Asian University of Bangladesh ( bn, এশিয়ান ইউনিভার্সিটি অব বাংলাদেশ) or AUB is a

private university Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public student loans, and grant (money ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. It was established on 4 January 1996 by the Private University Act 1992. The AUB permanent campus is at Ashulia. The university is affiliated by

University Grants Commission (Bangladesh) University Grants Commission ( bn, বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় মঞ্জুরী কমিশন ''Biśbobidyālaẏ mañjurī komiśan'') of Bangladesh was established on 16 December 1972. It was created according to the Pres ...

History

Asian University of Bangladesh was established in 1996.AUB received formal approval of the Government of Bangladesh on 4 January 1996 as a teaching and degree awarding university under the Private University Act, 1992. It was inaugurated by the then honorable minister for water resources of the Government of Bangladesh, Abdur Razzak, MP, in a ceremony where the special guest was the then Chairman of the University Grants Commission(UGC), Prof. Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed and later His Excellency honorable President of Bangladesh.The Founder of AUB, Prof. Dr. Abul Hasan M. Sadeq established this University. . This is one of the leading Private Universities in Bangladesh, and has large number of alumni holding verry high positions in the private and government sectors at home and abroad.

List of vice-chancellors

* Professor Dr. Shahjahan Khan ( present )

Academics

Schools (Faculties) and departments

# The School of Social Sciences. #* Department of Sociology and Anthropology #* Department of Social Work #* Department of Economics #* Department of Information Science and Library Management #* Department of Government and Politics # The School of Sciences and Engineering. #* Department of Computer Science and Engineering #* Department of Computer Science # The School of Arts. #* Department of English #* Department of Bengali #* Department of Islamic Studies #* Department of Islamic History and Civilization # The School of Education and Training. #* Department of Education and Training # The School of Business and Administration. #* Department of Business Administration

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,

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* Masud Chowdhury, University College of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia * Kabir Hasan,

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, University of New England * Anis Chowdhury,

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, Australia * Mohammad Ansari,

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, Athabasca. Alberta, Canada * Mohammad Abdur Rashid, International Islamic University, Malaysia

References

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