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 philanthropists 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 seven 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 the interactive process of the education system. Moreover, there is a 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] The university supports its students through its commitment to excellence and demonstrates it through the quality academic services. The university operates as a non-profit institution and offers academically rigorous and practical instruction in different disciplines, the overall objective being to cater to the growing demand for human resources development in compliance with upcoming digital Bangladesh as well as in the context of the present-day world. The Courses and Curriculum are so designed to enable a student to enter the world of work and pursue higher academic and professional goals with a sound academic foundation. The academic goal of the university is not just to make the students pass the examination but to equip them with the means to become productive members of the community and continue the practice of lifelong learning.

Prime University
প্রাইম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Seal of Prime University
Other name
PU
Motto...a home for rendering prime knowledge
TypePrivate
Established2002 (2002)
ChancellorPresident Abdul Hamid
Vice-ChancellorJahangir Alam, PhD
Academic staff
220
Students12,000 approx.
Location
Dhaka
,
Bangladesh

23.7910°N 90.3482°E / 23.7910; 90.3482
CampusUrban
114/116 Mazar Road, Mirpur-1, Dhaka 1216
Colors    Red and Green
AffiliationsUniversity Grants Commission Bangladesh, Ministry of Education Bangladesh
Websitewww.primeuniversity.edu.bd

Campus
Permanent Campus at Mirpur-1

Prime University is located at the heart of Dhaka city, 114/116 Mazar Road, Mirpur-1, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh. It is a permanent campus with a huge building having an area of 150,000 sq ft. (14,000 sq m.) is used for the accommodation of the university. Among others, the university has a wide range of facilities such as a spacious campus, air-conditioned rooms, separate room for the teachers, rich library, common room for the students, cafeteria, prayer room, seminar room, 75 Mbit/s dedicated Internet facilities, Wi-Fi zone, student guidance and counselling services, international student affairs desk, reasonable tuition and other fees etc. It takes about 10 minutes on foot to reach the campus from Mirpur Technical bus stand (closest bus terminal). Also, it takes about 5 minutes to reach the campus from Shah Ali Mazar on foot (walking distance). The medium of instruction in the university is English, but the students of LL.B (Preliminary and Final) and B.Ed. may study in Bangla version also. All students are expected to attend the classes regularly. The university believes that regular attendance is essential for effective learning. A student is required to attend at least 75% of all the classes held in every course in order to sit for the final examination.

Faculties

PU has 9 academic departments under 5 different faculties.

Academic Programs

PU offers the following graduate and undergraduate programs:

Bachelor Level

Master Level

Language School

Prime University Language School is operating its committed venture in terms of disseminating language teaching on several dominating languages of the world with a view to creating competent manpower in order to cope with the challenges of the 21st century. The purpose of these courses is to enhance the learners' communicative competence in various modern languages. At present Prime University Language School offers well designed, a comprehensive language courses in-

Laboratories

Prime University has built up its laboratories,[4] 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 focusing on research that studies innovative processes, organizational practices, systems, supply chain design, and other related mechanisms 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, more than 40,000 books are 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 Times etc. The CD ROMs contain contents of different books, matters relating to Environments, Historical Incidences, Culture, Culinary Arts etc. It has also provided 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, microform, or other media), along with means for organizing, storing, and retrieving the files and media contained in the library collection.

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

Grading System
Class IntervalLetter GradeGrade PointRemarks
80% and aboveA+4.00First Class
75% to less than 80%A3.75First Class
70% to less than 75%A-3.50First Class
65% to less than 70%B+3.25First Class
60% to less than 65%B3.00First Class
55% to less than 60%B-2.75Second Class
50% to less than 55%C+2.50Second Class
45% to less than 50%C2.25Second Class Upper
40% to Less than 45%D2.00Third Class
Less than 40%F0.00Fail

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.

Co-Curricular Activities
  • Drama Club
  • Debating Society
  • Blood Donor Club
  • Cricket Team
  • Photographic Society
  • Computer Programming Club

Convocation
2nd Convocation held at BICC

Prime University held its first convocation[10] after 6 years of its establishment on 14 October 2008 at Bangabandhu International Conference Center. Almost 3,200 students have 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 have been achieved their degrees. The then honourable education minister Mr Nurul Islam Nahid, Member of Parliament has participated as chief guest on that occasion.

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". Prime University. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  5. "About Innovation Hub". Prime University.
  6. "PU Library". Prime University.
  7. "Prime University Journals Home". Prime University. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.
  8. "Journals Home". Prime University. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016.
  9. "PU j&p". Prime University. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  10. "Convocation gallery". Prime University. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
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