[2] The government of Bangladesh approved the establishment of United International University in 2003.

[5] The permanent campus is on a 25-bigha (8.25 acre) plot of land, located at the 'United City' at Satarkul, Badda (1.5 km east of Embassy of the United States, Dhaka), adjacent to Madani Avenue.

[6] The academic units of UIU are four schools and several institutes, which offer a wide range of undergraduate, graduate and certificate programs.

UIU Central library has a collection of 40,293 items of information materials.

Every year, 500 volumes are added to the main reading room of the central library.