American International University-Bangladesh
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Former name
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AMA International University-Bangladesh |
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| Motto | Where leaders are created |
| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Established | 1995 |
| Founder | Dr. Anwarul Abedin |
| Chairman | Mr. Ishtiaque Abedin |
| Chancellor | President of Bangladesh |
| Vice-Chancellor | Dr. Carmen Z. Lamagna |
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Academic staff
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308 (full-time) as of Summer 2015-2016 |
| Students | 9500(approx) as of Spring 2016-2017 |
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Dhaka, 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 |
| Sports | Cricket - AIUB Tigers, Football - AIUB Eagles |
| Website | aiub |
American International University-Bangladesh (Bengali: আমেরিকান ইন্টারন্যাশনাল ইউনিভার্সিটি-বাংলাদেশ), commonly known as AIUB is an accredited and renowned private university located at Banani in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The university is an independent organization with its own Board of Trustees. It offers several degree programs at graduate and undergraduate level from its four faculties.
The university was established in 1994 as AMA International University Bangladesh, a joint venture between AMA Computer University of the Philippines, and local sponsor Anwarul Abedin. Regular academic classes started in 1995. AMA Computer University later left the partnership, and in 2001 the university was renamed American International University-Bangladesh.
The University is on Kemal Atatürk Avenue, Banani, Dhaka. It has six commercial buildings with two administrative buildings. Different building include different faculties and departments:
On 27 March 2012, the cornerstone was laid for a permanent campus on 7.33 acres (2.97 ha) at Kuratoli Road, Kuril. A total building area of 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m2) is planned. It was designed by architects Soontorn Boonyatikarm and Associates of Thailand and Gazi Tariq Mahmood of Bangladesh.
Each applicant has to pass the competitive admission test administered by the university. The admission examination tests each student's potential to successfully pursue the undergraduate or graduate degree programs. Undergraduate studies of the university is of high standard and is well accepted in both home and abroad for further higher studies. In admission test university strongly judge applicant by his knowledge of math and English language. Because the official language of AIUB is English. No IELTS score is acceptable without admission test, only TOEFL is acceptable.
The medium of instruction of all academic programs at AIUB is English. Classes are conducted by full participation of students (discussion, question-answer). Design projects and thesis works emphasize on the ability of the student's analytical, designing and implementation skills of various state of the art technologies in the field of science and engineering.
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