International Culture University

International Culture University
HE Institution
Year of foundation: 
2009
Member since: 
19/04/2012
International Culture University
Parent Institution's name (english translation): 
Forum for Culture and Human Development
Parent Institution's name (original language): 
Forum for Culture and Human Development

Contact

Institutional postal address: 
House-35, Road-4, Block-E,Banasree-Rampura
Region: 
Asia and The Pacific
Country: 
Bangladesh
City: 
Dhaka
Institutional e-mail: 
Institutional phone: 
88028399398
Institutional fax: 
88 02 8399912

Mission / Vision

Vision The future generation will honor the cultural diversity of all nations, as well as the cultural minority, and will play a pivotal role in their protection and promotion through economical, political and development activities. Mission Online education and venue based evaluation through the International Culture University will produce multi-cultural professionals and ensure the development of cultural leadership and protection and promotion of cultural diversity for all nations. It will also initiate a movement in mainstreaming culture in formal pedagogy as a development approach.

Goals

To build leaders in the development sectors of all nations to protect, promote cultural diversity and culturally enlightened generation for building peace and rights, share and care of humanity round the Globe.

Main activities

Higher education to achieve vision, ICU is designing special curriculum where all relevant UNESCO conventions have been included to mainstream culture, heritage, rights and peace besides professional academic disciplines. All undergraduate students will get basic knowledge about the World Heritage Convention (1972) and the five other UNESCO Conventions (1954, 1970, 2001, 2003 and 2005) through online distance learning. This will enable them to attain a comparative learning on their own local or national heritage. Also, get knowledge on the principles of UN Academic Impact, UN Global Compact and UN PRME.The post-graduation course will include six or more relevant conventions on the basic knowledge and practice on rights, ethics, peace and sustainable development issues.

Access, equity and quality

In this university access, equity and quality are being maintained strongly by a group of cultural think tanks and eminent academicians all over the world. -Same curriculum and same academic credit for all. -Access is open to all prospective students in online education. -Ensuring quality of education according to the curriculum.

Curricular innovation in higher education institutions (HEIs)

Curricular innovation in higher education institutions (HEIs): Each and every discipline has designed with contemporary uniformity cultural education with equal valued Curricular all over the country included cultural conventions, necessary laws, ethics, use of new media, leadership courses along with other subject e.g economics; to produce skilled human resources those will be aware about their national level cultural diversity and development. They will protect and promote cultural diversity of their respect nations beside through their regular profession. So the student think as well act as the creative professional in their respective

Opening up higher education to society

All designed study is related with society. Social system along with cultural, existing social and cultural setup, understanding present status and necessary changes to cope with day to day development through research on the societal knowledge systems.

Higher education's role in addressing major global challenges

The Global challenge since long time is missing culture in the development sector. Higher education of this institute will produce human resource those will consider cultural approach as an holistic approach of development. Thus, peace and rights issues will be properly placed in the future development initiatives and overcome global challenges.

Higher education's contribution to sustainability

This institute has created networking education system through umbrella initiative round the globe though cultural institute, academic institute and development organization. We intend to turn them as the partner of higher education and development. International Culture University considers knowledge on culture nourishment, corruption free political will and development initiatives should provide to the prospective students- and this academic knowledge can capacitate next generation to lead sustainability.

Social responsibility within higher education

This innovative approach is for the people by the people. The initiative will be run by civil society organizations those are always integrated with the society of their respective country thus the social responsibility of higher education is integrated part of this initiative.

Partners

  • UNESCO. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • The Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP)

Sponsored by

  • Generalitat de Catalunya. Ministry of Business and Employment. Department of Research and Universities
  • Generalitat de Catalunya. Ministry for Foreign Action and Open Government