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 | 1994 |
| 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 |
| Location | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Dark Blue |
| Sports | Cricket - AIUB Tigers, Football - AIUB Eagles |
| Website | aiub |
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American International University-Bangladesh (Bengali: আমেরিকান ইন্টারন্যাশনাল ইউনিভার্সিটি-বাংলাদেশ), commonly known as AIUB is an accredited and renowned private university located at Kuratoli Road, Kuril in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The university is an independent organization with own Board of Trustees. It offers several degree programs at graduate and undergraduate level from four faculties, particularly in the field of engineering and business studies.
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 located at Kuratoli Road, Kuril, Dhaka. The campus area is about 5 acres (2.0 ha), biggest campus area of any private university in Bangladesh. A total building area of 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2) is being utilized which is distributed on following departments:
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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