Asian University of Bangladesh (Bengali: এশিয়ান ইউনিভার্সিটি অফ বাংলাদেশ) or AUB is a Private, Coeducational university of Bangladesh. It was established on 4 January 1996 by the Private University Act 1992. AUB has four campuses in Uttara, Dhanmondi, Khulna and Rajshahi. The university is affiliated by University Grants Commission (Bangladesh) and managed by Asian University Trust. Asian University of Bangladesh (AUB) received formal approval of the Government of the Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh on 4 January 1996 as a degree-awarding university under the Private University Act, 1992. AUB is accredited by the University Grants Commission, Bangladesh and The Government of Bangladesh. AUB is also accredited overseas. The efforts to establish this university date back to 1990 when the idea was first mooted out by , the founder of AUB, Dr. Abul Hasan Muhammad Sadeq, to import high quality education as widely as possible from an inter-disciplinary, integrated ethico-human approach reflecting our values, heritage and principles. Efforts continued for mobilizing a pool of academic resources from experienced and committed Bangladeshi academicians attached to overseas universities.