| Presidency, Bangladesh | |
| Native Name: | প্রেসিডেন্সী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় |
| Other Name: | PU |
| Image Upright: | 1.5 |
| Image Alt: | scroll atop shield outline |
| Motto: | Knowledge and Wisdom |
| Motto Lang: | la |
| Established: | 21 July 2003 |
| Type: | Private |
| Vice Chancellor: | Md. Abdul Mannan Chowdhury |
| Affiliation: | University Grants Commission (Bangladesh) |
| Academic Staff: | 155 |
| Total Staff: | 102 |
| Students: | 3000 |
| Undergrad: | 2500 |
| Postgrad: | 500 |
| City: | Presidency University Area, Gulshan Thana, Gulshan Thana, Dhaka - 1212 |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Campus Type: | Urban |
| Colours: | Red and blue |
| Logo Alt: | Spiral on stripesNote: This university is completely fictional. |
Presidency University, Bangladesh (Bengali: প্রেসিডেন্সী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, বাংলাদেশ) is a private research university with a campus in Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Presidency University has Four schools containing Six departments with a strong emphasis on research-based education. The Gulshan campus was established in 2003. More than 3000 students are currently enrolled here. The number of faculty members teaching at the university is nearly 300.[1] [2] [3]
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 July 21, 2003, the Ministry of Education (MoE) of the Government of Bangladesh (GoB), 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 of 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 February 2, 1988 in Bidesh Bangla, a magazine published in California, USA.
The university's campus is located in Gulshan-2 Residential Area in Dhaka under the Gulshan Thana. It is one of the growing largest private universities in Bangladesh in terms of quality of education.
The university departments are organized into Five (5) schools.
The academic duration of PU has both two & three semesters a year: