Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation and Aerospace University is a public university in

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. It is funded by the

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and is Bangladesh's first higher education institution on

aerospace engineering Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Avionics engineering is s ...

. Its campus is in

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. The first student admission program began in January 2020.

History

On July 11, 2018, the UGC drafted a law and submitted it to the

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for setting up an aviation university in Bangladesh. At the Council of Ministers meeting on September 28, 2018, the approval for establishing his institution was granted, along with three more universities receiving policy approval on the same day. On February 28, 2019, education minister Dipu Moni placed a bill in the National Parliament regarding the inauguration of this institution and it was passed. A temporary office has been set up at the old airport at Tejgaon, Dhaka to handle the activities of the university. Air Vice-Marshal AHM Fazlul Haque has been appointed as the founding Vice Chancellor of the institution on May 26, 2019. The current Vice Chancellor of the university is Air Vice-Marshal ASM Fakhrul Islam.

List of vice-chancellors

* Air Vice-Marshal AHM Fazlul Haque (2019 - 2021) * Air Vice-Marshal Muhammad Nazrul Islam (2021-2022) * Air Vice Marshal ASM Fakhrul Islam (2022- present)

Academic outline

Degree-granting accredited study programs are listed in alphabetic order below:

Undergraduate program

Ongoing Undergraduate Programs * Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, Admission Year: 2019-20 (1st Batch) * Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering (Aerospace), Admission Year: 2020-21 (2nd Batch) * Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering (Avionics), Admission Year: 2020-21 (1st Batch) * Bachelor of Science in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (Aerospace), Admission Year: 2022-23 (1st Batch) * Bachelor of Science in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (Avionics), Admission Year: 2022-23 (1st Batch) Upcoming Undergraduate Programs * Bachelor of Science in Airport Engineering * Bachelor of Science in Aviation (Flying) * Bachelor of Science in Aviation Safety and Security * Bachelor of Science in Aviation Science (Aerospace and Traffic Management) * Bachelor of Science in Aviation Operation Management * Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering * Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering * Bachelor of Science in Information and Computer Engineering * Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering * Bachelor of Social Sciences

Graduate program

Ongoing Graduate Programs * MSc in Aviation Safety and Accident Investigation, Admission Year: 2019-2020 (1st Batch) * MBA in Aviation Management, Admission Year: 2019-2020 (1st Batch) * LLM in International Air and Space Law, Admission Year: 2020-2021 (1st Batch) * MSc/MEngg in Space Systems Engineering, Admission Year: 2021-2022 (1st Batch) * MSc/MEngg in Satellite Communication Engineering, Admission Year: 2021-2022 (1st Batch) Upcoming Graduate Programs * MSc/MEngg in Autonomous Systems Engineering, Session: 2022-2023 (Commences in January 2023) * MSc/MEngg in Aeronautical Engineering, Session: 2022-2023 (Commences in January 2023) * MSc/MEngg in Avionics Engineering, Session: 2022-2023 (Commences in January 2023)

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