East West University
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| Motto | "Excellence in Education" |
| Established | 1996 |
| Type | Private |
| Chancellor | H.E. Prof. Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed |
| Vice-Chancellor | Dr. Md Musa |
| Faculty | 189 |
| Students | 6162[1] |
| Undergraduates | 4794(male:3591,female:1203) |
| Postgraduates | 1368(male:1052,female:316) |
| Location | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Campus | 43, Mohakhali, Dhaka |
| Colors | International Klein_Blue |
| Nickname | EWU |
| Affiliations | University Grant Commission Bangladesh |
| Website | http://www.ewubd.edu |
East West University (EWU) is one of the leading private universities in Bangladesh established in 1996 by the Private University Act, 1992[1]. It is reported as one of the best private universities in quality assurance by the University Grant Commission[citation needed] [2]and always considered as one of the elite five private universities in Bangladesh (along with NSU,IUB,AIUB and BRAC)[citation needed]. The motto of the university is excellence in education.
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[edit] History
East West University is one of the oldest private universities of the country.[citation needed] It was established in 1996 as a non-profitable organization and since then it is maintaining its reputation and quality of education. In 2006 EWU reached its 10th year and planning to celebrate this event centrally. The idea of establishing a private university to provide quality education at an affordable cost in Bangladesh was first mooted by a group of prominent academics, business leaders, professionals and education enthusiasts led by Dr. Mohammed Farashuddin. With this end in view, this group formed a non-profit, non-political, charitable organization called Progoti Foundation for Education and Development (PFED). East West University is its first major project. After being accorded permission by the Government under the Private University Act (Act 34) of 1992, East West University was launched in 1996. Classes started in September, 1996 with 6 faculty members and 20 students in the present campus of 45, Mohakhali Commercial Area, Dhaka.
[edit] Structure
EWU is organized into three faculties: faculty of Sciences and Engineering, faculty of Business and Economics and faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Each of the faculty is again divided into different departments. A Dean is the head of each faculty while departments are headed by the respective department Chairpersons. Detail academic structure of the university is as follow:
Faculty of Sciences and Engineering
- Department of Computer Science & Engineering
- Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
- Department of Applied Physics and Communications Engineering
- Department of Pharmacy
Faculty of Business and Economics
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of Economics
Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
- Department of English
- Department of Social Sciences
[edit] Campus
East West University is one of the very few private universities in Bangladesh who have centered campus. EWU campus is organized into 6 multistoried buildings (three of them are 15 storied or above) located in Mohakhali, near the Gulshan lake. Buildings are as follows:
Administrative Building (ADMN)
- Office of different administrative personnel including registrar is located here. This building is mainly used for class room purpose but some of the departments are also there which includes Department of Economics and Department of Social Science. University Auditorium is located on the 10th floor of this building.
Foundation Building (FNDN)
- Office of the top level management including Board President, Vice Chancellor and Pro Vice Chancellor is located here. This building is mainly used for Library and Laboratory purpose. EWU library is located on 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor. Electronics Lab, Digital Lab, Telecom Lab, Physics Lab and four Computer Labs are situated in this building. Besides, Department of Computer Science and Engineering is located on the 5th floor.
Academic Building (ACAD)
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Department of Applied Physics and Communication Engineering are located in this building. Central cafe, MBA office, Accounts, VLSI Lab and MBA Computer Lab are also situated on different floors of this building.
DDC Building (DDC)
- This is a new and small building. Department of Pharmacy and some conference rooms are located in this building.
Research Building (Res’rh)
- One of the oldest buildings of EWU mainly used for department office, Pharmacy Lab, Computer Lab and Career Counseling Centre. Department of English is located in this building.
Graduate Building (GRAD)
- This is the oldest building of EUW. Biggest department of EWU, Business Administration, was located here initially though it has been shifted now and this building is declared abandon and waiting for reconstruction.
[edit] EWU Library
The EWU Library is the heart of the University and is growing in number and intellectual capital day by day. This library has approximately ten thousand five hundred square feet covering four floors of the Foundation Building[3]. All the floors have specialty in terms of study space, special corner, stack are, maps and journal area, photocopy corner, database search corner, user friendly newspaper display section convenient communication systems etc. The Library has a pigeonhole area with a capacity of supporting 450 users at a time. On an average 2,200 users visit the library.
This library contains 15,704 copy books, subscription of 135 international and national journals (hardcopy), 3,293 online journals on its database, subscription of 16 national daily newspapers and around 1,300 CD-ROMs and audio cassettes. [4]
EWU Library is a corporate member of the British Council, Dhaka and the Archer K. Blood American Centre Library of the American Information Centre, Dhaka. Membership facilities like browsing, Online Public Access Catalog, Xerox service, Internet access and access to the online journals are available in the respective premises.
[edit] Scholarships and financial support
EWU is providing huge financial support towards the meritorious students in the form of scholarship and financial aid. At EWU scholarships are divided in five areas.
1.EWU Merit Scholarship:
- This is the most prestigious scholarship among the university. Top 10% student from each batch having a CGPA of 3.97 or above get this scholarship. It worth 84,000 BDT (30 credits) for undergraduate level student and almost 75,000 BDT (24 credits) for post graduate level student.
2.Medha Lalon Fund Scholarship:
- Each semester university provides a partial (varies from 35,000 BDT – 25,000 BDT) scholarship to support meritorious students who failed to achieve Merit Scholarship. Students from dean’s list are eligible to apply for this scholarship. One student can apply once in a year for this scholarship.
3.Financial Aid:
- Each semester university provides a large number of financial aid. Student facing financial difficulties (with a CGPA of 2.5 and above) can apply with proper evidence only once a year for this scholarship. It varies from 18,000 BDT to 35,000 BDT.
4.Sibling Scholarship:
- EWU provides 50% scholarship for any one of a sibling pair. It is one of the most popular scholarship with in the university. It worth around 40,000 – 45,000 BDT per year.
5.Directorial Scholarship:
- This is a special type of scholarship provided by the directors of the university. Each director as a quota of two full scholarship (each equivalent to EWU merit scholarship). Each semester directors provide this scholarship to the students who have exceptional case.
Besides, it maintains a tow tuition fees rate (BDT 2,800 per credit) compare to other elite private universities. Due to huge scholarship scopes and low tuition fees this university is getting popular among the middle class people of the country.
[edit] Student activities
East West University has 16 clubs in different activity fields. These clubs are taking part in different competitions national and international wide and also organizing national level events. EWU Debating Club won the championship title in 18th Prime Bank - NDDC National Debate Championship 2006 (Inter University - Bangla) and became runner's up in the same event's English debate. EWU Programming club became 4th in ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest held at Coimbatore, India and 12th at Kanpur, India in 2006. Other clubs are also taking part in different national level events.
EWU Club List
- Environmental and Social Club
- Business Club
- Financial Analysis & Research Club
- Debating Club
- Cine and Photography Club
- Computer Club
- Cultural Club
- Sports Club
- MBA Club
- English Conversation Club
- Pharmacy Club
- Natural Science Club
- Rotaract Club of East West University
- EWU Electronics Club
- Programming Club
- The English Poetry and Drama Club
[edit] Reference
- ^ Source: University Administration Office, 1st floor, ADMN Building, East West University.
- ^ In view of a controversial mongering by most of the country's private universities in the name of education, the government constituted a nine-member committee headed by University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman M Assaduzzaman on July 17, 2003 to look into the fact. The committee conducted one-year-and-three-month-long extensive scrutiny over 52 private universities out of total 53 universities and submitted its report to Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia on October 17,2004. The principal recommendations of the committee are: "Eight private universities -- BGC Trust University, Comilla University, Pundra University of Science and Technology, Green University, Queens University, American Bangladesh University, Central Women's University and Southern University -- should be closed down, 10 other such universities should be provided one-year ultimatum and another six ones should be served six-month deadline for ensuring quality education." The committee found the standard of education of only nine private universities – North South University (NSU), East West University (EWU), Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB), American International University of Bangladesh (AIUB), BRAC University, Daffodil University, Stamford University, University of Development Alternative (UODA) and International Islamic University of Chittagong (IIUC) as satisfactory.
- ^ EWU Newsletter, Vol. VI, ISSUE III, Fall 2006, pp-7
- ^ EWU Newsletter, Vol. VI, ISSUE III, Fall 2006, pp-8
