in Dhanmondi. Through its first-ever Convocation on July 20, 2010, ULAB established itself as a recognized quality educational institution, with a long-term vision to the future. His Excellency Md. Zillur Rahman, the Hon'able President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, and Chancellor of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, kindly consented to preside over the Convocation Ceremony and confer the degrees.

Mission

The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh is an institution devoted to developing young minds to their fullest potential through the free and creative pursuit of knowledge. Alongside such intellectual growth, we are also firmly committed to helping the young men and women in our charge to become responsible and caring citizens of their nations, and indeed of the world. We promise to fulfill these aims by adopting an array of traditional and innovative academic and extra-curricular programs, and by bringing to our students the best that has been thought and accomplished in the arts and sciences throughout the world. We hope to instill in our students a high capacity for analytical thought, lucid expression and a lifelong love of learning. Our graduates will be technologically sophisticated and globally aware people. They will be set free to explore, to create, to challenge. Imbued deeply with the principles of freedom, creativity, and service, they will become leaders of society, and capable of meeting all challenges of the new century.

Core Values

The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh as an institution practices two core values:

1. Liberal Arts

2. Sustainable Development

Departments

ULAB offers programs of study in the following departments:^{[citation needed]}

• Department of English & Humanities
• Department of Media Studies & Journalism
• Department of Business Administration
• Department of Computer Science & Engineering
• Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
• Center for Sustainable Development

It also offers an Executive MBA degree.

It also has two proposed departments:^{[citation needed]}

• Department of Performing Arts

External links

• ULAB Homepage
• ULAB on Center for South Asia Studies Webpage