ULAB’s founder, Kazi Shahid Ahmed, believes in creating works that benefit the people of Bangladesh and are of service to the country. In this spirit, he created a place of learning where well-rounded students would be fully steeped in the values of their own heritage, yet trained to face the modern global workplace. The sponsors planned for many years and the idea of the University was initiated at a public colloquium, in February of 2002, attended by leading academics, cultural figures, and entrepreneurs. Permission for the opening of ULAB was received from the University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh in November of 2003. ULAB was formally launched at a ceremony on October 1, 2004.

Campus

For its first two years, the university operated from its original campus in Mohakhali, Dhaka. The new, purpose-built campus in the heart of Dhanmondi was opened in the Fall of 2006. This brand-new, fully-dedicated building has all modern facilities, laboratories, and libraries available for its students. In the Summer of 2008, ULAB opened its second campus, also in Dhanmondi. ULAB is currently obtaining all legal permissions for its Permanent Campus, on a beautiful multi-acre site in Ramchandrapur, Mohammadpur. ULAB completed partial infrastructure of the Permanent Campus Complex in 2015.

Vision

• The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh will be the best university in Bangladesh and a leader in South Asia.

Mission

• The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh is an institution devoted to developing young minds to their fullest potential through the free and creative pursuit of knowledge. We are firmly committed to helping young men and women to become responsible and caring citizens of their nations and the world. We fulfill these aims by adopting an array of traditional and innovative academic and extra-curricular programs, and by bringing to our students the best that has been thought and accomplished in the arts and sciences throughout the world.

ULAB Quality Policy

The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh aims to be the best university in Bangladesh and a leader in South Asia. It is committed to quality education by developing systems for conscious, consistent, and catalytic action to improve academic and administrative performance. It promotes measures for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement through internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices. It ensures, at all times, compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements of the land.

Values

ULAB’s core values are the standards that drive our culture, guide our conduct, and set the minimum expectations for everyone at ULAB. 

• Love of Lifelong Learning  
• Practicing Integrity and Leadership 
• Encouraging Innovation
• Promoting Tolerance
• The Pursuit of Excellence

Strategic Goals

The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) will: instill students with a high capacity for analytical thought, lucid expression, and a lifelong love of learning. It will collaborate across disciplines and institutions to be a center of knowledge creation. It will focus on sustainable development to create a better world. 

Guiding Principles

1. Liberal Arts: Providing a broad foundation across disciplines, in order to develop analytical abilities and flexibility of mind.

2. Progressive Education: Establishing values of tolerance, empathy, and integrity, in order to become citizens of the world.

3. Sustainable Development: Employing sustainable practices and respect for human rights, in order to become responsible leaders of the future.

4. Active Teaching and Learning: Striking a balance between theoretical and practical learning, in order to thrive in a fast-changing knowledge economy.

5. Research: Supporting cross-disciplinary inquiry, in order to inform education and public policies. 6. Engaged Citizenship: Building and serving civic communities, in order to create a free and equitable society.