Asian University for Women is an international university in Bangladesh. It is located in Chittagong, port city of Bangladesh. AUW's first academic program, the pre-collegiate Access Academy, opened in March 2008 with a class of 130 young women from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Cambodia. The first Access Academy class graduated in July 2009 and continued into the undergraduate program. AUW's current student body comes from 12 countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The master plan for AUW's planned permanent campus was designed by architect Moshe Safdie. The Asian University for Women Support Foundation (AUWSF) is a non-profit organization based in the United States that serves as the main planning and fund raising organization for the University. An international network of leaders in the educational, financial, and developmental sectors continue to work together to develop AUW.