Aviation and Aerospace University, Bangladesh

{{short description|Aerospace engineering institution in Bangladesh}}

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| name = Aviation and Aerospace University, Bangladesh

| native_name = অ্যাভিয়েশন অ্যান্ড অ্যারোস্পেস বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, বাংলাদেশ

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| image = Logo of Aviation and Aerospace University, Bangladesh.png

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| former_name = Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation and Aerospace University (2020-2024)

| motto = Space and Beyond

| motto_lang = "মহাকাশের বাইরে" in Bengali

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| type = Public
Government Research

| established = {{start date and age|2019|2|28}}

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| chancellor = {{Current president of Bangladesh}}

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| vice_chancellor = Air Vice Marshal A K M Manirul Bahar

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| students = 330 (approx)

| undergrad = 270 (approx)

| postgrad = 60 (approx)

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| address = Lalmonirhat Airport, Lalmonirhat

| country = Bangladesh

| postcode = 5500

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| coordinates = {{coord|25|53|25.8|N|89|26|08.2|E|region:BD_type:city|display=inline,title}}

| campus = Urban

| campus_size = {{Convert|1117|acre|km2}}

| language = English

| free_label = Education System

| free = Co-education

| free_label2 = Accreditation

| free2 = Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh

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Metallic Gold and Midnight Blue

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| website = {{URL|aaub.edu.bd}}

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Aviation and Aerospace University, Bangladesh is a public university in Bangladesh.{{cite news |title=Bangladesh aviation university in Lalmonirhat soon: Nuruzzaman |url=https://www.bssnews.net/?p=260494 |access-date=November 9, 2019 |work=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha}} It is funded by the government and is Bangladesh's first higher education institution on aerospace engineering.{{cite news |title= |script-title=bn:অনুমোদন পাচ্ছে এভিয়েশন অ্যান্ড অ্যারোস্পেসসহ ৪ পাবলিক বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় |trans-title=4 public universities, including Aviation and Aerospace, receive approval |url=http://www.dailynayadiganta.com/first-page/350572/ |access-date=November 9, 2019 |work=Daily Naya Diganta |language=bn}} It is the 46th public University of Bangladesh. The permanent campus of AAUB is situated in Lalmonirhat, beside the Lalmonirhat Airport. As per the admission circular the Aeronautical Engineering program began in January 2020.

History

On July 11, 2018, the UGC drafted a law and submitted it to the Ministry of Education for setting up an aviation university in Bangladesh.{{cite news|date=March 1, 2019|script-title=bn:এভিয়েশন বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়সহ তিনটি বিল পাস|language=bn|trans-title=Three bills passed including one for an Aviation University|work=Prothom Alo|location=Bangladesh|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/article/1581291/|access-date=November 9, 2019}} At the Council of Ministers meeting on September 28, 2018, the approval for establishing this university/institution was granted, along with three more universities receiving policy approval on the same day. On February 28, 2019, education minister Dipu Moni placed a bill in the National Parliament regarding the inauguration of this institution and it was passed.{{cite news|date=February 26, 2019|title=Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation and Aerospace University Bill placed|work=The Daily Star|location=Bangladesh|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/bangabandhu-sheikh-mujibur-rahman-aviation-and-aerospace-university-bill-placed-1707616|access-date=November 9, 2019}} A temporary office has been set up at the old airport at Tejgaon, Dhaka to handle the activities of the university.{{cite news |title=২০২০ সালে চালু হবে বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান এভিয়েশন অ্যান্ড অ্যারোস্পেস বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় |trans-title=Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation and Aerospace University to be launched in 2020 |url=http://www.banglatribune.com/country/news/532221/ |access-date=November 9, 2019 |work=Bangla Tribune |location=Bangladesh |language=bn}} Air Vice-Marshal AHM Fazlul Haque has been appointed as the founding Vice Chancellor of the institution on May 26, 2019. The current Vice Chancellor of the university is Air Vice-Marshal ASM Fakhrul Islam.{{cite news|last=Roy|first=S Dilip|date=August 26, 2019|title=Country's first aviation university will be in Lalmonirhat|newspaper=The Daily Star|location=Bangladesh|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/bangladesh-first-aviation-univ-will-be-lalmonirhat-1790503|access-date=November 9, 2019}}

After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation and Aerospace University was renamed to Aviation and Aerospace University, Bangladesh.{{cite news |title=Gazette removes names of Bangabandhu, Sheikh family from 13 universities |url=https://bdnews24.com/campus/5cfa4e2df594 |access-date=14 February 2025 |work=bdnews24.com |date=13 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250214064521/https://bdnews24.com/campus/5cfa4e2df594 |archive-date=February 14, 2025 |language=en}}

List of vice-chancellors

See also

References

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