University of Chittagong

University of Chittagong

চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Crest of University of Chittagong
Other name	CU
Motto	Imagine, Lead, Change
Type	Public, research
Established	18 November 1966; 58 years ago (18 November 1966)
Accreditation	Association of Commonwealth Universities
Affiliation	University Grants Commission
Budget	৳439.16 crore (US$37 million) (2024-2025)
Chancellor	President Mohammed Shahabuddin
Vice-Chancellor	Muhammad Yeahia Akhter [1]
Academic staff	974[2]
Administrative staff	311 (male 277, female 34)
Students	27,550 (est.) [male 18,000 (est.)] [female 9,500 (est.)] [3]
Location	Hathazari Upazila, Chittagong District, Bangladesh 22.4699°N 91.7904°E / 22.4699; 91.7904
Campus	Sub Urban, 2,312.32 acres (9.3576 km^2)[3]
Colors	Black, Blue
Website	www.cu.ac.bd

The University of Chittagong (also known as Chittagong University, abbreviated as CU; Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, romanized: Caṭṭagrāma Biśbabidyālaẏa) is a public research university located in Hathazari, Chattogram, Bangladesh. It was established on 18 November 1966. It is one of the oldest universities in Bangladesh.^[4] Its 2,312.32 acres (935.76 ha) campus is the largest among universities in Bangladesh.^[5] It is one of the four autonomous by the act universities of Bangladesh.

Chittagong University, 1970.

Facilities

Library

Chittagong University Library

Chittagong University's collection of about 350,000 books, and over 40,000 bound journals is housed in a 56,700 square feet (5,270 m²) library built in 1990.^[6]

Chittagong University Museum

Chittagong University Museum was established in 1973 with artifacts from the History Department including fossils found amongst the Nasirabad hills. It has subsequently accumulated an extensive collection of historical artifacts and painting. In 2016, The Daily Star donated a Chittagong history archive to the museum.^[7][8][9]

University shuttle train

Faculty of Science

The university shuttle train is operated by Bangladesh Railway eastern division and monitored by university authority.^[10] Trains leave Chattogram railway station and Sholoshohor railway station, and city-bound trains leave Chattogram University railway station.

Shuttle graffiti

Chittagong University shuttle train have a long history of graffiti art but there were allegations it was being used by rival political groups to assert influence over train compartments. After April 2011 clashes between five compartment-based gangs left at least eight students injured, the university expelled 11 students and banned all types of compartment-based organisational activities, including sticking posters, leaflets and graffiti on the trains.^[11] Eleven years after that incident, German artist Lukas Zeilinger, accompanied by Livia, his wife, and Arup Barua, a teacher at the Department of Dramatics of the university, painted the carriages once again. The project was self-funded by the Zeiligers as part of their art project.^[12][13]

Academic

Faculties	10
Departments	54
Institute	7
Research center	6
Affiliated educational institutions	21

Faculty

Abdul Karim Building, Faculty of Arts

AK Khan Building, Faculty of Law

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Social Sciences

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Life Sciences

Faculty of Marine Science and Fisheries

As of 2024, Chittagong University has 54 departments under 9 faculties.

Faculty	Established	Department
Faculty of Arts and Humanities	1966	14
Faculty of Law	1966	01
Faculty of Science	1969	05
Faculty of Business Administration	1970	06
Faculty of Social Sciences	1971	10
Faculty of Engineering	2001	02
Faculty of Biological Sciences		09
Faculty of Education		01
Faculty of Medicine		01
Faculty of Marine Science and Fisheries	2019	02

Institutes

Chittagong University currently has 7 institutes

• Institute of Education and Research
• Fine Arts Institute
• Institute of Modern Languages
• Community Ophthalmology Institute
• Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences
• Institute of Marine Science
• Social Science Research Institute

Research centers

The university currently has 6 research centers.

