American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), in collaboration with two leading UK universities, has successfully secured two project grants from the British Council under the Transnational Education (TNE) Exploratory Grant program.

In one project, AIUB, in partnership with Birmingham City University (BCU), UK, aims to develop an international professional certification program for digital manufacturing at AIUB, read a press release.

From BCU, Prof Dr Javaid Butt, Dr Ashikul Khan, Dr Muhammad Adnan and from AIUB, Prof Dr Md Abdur Rahman, Prof Dr Md Saniat Rahman Zishan, Dr Chowdhury Akram Hossain, Mahamudul Hassan will work on this project.

In another project, AIUB, in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University (NTU), UK, Jahangirnagar University (JU), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), and other associate partners, focuses on widening access to tertiary education for disadvantaged individuals in Bangladesh using generative AI.

Prof David J Brown (NTU), Dr Arif Rahman (NTU), Mashiour Rahman (AIUB), Prof Dr Risala Tasin Khan (JU), Prof Dr Md Rubaiyat Hossain Mondal (BUET) will work on this project along with other members.

Ishtiaque Abedin, secretary general, Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh and founder member, Board of Trustees, AIUB, joined as a panellist in the panel discussion titled “Unlocking the Potential and Social Value of Transnational Education in Bangladesh” at the report launching event.