It was established in 2001 as a branch of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed's BRAC under the Private University Act 1992.

[12] Now, BRAC University has a permanent city campus in Merul Badda, Dhaka.

The facilities include an auditorium with 700 seats, a multipurpose hall with 1850 seats, classrooms, labs, design studios, lecture theaters, an IT data center, UPS, CCTVs, a cafeteria, an e-library, a parking lot, recreation facilities, and a rooftop playground.

[19] Students spend a semester on the Residential Campus, where they take specific courses and fulfill community tasks during the week.

OSL supervises the Department of Career Services, Alumni Affairs, and Clubs & Societies.

[28] Asif Mahtab, a part-time teacher of BRAC University[36] held a teacher's conference in January 2024 following the continuation of the textbook controversy in Bangladesh, demonstrated anti-transgenderism by tearing the pages of the seventh grade textbook.

[37] In response to this protest, BRAC University authorities fired Asif Mahtab.

[38] When the incident went viral on social media, many criticized BRAC and called for a boycott of all BRAC-related products and services.

[40] In the protest rally, they announced a boycott of all BRAC-related products, services and university classes.

In addition, the Islami Andolan Bangladesh called for a boycott of Aarong and BRAC university as part of the anti-transition protest.