• Jamal Nazrul Islam Mathematics and Physical Science Research Centre
• Nazrul Research Centre
• Bureau of Business Research
• Center for Social Science Research
• Chittagong University Center for Business Administration
• Center for Asian Studies

Affiliated educational institutions

There are currently 26 educational institutions under Chittagong University:

Govt College

1. Chittagong College, Chittagong
2. Satkania Government College, Chittagong
3. Government Haji Muhammad Mohsin College, Chittagong
4. Sir Ashutosh Government College, Chittagong
5. Government Commerce College, Chittagong

Government Medical College

1. Chittagong Medical College, Chittagong
2. Comilla Medical College, Comilla
3. Chandpur Medical College, Chandpur
4. Abdul Malek Ukil Medical College, Noakhali
5. Cox's Bazar Medical College, Cox's Bazar
6. Rangamati Medical College, Rangamati

Private Medical College

1. Chittagong International Medical College, Chittagong
2. United Care Institute of Medical Technology, Brahmanbaria
3. Eastern Medical College, Comilla
4. Chittagong Mother and Child Hospital Medical College, Chittagong
5. BGC Trust Medical College, Chittagong
6. Brahmanbaria Medical College, Brahmanbaria
7. Mainamati Medical College, Comilla
8. Marine City Medical College, Chittagong
9. Southern Medical College, Chittagong
10. Central Medical College, Comilla

Medical Institute

1. Chittagong Institute of Medical Technology, Chittagong
2. United Care Institute of Medical Technology, Brahmanbaria

College of Nursing

1. Chittagong Nursing College, Chittagong
2. Faujdarhat Nursing College, Faujdarhat, Chittagong

Dental College

1. Chittagong International Dental College Hospital, Chittagong
2. Art Nursing College, Comilla
3. Shamsun Nahar Khan Nursing College, Chittagong

College of Engineering

1. Chittagong Textile Engineering College, Chittagong
2. Newcastle University College, Chittagong

Institute

1. Chittagong Institute of Technology, Chittagong
2. Chittagong Institute of Fashion and Technology, Chittagong

Other

1. Home Economics College, Chittagong

Library

Chittagong University Central Library is the largest library in Chittagong which is one of the richest libraries in the country. The current collection in this library is around 3.5 lakh  which includes rare books, journals, audio-visual material, manuscripts and Braille books for the blind.  With the inauguration of the university in November 1966, the library started with only 300 books.  The library moved to its current building in November 1990. The three-storied library has separate rooms for students, researchers and teachers. There is also an auditorium in the library building. Photocopying facility is available in the library. The library also has facilities for daily reading of national and regional newspapers. The library is currently under automation.

Medical Center

Chittagong University Medical Center is located near the law faculty of the university . It works to provide free medical care and pathological examination for university students, faculty and staff. Apart from this, free medical care is also provided to the family members of teachers and staff. This medical center has round-the-clock services every day of the week, where doctors provide medical care on a rotating basis. This center has 11 doctors and 4 ambulances. There are also 6 temporary beds in the medical center premises.

Campus

Residential halls

As of 2022^[update], there are 14 residential halls at the university of which 9 are for male and 5 for female students.^[2][14]

Male student halls Estd. Students Named for Alawal Hall 1966 260 Alaol Atish Dipankar Srigyan Hall 2014 550 Atiśa A F Rahman Hall 1966 258 Ahmad Fazlur Rahman Shahjalal Hall 1974 475 Shah Jalal Suhrawardy Hall 1974 375 Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Shah Amanat Hall 1977 632 Shah Amanat Shaheed Abdur Rab Hall 1994 509 Abdur Rab [a] Masterda Surya Sen Hall(male & female block) 2010 204 Surya Sen Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall 2014 1000 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman[15] A student of Chittagong University and general secretary of its student union. He died during the Liberation War of Bangladesh. Female student halls Estd. Students Named for Shamsun Nahar Hall 676 Shamsunnahar Mahmud Pritilata Hall 531 Pritilata Waddedar Deshnetri Begum Khaleda Zia Hall 500 Khaleda Zia Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Jononetri Sheikh Hasina Hall 2015 500 Sheikh Hasina[15] Hostels Estd Students Shilpi Rashid Chowdhury Hostel For Fine Arts students Govinda Gunalanker Hostel 1996 For Buddhists

• 
  A F Rahman Hall
• 
  Shahjalal Hall
• 
  Suhrawardy Hall
• 
  Bangabandhu Hall
• 
  Shah Amanat Hall
• 
  Masterda Surya Sen Hall
• 
  Shamsun Nahar Hall
• 
  Pritilata Hall
• 
  Deshnetri Begum Khaleda Zia Hall
• 
  Sheikh Hasina Hall
• 
  Shaheed Abdur Rab Hall
• 
  Govinda Gunalanker Hostel
• 
  Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall

