Prime University

Prime University (Bengali: প্রাইম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) or PU is a private university of the country located in Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The university was established according to the law of Private University Act 1992.[1] It is affiliated by the University Grants Commission Bangladesh. A group of educationists and philanthropist has established this institute in the year 2002. PU is the first venture of the Prime Foundation.[2] At present the university has ten undergraduate and eight graduate programs offered by the five faculties.[3]

Prime University
প্রাইম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Other name
PU
Motto...a home for rendering prime knowledge
TypePrivate
Established2002 (2002)
ChairmanAshraf Ali
ChancellorPresident Abdul Hamid
Vice-ChancellorJahangir Alam
Academic staff
220
Studentsc. 12,000
Location
Dhaka
,
Bangladesh

23.7910°N 90.3482°E / 23.7910; 90.3482
CampusUrban
114/116 Mazar Road, Section 1, Mirpur, Dhaka 1216
Colors    Red and green
AffiliationsUniversity Grants Commission Bangladesh, Ministry of Education,Bangladesh Prime Foundation
Websitehttps://www.primeuniversity.edu.bd

Campus

Prime University is located at 114/116 Mazar Road, Mirpur-1, Dhaka 1216, Bangladesh. A 10-story building having total area of 150,000 sq ft (14,000 m2) is used for the accommodation of the university.

List of vice-chancellors
  • Prof. Dr. Md. Jahangir Alam ( present ) [4]

Faculties

PU has eight departments under five different faculties.

Academic programs

PU offers the following graduate and undergraduate programs:

Bachelor level

Master level
  • Master of Business Administration Regular and Executive (MBA)
  • LLM (Regular)
  • LLM (Preli & Final)
  • MA in English
  • MA in English language Teaching (ELT)
  • M.A. in English Literature
  • Masters of Education (MEd)

Laboratories

Prime University has built up its laboratories,[5] which are:

Innovation Hub

A platform consisting of university teachers, students, researchers, which have been formed with the overall supervision of Innovation Lab to expand the technology research at the university level. [6]

Library

The Prime University Library[7] has different resources like books on different subjects, reports and bound journals, CD ROMs and databases, Audio & Video cassettes etc. Presently, there are more than 30,000 books covering Liberal Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce, Particularly Business, Management, Marketing, Finance, Economics, Computer Science and Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, History and Culture, Sociology as well as different language courses like English, Arabic, Chinese, Korean etc. The Prime University Library Subscribes International Journal like The Economist, Riders Digest, Indian Time etc. The CD ROMs containing contents of different books, matters relating to Environments, Historical Incidences, Culture, Culinary Arts etc. It has also provide a Digital Library that is a focused collection of digital objects that can include text, visual material, audio material, video material, stored as electronic media formats (as opposed to print, micro-form, or other media), along with means for organizing, storing, and retrieving the files and media contained in the library collection.

Academic semester
  • Spring (February to May)
  • Summer (June to September)
  • Fall (October to January)

Research center

PU has a research center named Center for Research, Human Resource Development & Publications (CRHP).[8]

Alumni Association

Prime University Alumni Association known as PU Alumni Association or PUALUMNI located in University campus. Website https://www.pualumni.org/

Journals and publications

Prime University Journal[9] is an interdisciplinary journal used to publish in January and July of each calendar year and is registered with National Serials Data Program, Library of Congress (ISSN 1995-5332). The journal contains research-based articles on social science, law, education, business, arts, science and technology. The first journal[10] was published in July 2007 (volume I) by CRHP. Also it publish news letter at same calendar year.

Convocation
2nd Convocation of Prime University held at BICC

Prime University held its first convocation[11] on 14 October 2008 at Bangabandhu International Conference Center. Almost 3,200 students has been achieved their graduation degrees from that ceremony. The second one has been held on 24 April 2016 at the same place. This time almost 6,000 students from different faculties has been achieved their degrees. The chief guest was honorable education minister Nurul Islam Nahid (MP).

Footnotes
  1. "Private University Act, 1992". Archived from the original on 25 April 2003. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
  2. "Message from the Chairman". Prime University.
  3. "Message from the Vice Chancellor". Prime University.
  4. "vc".
  5. "PU Student Facilities". Prime University. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  6. "About Innovation Hub". Prime University.
  7. "PU Library". Prime University.
  8. "Prime University Journals Home". Prime University. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.
  9. "Journals Home". Prime University. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016.
  10. "PU j&p". Prime University. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  11. "Convocation gallery". Prime University. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
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