Presidency University has four schools containing eight departments with a strong emphasis on research-based education.

[1] [2] [3] The Presidency University Foundation, a group of 30 teachers, leaders of business and industry, and retired government officers, came together and petitioned the government for a permit to establish and operate Presidency University.

The principal sponsor of Presidency University is Mr. Muslehuddin Ahmad, a former secretary and ambassador of Bangladesh.

On the basis of an article, The Private University in Bangladesh, an initial proposal, by Junaid K. Ahmad, which was published first on February 2, 1988 in Bidesh Bangla, a magazine published in California.

The university's campus is located in Gulshan-2 Residential Area in Dhaka under the Gulshan Thana.