Chittagong University
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Established
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1966
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Type
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Public
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Endowment
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US$1.53 crore
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Chancellor
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President Mohammad Zillur Rahman
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Vice-Chancellor
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Professor Anwarul Azim Arif
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Academic staff
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726
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Admin. staff
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1900
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Students
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22000
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Location
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Chittagong, Bangladesh
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Campus
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Urban, 1,257.82 acres (5.0902 km2)
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Affiliations
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Association of Commonwealth Universities
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Website
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www.cu.ac.bd
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The University of Chittagong is a public university situated at the suburban area of Hathazari, Chittagong district, Bangladesh. The university was established in 1966. The campus is at 22 km north to the Chittagong city. It has a shuttle train service from 7:00 AM to 9:30 PM for the students. There are bus services for the teachers and staff as well. The University of Chittagong
Dr. Muhammad Yunus, who used to be a faculty member of this university, the founder of Grameen Bank, the pioneering figure in Microcredit theory of Economics, and the 2006 winner of Nobel Prize in peace, started his first microcredit experiments from this very campus at the neighbouring village of Zobra. Dr. Jamal Nazrul Islam, a notable mathematician and physicist, is an existing faculty member.
University of Chittagong
Established
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1966
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Inauguration
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18 November 1966
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Location
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Zobra village, Hathajari upajila, Chittgong district; 22 kilometer from
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Area
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1,257.82-acre (5.0902 km2)
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Faculty
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7
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Department
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35
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Institute
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3
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5
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Affiliated Faculty
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1
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Affiliated Institute
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2
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Affiliated College
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8
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Degree Awarded
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BA, MA, BSc,
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Higher Degree
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M.Phil., Ph.D., M.D., M.P.H
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Hall
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10 (male-6, female-3 and Both Male & Female-1)
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Student
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22000 odd (male-14,000, female-8,000)
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Teacher
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726
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Officer
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296
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3rd class staff
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478
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4th class staff
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1,180
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Degrees offered
The university offers 4 Year Bachelor of Science (Honours) (B.Sc.), 1 Year Masters of Science (M.Sc.), both thesis and course work based, under the faculty of Science. Also, Post Graduate Degrees (PGD) in Computer Science and Information Technology are offered.
It offers 4 Year Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and 1 Year Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degrees under the faculty of Business Administration, 4 Year Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) and 1 Year Masters of Social Science (MSS) degrees under the Faculty of Social Science, 4 Year Bachelor of Arts (BA) and 1 Year Masters of Arts (MA) degrees under the faculty of Arts, 4 Year LLB and 1 Year LLM degree under the Faculty of Law. The university also offers 2 Year MS, 2 Year MPhil and 3 Year PhD degree by research. Chittagong University is the pioneer to offer 4 year BBA, BSc(Hons) in Forestry, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Science in Bangladesh
Medium of instruction
The medium of instruction here in this university is English Except for the departments such as Bengali, Arabic etc. Some faculties approve both English and Bangla as medium of instruction. In this respect it is up to the students to choose any of the languages they feel comfortable with in their studies.
Faculty and departments
With a modest beginning of 4 departments in 1966, the University of Chittagong
§ Faculty of Science
§ Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Chittagong
§ Department of Applied Physics, Electronics & Communication Engineering
§ Department of Chemistry
§ Department of Mathematics
§ Department of Statistics
§ Department of Physics
§ Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries the first of its kind in Bangladesh
§ Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences the first of its kind in Bangladesh
§ Research Centre for Mathematics and Physical Sciences (RCMPS)
§ Faculty of Biological Sciences
§ Department of Botany
§ Department of Zoology
§ Department of Microbiology
§ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
§ Department of Geography and Environmental Science
§ Department of Soil Science
§ Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
§ Department of Psychology
§ Faculty of Arts
§ Department of Bangla
§ Department of English
§ Department of History
§ Department of Philosophy
§ Department of FineArts
§ Department of Islamic History & Culture
§ Department of Arabic & Farsi
§ Department of Pracchovasha
§ Department of Communication & Journalism
§ Department of Islamic Studies
§ Nazrul Research Centre
§ Faculty of Social Science
§ Department of Public Administration
§ Department of Economics
§ Department of Political Science
§ Department of Sociology
§ Department of Anthropology
§ Department of International Relations (IR)
§ Department of Home Economics
§ Institute of Development
§ Faculty of Business Administration
§ Department of Accounting and Information System
§ Department of Management Studies
§ Department of Marketing studies and International Marketing(MSIM)
§ Department of Finance and Banking
§ Bureau of Business Research
§ Faculty of Law
§ Department of Law
§ Faculty of Medicine
§ Chittagong Medical College
§ Comilla Medical College
§ Other affiliated colleges
§ Begumgonj Textile Engineering College, Noakhali
§ Chittagong Home Economics College
§ Chittagong University Laboratory School
Institute of Modern
Bengali, English, French, German, Arabic,Japanese and many other language courses are offered in this institute. One year certificate courses and one and a half year diploma courses are conducted at low costs.
