Presidency University (Bengali: প্রেসিডেন্সি ইউনিভার্সিটি) is a private research university with a campus in Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Presidency University has four schools containing eight departments with a strong emphasis on research-based education. The Gulshan campus was established in 2003.
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History
The Presidency University Foundation, a group of 30 teachers, leaders of business and industry, and retired government officers, came together and petitioned the government for a permit to establish and operate Presidency University. On 21 July 2003, the Ministry of Education (MoE) of the government of Bangladesh, in keeping with the Private University Act 1992, authorized the establishment and operation of Presidency University. Thereafter, Presidency University opened its door to students in September 2003.
The principal sponsor of Presidency University is Mr. Muslehuddin Ahmad, a former secretary and ambassador of Bangladesh. Indeed, it is he who first came out with the proposal to establish a private university in Bangladesh in 1988. On the basis of an article, The Private University in Bangladesh, an initial proposal, by Junaid K. Ahmad, which was published first on 2 February 1988, in Bidesh Bangla, a magazine published in California.
Campus
The university's campus is located in Gulshan-2 Residential Area in Dhaka under the Gulshan Thana.
Academic departments
The university departments are organized into five schools.
School of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering (CE)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE)
Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering (ETE)
School of Business
Department of Business Administration
Department of Academic Business
School of Liberal Arts & Humanities
Department of English
School of Social Sciences
Department of Economics
School of Law
Department of Law and Justice
Academic semester
The academic duration of PU has three semesters a year:
Spring semester: January–April
Summer semester: May–August
Fall semester: September–December
Lab facilities
CSE/EEE/ETE
Computer Lab
Outstanding Courses
Physics Lab
Chemistry Lab
Electrical Circuits Lab
Electronics Lab
Electrical Machine Lab
Measurement & Instrumentation Lab
High Voltage Engineering Lab
Power Electronics Lab
Analog Electronics Lab
VLSI Lab
Computer Networks Lab
Digital Signal processing Lab
Software Engineering Lab
Microprocessor and Interfacing Lab
Digital Logic Designing Lab
Control Systems Lab
IC Fabrication Lab(Analog & Digital)
Communication Engineering Lab including
Digital Communication Lab
Optical Fiber Communication Lab
Wireless Communication Lab
RF Communication Lab
Microwave Engg. Lab
Civil Engineering
Computer Lab
Physics Lab
Chemistry Lab
Environmental Engg. Lab
Fluid Mechanics Lab
Engineering Drawing, Designing & CAD Lab
Engineering Materials Lab
Structural Mechanics Lab
GIS Lab
Geotechnical Engineering Lab
Open Channel Hydraulics Lab
Water and Waste Water Quality Lab
Highway Materials and Traffic Engg. Lab
Quantity surveying Lab
List of vice-chancellors
Mohammed Muniruzzaman (Ex- Acting VC)
Md Abdul Mannan Chowdhury (2024–present)
Publications
Presidency University Journal (PUJ: ISSN 2224-7610)
SPOTLIGHT (স্পটলাইট)