The office provides support in three main areas:
Creative Services:
Creative services include printing and designing of several brochures; website advertisements/contents designing and supporting audio and video production and maintaining the University’s visual identity.
The office organizes three “Freshers’ Orientation” programs for each semester throughout the year.
During the “Freshers’ Orientation” program of BRAC University, students, parents, faculties and staffs are present at the program. It is a two-day long event. On day one, new students come with their parents where VC, Pro-VC, Registrar and Head of various departments of BRAC University welcome the new student. On day two, the new students are informed about the rules and regulation of BRAC University, important information on BRAC University are provided to the students followed by a cultural program. This event is conducted by BRAC University senior students with the support of the office.
It also organizes the VC and Dean Certificate ceremony in every semester in collaboration with Registrar’s office. In this event, brilliant and meritorious students of each department are recognised by a certificate.
The office is also responsible for planning, archiving and announcing of “Financial aids” that are offered to BRAC University students in several categories. It plays a vital role to collect data and analyze the data with the help of “Management Software”, based on which, students are awarded the scholarship.
BRAC University offers scholarship to students in every semester on the basis of their academic results. It also provides financial assistance to undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled at the University who obtain excellent academic results, but faces genuine financial constraints. This ensures that financial need is not a barrier for bright and needy students. This scholarship and financial aid process is transparent and credible and provides an effective, timely, fair and impartial manner for all who qualify. Students are needed to apply for the tuition fee waiver in the prescribed form. The financial need for each applicant is assessed by the Scholarship Committee.
Communications
Although the university does not guarantee accommodation to all students, it offers accommodations to the female students on need basis for those students who come to study from distant locations. The location of the hostel is within walking distance. The office provides all logistic support to the residing students. It ensures smooth functioning of the BRAC University hostel through the hostel Superintendents and also solves any issue and other problems of BRAC University girls’ hostel.
The office processes internal (staff/student) and external communications through a range of print and online mails. As part of the role, the office works closely with the registrar, accounts and VC’s offices.
The office is responsible for developing the University’s strategic messaging and works with others to develop that message for different audiences.
It produces the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Prospectus for each year and is responsible to oversee and support all print and online communications produced throughout the University and promotes University's advertising and branding.
Enquiries Management
The office ensures that institutional culture is developed and maintained in-line with the mission of the university. The office organizes visits to various reputed schools and colleges across the country to encourage bright and talented students to enroll in BRAC University.
It ensures that all events in the university are properly organized, communicated, implemented and registered. It encourages collective integrity; inculcate responsibility and accountability in the students in all their activities and recognizes the creative talents among students.
It is pertinent to express here the ‘open door policy’ of International and Scholarship office. In the manifestation of instilling institutional culture, the office of strives hard to excel itself through an interactive program with students and guardians. International and Scholarship office therefore is a mirror of all that BRAC University to offer and make it outstanding.