The university is the first major project of the Progoti Foundation for Education and Development (PFED), a non-profit, non-political, charitable organization maintained by a group of academics, business leaders, professionals and education enthusiasts led by Mohammed Farashuddin, economist and former governor of Bangladesh Bank.

The permanent campus of East West University is located in Aftabnagar, Rampura on the Progoti Sarani close to Bangladesh Television on 7.4 bighas of land.

Total floor area of the 9 storied university complex is 4,58,957.04 square feet with modern facilities.

East West University provides scholarships starting from full funding to partial tuition waivers.

Besides, there are 28 directorial scholarships (25,000-20,000 BDT) are available each year for the meritorious students with exceptional case.Each semester the university provides financial aid.

EWU provides 50% tuition waiver for any one of a sibling pair studying simultaneously in the university which is worth around 45,000 BDT per year.

It maintains a low tuition fees rate (BDT 4,900 per credit) compared to other leading private universities in Bangladesh.

East West University is modeled on the North American Open Credit system.

[21] Star researcher from East West University is Syed Abul Basher who has topped the list of young economists from Bangladesh.

IDEAS database contains information on 13,177 economics institutions, 43,324 authors with over 1,046,994 research publications in 94 fields.

CRT operates through a Research Committee composed of representatives from the Board, Deans and Chairs of the Academic Department.

Faculty members and senior students of the university produce academic papers each year and publish them in journals and conference proceedings.

In addition, CRT works with the government and private institutions at national and international levels to facilitate academic exchanges.

After that, through 2011, the ceremony was held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center, except in 2006, when it took place in the Winter Garden convention hall at the Dhaka Sheraton Hotel.

Earl H. Potter III, Dean of the College of Business, Eastern Michigan University, delivered the convocation speech.

Former Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University Zillur Rahman Siddiqui, delivered the convocation speech.

Professor emeritus of physics Jamal Nazrul Islam delivered the convocation speech.

Professor emeritus of English Serajul Islam Choudhury delivered the convocation address.

Vice Chancellor of University of Dhaka AAMS Arefin Siddique delivered the convocation speech.

Abdullah Abu Sayeed, President of Bishwa Sahitya Kendra (World Literature Center), delivered the convocation speech.

Sufia Ahmed, Ekushey Padak awardee for contributions to flourishing culture and the Language Movement, delivered the convocation speech.

Novelist Selina Hossain, recipient of the Ekushey Padak for literature, delivered the convocation speech.

[43] The 15th convocation took place on Wednesday, 27 January 2016 at East West University, Aftabnagar, Dhaka.

Author, physicist, professor and activist Muhammed Zafar Iqbal delivered the convocation speech.