American International University-Bangladesh, commonly known by its acronym AIUB, is an accredited private university 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.
History
The university was established on 06 November, 1994 as AMA International University Bangladesh, a joint venture between AMA ComputerUniversity 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.
Campus
The university's campus is located in an urban setting near Kuril flyover. The campus area is about. A total building area of is being utilized for academic programs both undergraduate and graduate. The construction of main academic building is under-process. Currently, AIUB operates it's all academic activities in 7 annex buildings. The library has been shifted to the iconic round-shaped building.
Admission
Each applicant has to pass the competitive admission test administered by the university. In admission test university judges applicant for their knowledge of math and English language. No IELTS score is acceptable without admission test, only TOEFL is acceptable. There are two parts of admission exam written and Viva. Student have to pass both individually.
Academics
The medium of instruction of all academic programs at AIUB is English. The academic year of the university incorporates two regular semesters. The Summer semester is an optional semester at AIUB. The duration of each semester is 14 weeks. The academic year starts from Fall semester. The academic programs are divided among the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Engineering, and Faculty of Science and Information Technology. All the faculties offer both undergraduate and graduate level studies. AIUB updated its grading system in February 2017 for the second time. The New Grading System will be applicable for those students who have enrolled in Spring 2016-17 and later. Old Grading system will still be applicable for students who have enrolled in Fall 2016-17 and before. The letter grades indicating the quality of course work completed with their corresponding grade points. Minimum CGPA requirement for graduation in any undergraduate and graduate program at AIUB is 2.50. The scholarship program at AIUB is open for both incoming and continuing students with at least one year of residency. It covers full or partial tuition fee waiver. Incoming students qualify by passing the competitive examinations while weighted average CGPA for the previous year of 3.75 with no grade lower than B and no F, I, W, UW grades no disciplinary records. The number of awards is dependent on the slots available. AIUB authority also provide financial aids for deserving students. AIUB also offers 100% scholarship for the son and daughter of Freedom Fighter.
Research and publications
In research arena, AIUB has internal academic journals: AIUB Journal of Science and Engineering and AIUB Journal of Business and Economics,. Since the first publications in 2002 three issues per year are being published regularly. AIUB is also the first institute in Bangladesh to launch an online working paper series named AIUB BUS ECON Working Paper Series.
Infrastructure
Library
AIUB has a library.
Extra curricular activities
AIUB is one of the only eight universities from Bangladesh who have participated in the maximum level of ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest commonly known as ACM ICPC World Final. In 2001, AIUB qualified for the world final through Wild Card by securing second place in ACM ICPC Kanpur Site regional. Office of Student Affairs looks after the extra curricular activities of the student community through student organizations like: AIUB Arts Club first organised "AIUB Arts Club presents 1st Inter Private University Art Exhibition- 2012" Unleashing Imagination at Dhaka Art Center
