Fareast International University (FIU)
Motto	"Start Here Succeed Here"
Type	Private
Established	2013; 11 years ago (2013)
Affiliation	University Grants Commission Bangladesh
Chairman	Sheikh Kabir Hossain
Chancellor	President Mohammed Shahabuddin
Vice-Chancellor	Raquib Ahmed
Address	House # 87, Road # 06, Block-C , Banani, Dhaka , 1213 , Bangladesh 23°47′31″N 90°24′10″E / 23.792044°N 90.402846°E / 23.792044; 90.402846
Website	www.fiu.edu.bd

Fareast International University (FIU) (Bengali: ফারইস্ট ইন্টারন্যাশনাল ইউনিভার্সিটি) is a private university located at Banani in Dhaka, Bangladesh.^[1]^[2]^[3] The university was established in 2013 under the Private University Act, 2010. It was founded by Sheikh Kabir Hossain, a relative of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.^[4]

FIU is currently operating trimester basis in 16 graduate and masters programs under the faculty of Business Administration, Engineering, Science, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences and LAW. FIU introduces international standard course curricula approved by the UGC of Bangladesh. Besides, there are different clubs and houses for debate, English language, indoor-games, cultural practices, and sports facilities for the benefit of the learners. It has research and academic collaborations with number of foreign universities.^[5]

FIU is the first private university in Bangladesh selected by the Government to offer MBA Major in Project Monitoring and Evaluation.^[6] Moreover, FIU has established "Integrated Research Institute for Inclusive Development (IRIID)" for action research on various issues of the contemporary world and appropriate technology transfer for sustainable development.^[7]

Faculties/Department

Faculty of Business Administration^[8]
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of Tourism & Hospitality Management
Faculty of Engineering^[9]
- Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE)
- Department of Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE)
- Department of Textile Engineering
- Department of Architecture
Faculty of Science^[10]
- Department of Physics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Soil, Water & Environment (SWE)
- Department of Public Health
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences^[11]
- Department of English
- Department of Islamic Studies
Faculty of Law^[12]
- Department of Law & Justice

Infrastructure

Administrative functionaries are accountable to the trustee board and the management in discharging their responsibilities.

It has a library with textbooks and reference items, and laboratories for basic sciences, computing and engineering practical experiments. FIU has purchased 1.14 acres of land in the RAJUK Uttara 3rd Phase Land Development Project in Sector 16 for its permanent campus.

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