Prime University

Prime University (Bengali: প্রাইম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) or PU is one of the leading 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 of higher studies with an aim to create a knowledge based society in the year 2002. PU is the first venture of the Prime Foundation.[2] The main vision of this university is to create and innovative international standard education for the students of Bangladesh that can contribute to the welfare of the nation and the world. At present the University has ten undergraduate and eight graduate programs offered by the five faculties with the strict controls of its education quality. Prime University beliefs in both theoretical and practice oriented along with interactive process of education system. Moreover, there is wide scope of research for the faculties and as a result it is a place of cultivation of knowledge, creation of knowledge and exchange of knowledge.[3]

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

23.790981°N 90.348180°E / 23.790981; 90.348180
CampusUrban
114/116 Mazar Road, Section 1, Mirpur, Dhaka 1216
Colors    Red and Green
AffiliationsUniversity Grants Commission Bangladesh, Ministry of Education,Bangladesh Prime Foundation
Websitewww.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. Among others the University has a wide range of facilities such as spacious campus, air conditioned rooms, separate room for the teachers, rich library, common room for the students, cafeteria, prayer room, seminar room, 50 Mbit/s dedicated internet facilities, Wi-Fi zone, student guidance and counseling services, reasonable tuition and other fees etc.

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[4] adequately equipped with equipment to conduct and to carry out research on different aspects, 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. Innovation is the introduction and creation of something new, in the form of an idea, skill, product, service or process, that helps improve an organization or society. Innovation to achieve SDG, hopes to introduce a wider view of innovation as new methods of creating value, and to focus on research that study innovative processes, organizational practices, systems, supply chain design and other mechanisms that are related to operations in practice.[5]

Library

The Prime University Library[6] 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).[7]

Journals and publications

Prime University Journal[8] 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[9] was published in July 2007 (volume I) by CRHP. Also it publish news letter at same calendar year.

Student activity clubs
  • English Language School
  • Drama Club
  • Debating Society
  • PU CSE Association
  • ETE Alliance
  • EEE Association
  • CSE Association
  • Blood Donor Club (a sister concern of HAB)
  • PU Alumni Association
  • PU Cricket Team

Convocation
2nd Convocation of Prime University held at BICC

Prime University held its first convocation[10] 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. "PU Student Facilities". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  6. PU Library
  7. PU crhdp Archived 26 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  8. PU journals
  9. "PU j&p". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  10. "Convocation gallery". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
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