Other Activities
University have Bangladesh National Cadet corps and Rover Scout for students to develop students' leading and social service capability.
Students' Organizations
At present, various organizations are running their activities.Chittagong University
There are some other department wise student organizations in the university. Mention may be made of FBDA (Finance & Banking Debating Association) of the Department of Finance & Banking and SLP (Society for Leadership Proliferation) of the Department of Marketing. Both of the organizations are doing a lot.
Social service of students
Students join local and international organizations to serve society. Some local organizations are rotaract club of Chittagong University Bangladesh
Art and Architecture
The Central Shaheed Minar
List of Vice chancellors
Name
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From
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To
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Professor Dr. Azizur Rahman Mollik Daniel
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01-10-1966
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31-01-1972
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U. N. Seddiqui (in charge)
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21-04-1971
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30-01-1972
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Professor Dr. Innas Ali
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01-02-1972
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18-04-1973
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Professor Abul Fazl
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19-04-1973
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27-111975
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Professor Dr Abdul Karim
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28-11-1975
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18-04-1981
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Professor Dr. M. A. Aziz Khan
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19-04-1981
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18-04-1985
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Professor Mohammad Ali
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19-04-1985
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22-05-1988
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Professor Dr. Alamgir Mohammad Shirajuddin
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23-05-1-88
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29-12-1991
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Professor Dr. Rafiqul Islam Chowdhury
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30-12-1991
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06-11-1996
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Professor Abdul Mannan
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06-11-1996
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13-02-2001
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Professor Mohammad Fazlee Hossain
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14-02-2001
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02-02-2002
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Professor A. J. M. Nuruddin Chowdhury
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02-02-2002
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02-02-2006
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Professor Dr. M. Badiul Alam
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03-02-2006
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24-02-2009
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Late Professor Dr. Abu Yousuf Alam
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25-02-2009
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Professor Dr.Muhammad Ala-ud-din (Acting)
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09-12-2010
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14-6.2011
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Professor
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15-06-2011
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present
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List of Pro Vice chancellors
Name
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From
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To
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Professor Md. Ali Imdad Khan
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01-11-1987
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14-11-1989
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Professor Dr. M. Badiul Alam
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30-12-1991
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26-08-1996
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Professor Dr. Abu Yousuf Alam
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26-08-1996
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13-02-2001
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Professor
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10-07-2001
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13-11-2001
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Professor Dr. Muhammad Shamsuddin
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13-11-2001
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13-11-2005
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Professor Dr.Muhammad Ala-ud-din
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Present
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Students Residence
There are 7 halls for male and 3 halls for female students. Male halls are 1. Shah Amanat Hall, 2. Shahjalal Hall, 3. Alaol Hall, 4. F. R. Hall, 5. Sohrawardi Hall 6. Abdur Rab Hall 7. Masterda Surjasen Hall(For both male & female). Female halls are 1. Shamsun Nahar Hall, 2. Priti Lata Hall and 3. Khaleda Zia Hall. The campus also hosts a Buddhist temple named Bishwa Shanti Pagoda, which also serves as a residence hall for the university's Buddhist students. There is also another tourist spot named: Forestry Helipad & Administrative Building
Famous alumni and faculty
§ Jamal Nazrul Islam, physicist and mathematician. Ex-professor, Mathematics Department. Present professor emeritus and founding director of Research Centre for Mathematics and Physical Sciences (RCMPS).
§ Dr. M. Abul Mansur Chowdhury, mathematical physicist, director, Research Centre for Mathematics and Physical Sciences (RCMPS).
§ Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank, 2006 winner of Nobel Prize in peace. Former professor of Economics Department, initiated his project on micro credit in the adjacent area, Jobra.
§ Md. Hanif Seddiqui, computer scientist, founder, Semantic Knowledge Engineering and Intelligent Mining
§ Moinul Haque Meaze, particle physicist, CERN, INFN
§ Dr. Mohammad Samsujoha, professor (supernumerary) of Management Studies, founder of Business Administration Faculty (deceased)
§ Dr. Anupam Sen, well-known sociologist, writer and philosopher
§ Dr. Salma Khan, former professor, Department of Economics and Chairperson, CEDAW
§ Dr. M. Abu Saleh, former professor, Department of Chemistry (deceased)
§ Dr. Abdul Karim, famous for his writing on history. ex vc. (deceased)
§ Professor Alamgir Mohammad Serajuddin, eminent historian and researcher on Sharia Law
§ Professor Rashid Chowdhyr, renowned artist (deceased)
§ Professor Murtaza Baseer, renowned artist
§ Professor Devdas Chakroborty, renowned artist (deceased)
§ Professor Abdullah Khalid, sculptor who created 'Aporjeyo Bangla' in front of Dhaka University
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