American International University, Bangladesh (Bengali: আমেরিকান ইন্টারন্যাশনাল ইউনিভার্সিটি) or (AIUB) is a private university of Bangladesh. It was established in 1994. The University is situated in Kemal Ataturk Avenue Banani, Dhaka and it has five campuses. AIUB is the member of American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh^[1].

American International University
Motto	Where leaders are created
Established	1994
Type	Private, Coeducational
Vice-Chancellor	Dr. Carmen Z. Lamagna
Faculty	50 (full-time faculty). Numbers as of May 2006
Students	3800
Location	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Campus	Urban
Nickname	AIUB
Affiliations	University Grants Commission Bangladesh
Website	www.aiub.edu

 

Academic programs

The academic programs gradually develops around the Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Business Administration and Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences.

Faculty of Science

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
• Bachelor in Software Engineering
• Bachelor in Computer Science and Software Engineering
• Bachelor in Computer Information System
• Bachelor in Computer Science and Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Bachelor of Architecture

Faculty of Business Administration

BBA with majors in:

• Management Information System
• Finance
• Marketing
• Management
• Human Resource Management
• Economics
• Hotel and Tourism Management
• Master in Business Administration (Regular)
• Master in Business Administration (Agribusiness)
• Master in Business Administration (Executive)

Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences

BA under the Department of English (with Majors in):

• English Literature & Culture
• English Language Teaching
• English Professional Writing
• Mass Communication & Media Arts
• Advertising

Linkages

A partnership issue has been developed with Wisconsin University in USA for the Agribusiness MBA program. Another major partnership issue has been done with Australian National University (ANU) for the Economics program.

IT facilities

AIUB is the only academic institution in Bangladesh, which maintain its Information Technology by using IBM Application System/400 (AS/400), RS/6000, HP Net Server (LH 3000) and HP Net Server (LH 6000)^[2]. The university has ten powerful server and six computer laboratories^[3]. Each laboratories have forty units workstation connected to gigabyte backbone^[3]. AIUB has its own VSAT with 512/384 kbit/s uplink and downlink and it is directly connected to SINGTEL Singapore^[3]. The university also lunched CISCO networking academy in December 2003^[3].

Laboratory

AIUB comprises four laboratories:

• Engineering Laboratory and Architecture Studios
• Chemistry Laboratory
• Physics Laboratory
• Language Laboratory

Library

The university library has the collection of resources in Business, Science and Technology, Computer and Social Science. The library has more than 18,000 books and sitting arrangement of the library is more than 350 readers. AIUB also has the software "AIUB Library system" which created by its IT department^[3].

Auditorium

The auditorium can accommodate 210 people at a time. It is ideally suited for seminars, meetings, special classes and business presentation.

Hostel facilities

AIUB provides housing for international students and out-of-Dhaka students. There are separate hostel facilities available for male and female students.

References

1. ^ Introduction of AIUB. AmCham. Retrieved on 2006-12-25.
2. ^ About us. What AIUB gives. Retrieved on 2006-12-19.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} Resources of AIUB. IT facilities of AIUB. Retrieved on 2006-12-25.