Exim Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh

Private agricultural university in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh

EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh
এক্সিম ব্যাংক কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় বাংলাদেশ
Type	Private agricultural university
Established	2013 (2013)
Founder	EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh Trust
Parent institution	Exim Bank (Bangladesh)
Affiliation	University Grants Commission of Bangladesh
Chancellor	President Mohammed Shahabuddin
Vice-Chancellor	ABM Rashedul Hasan
Location	Chapainawabganj, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Colors
Website	ebaub.ac.bd

EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh (Bengali: এক্সিম ব্যাংক কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় বাংলাদেশ) is the first private agricultural university in Bangladesh.

History

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the university through a function at her official residence Ganobhaban on 9 October 2013. Until 2013, there was no existence of private agricultural university in Bangladesh.

Academics

EBAUB uses English as its medium of instruction and implements Term based Course Credit System, where the student can understand going through the following points thoroughly:

The Course Credit System: The course credit system involves course work with regular classes, assignments, unannounced quizzes, and pre-scheduled 2 midterms and final examinations. In this system, subject matter is taught in modules (courses) of reasonably homogenous subject matter, The students will receive “Grades” for each of the courses taken to indicate the extent of his/her mastery of the subject matter taught in each respective course.
Term: An academic year is divided into three terms – Summer, Autumn and Winter. Each term consists of 12 (twelve) effective weeks.
Credit: One class hour in a week during a term shall be considered as one credit. For laboratory classes, two class hours shall be considered as one credit.
Course: A course is a set of topics delivered to the students by lectures, contact hours and practical exercises on a specific subject incorporated in the approved curricular layout and developed by faculty members.

Faculties and departments

Faculty of Agriculture

Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
Agroforestry and Environment
Agronomy
Agricultural Engineering
Agro-processing
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Environmental Science
Biotechnology
Computer Science and Information Technology( CSIT )
Crop Botany
Entomology
Genetics and Plant Breeding
Horticulture
Plant Pathology
Soil Science
Seed Science and Technology Unit

Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development

Department of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agribusiness
Department of Agricultural Finance & Cooperatives
Department of Rural Development
Department of Statistics

Faculty of Business Administration

Department of Accounting
Department of Finance
Department of Marketing
Department of Management

Faculty of LAW

Department of LAW and Justice

Permanent campus

EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh, Has started procuring land for its permanent campus. In an area near Amnura the university has already purchased land for its initial phase and aims to procure 1200 Bigha (480.628272 Acres) very soon.

Memoranda of understanding with other universities

EXIM Bank Agricultural University has Signed MOU with the following Academic Institutions

Charles Sturt University, Queensland, Australia
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
University of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh

Available programs

Undergraduate

BS. Agriculture
BS. Agricultural Economics
B.B.A
L.L.B

Postgraduate

EMBA (Executive Master in Business Administration)
MBA (Master in Business Administration)
MBM (Master in Bank Management)

References

"List of Private Universities". University Grants Commission. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
"Prof Hasan new VC of EXIM BAUB". The Financial Express. Dhaka. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
"Country's first private agriculture university starts journey". Dhaka Tribune.
১২ শ’ বিঘা জমিতে গড়ে উঠছে ইবিএইউ’র দৃষ্টিনন্দন ক্যাম্পাস [EBAU's eye-catching campus is being built on 1,200 bighas of land]. bahumatrik.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2016.
ইবিএইউবি ও অস্ট্রেলিয়ান বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের চুক্তি [MOU With Australian University]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 7 February 2017.
এক্সিম ব্যাংক কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ও মালয়েশিয়ান ইউনিভার্সিটির সমঝোতা চুক্তি [MOU With Malaysian University] (in Bengali).
এক্সিম ব্যাংক কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ও ইউনিভার্সিটি কুয়ালালামপুরের মধ্যে সমঝোতা চুক্তি [MOU With Malaysian University]. Somoyer Konthosor (in Bengali).
বেগম রোকেয়া বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের সাথে এক্সিম ব্যাংক কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের সমঝোতা স্মারক স্বাক্ষরিত [MOU With Begum Rokeya University University]. Somoyer Konthosor (in Bengali).

External links

Official website Archived 2016-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
Media related to Exim Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh at Wikimedia Commons

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