American International University-Bangladesh (Bengali: আমেরিকান ইন্টারন্যাশনাল ইউনিভার্সিটি-বাংলাদেশ), commonly known by its acronym AIUB, is a private universityinDhaka, Bangladesh.[3] It is located in the Kuratoli, Kuril area of the capital Dhaka. It was established in 1994. The university is an independent organization with its own board of trustees.[4]
History
The university was established in 1994[5]asAMA International University Bangladesh, a joint venture between AMA Computer University of the Philippines, and local initiator Anwarul Abedin.[6] Regular academic classes started in 1995. AMA Computer University later left the partnership, and in 2001 the university was renamed American International University-Bangladesh.[7]
Campus
One side of AIUB Campus
The university's campus is located in an urban setting at Kuratoli, Kuril in Dhaka. The campus area is about 30 acres (12 ha). There is a total building area of 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m2).[8][9] The university campus is known for having a glass-covered central globe structured building.
Admission
Each applicant has to pass the competitive admission test administered by the university.[10][11] In admission test university judges applicant for their knowledge of math and English language. There are two parts of admission exam written and Viva. Student have to pass both individually. Admission Procedure for International Students requires TOEFL/IELTS/GRE/GMAT/SAT scores (as applicable) for all applicants, except those from countries where English is the only official language, as evidence of adequate proficiency in English. The minimum acceptable score for TOEFL and GMAT/GRE is 550, and for SAT it is 1650.[12]
The medium of instruction of all academic programs at AIUB is English. The academic year of the university incorporates two regular semesters (Fall and Spring). The Summer semester is an optional summer semester at AIUB. The duration of each regular semester is 17 weeks and 10 weeks for the optional summer semester. The academic year starts from Fall semester.[13]
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.[14] All the faculties offer both undergraduate and graduate level studies.
AIUB updated its grading system in February 2017 for the second time.[15] 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.[16] Minimum CGPA requirement for graduation in any undergraduate and graduate program at AIUB is 2.50.[17]
The scholarship program at AIUB is open for both incoming and continuing students with at least one year of residency.[18] 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 (they should maintain CGPA 3.50).
In the research arena, AIUB has internal academic journals: AIUB Journal of Science and Engineering (AJSE) (ISSN1608-3679) and AIUB Journal of Business and Economics (AJBE), (ISSN1683-8742). Since the first publication in 2002, three issues per year have been published regularly. AJSE is now a formally Scopus indexed journal,[23] and Scimago Ranked Q4 Journal.[24] AIUB is also the first institute in Bangladesh to launch an online working paper series named AIUB Bus Econ Working Paper Series,[25] which is collaborated with the RePEc[26] and EconPapers.[27]
AIUB Computer LabA View of Electrical Machine Lab 1 of AIUB
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 (ACM ICPC) commonly known as ACM ICPC World Final.[28] In 2001, AIUB qualified for the world final through Wild Card by securing second place in ACM ICPC Kanpur Site regional.[29] Office of Student Affairs (OSA) looks after the extra curricular activities of the student community through many student organizations or clubs.