Vice chancellors

A R Mallick	1966-1972
U N Siddiqui[a]	1971-1972
M Innas Ali	1972-1973
Abul Fazal	1973-1975
Abdul Karim	1975-1981
M A Aziz Khan	1981-1985
Mohammad Ali	1985-1988
Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin	1988-1991
Rafiqul Islam Chowdhury	1991-1996
Abdul Mannan	1996-2001
Fazle Hossain	2001-2002
A J M Nuruddin Chowdhury	2002-2006
Badiul Alam	2006-2009
Abu Yousuf	2009-2010
Alauddin[a]	2010-2011
Anwarul Azim Arif	2011-2015[16]
Emran Hossain[a]	2013-2013[17]
Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury	2015-2019
Shireen Akhter	2019-19 March 2024
Md. Abu Taher	20 March 2024 - 12 August 2024[18][1]

1. Acting

Pro Vice-chancellors

Md. Ali Imdad Khan	1987-1989
M. Badiul Alam	1991-1996
Abu Yousuf	1996-2001
Md. Anwarul Azim Arif	2001-2001
Mohammad Shamsuddin	2001-2005
Md. Alauddin	2009-2013
Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury	2013-2015
Shireen Akhter	2016-2019
Benu Kumar Dey	2020–Present
M. Sekander Chowdhury	2024–Present[19]

Notable faculty and alumni members

Faculty

Jamal Nazrul Islam

Muhammad Yunus

Anisuzzaman

• Jamal Nazrul Islam, theoretical physicist and mathematician^[20]
• Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and Nobel Prize winner^[21]
• Abdul Mannan, chairman, University Grants Commission of Bangladesh^[22]
• A F M Khalid Hossain, Islamic scholar^{[citation needed]}
• Anisuzzaman, Bangladeshi academic of Bengali literature.
• Murtaja Baseer, painter and artist
• Mohammad Shah Alam, chairman (acting) of Bangladesh Law Commission and founding father of Faculty of law, University of Chittagong, and former professor at the Department of Law, University of Rajshahi
• Monsur Ul Karim, painter
• Syed Abdullah Khalid, sculptor and painter
• Abdul Karim, Bangladeshi Historian
• Farzana Islam, former vice chancellor, Jahangirnagar University (former lecturer, Sociology department)

Alumni

• Niaz Ahmed Khan, academic and 30th vice chancellor of University of Dhaka
• Aslam Chowdhury, fellow chartered accountant and politician.
• Mahmood Hossain, academic and 12th vice chancellor of Khulna University
• Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh.^[23]
• Shireen Akhter, academic and former vice chancellor of University of Chittagong.^[24]
• Mohit Ul Alam, vice chancellor of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University.^[25]
• Tahura Ali, politician and member of parliament.^[26]
• Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury, academic and vice-chancellor.^[27]
• A B M Mohiuddin Chowdhury Bangladeshi politician and former mayor of Chittagong.^[28]
• Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury, former mayor of Chittagong and member of parliament.^[29]
• Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, politician and mayor of Chittagong^[30]
• Annisul Huq, entrepreneur, television show host and first mayor of North Dhaka^[31]
• Fazle Kabir, bureaucrat, economist and central banker^[32]
• Kazi Sharif Kaikobad, major general in the Bangladesh Army^[33]
• Hafiz Rashid Khan, postcolonialist poet, author, journalist and Adibaasi researcher^[34]
• Rashed Rouf, novelist, editor and journalist^[35]
• Surendra Kumar Sinha, lawyer who served as the 21st Chief Justice of Bangladesh^[36]
• AFM Solaiman Chowdhury, civil servant and chairman of the National Board of Revenue^[37]
• Wadud Bhuiyan, politician and former member of parliament^[38]
• Syed Abdullah Khalid sculptor and painter
• Papri Basu, freedom fighter, teacher, social worker and women's rights activist
• Muhammad Masum Aziz, stage, film and television actor
• Chitralekha Guho, television, stage and film actress
• Shahid Mahmud Jangi, lyricist
• Partha Barua, singer and actor
• Naquib Khan, singer, music composer, lyricist and director
• Mahfuza Khatun, swimmer
• Muhammad Abdul Bari, physicist, writer, teacher, and community leader
• A F M Khalid Hossain, Islamic scholar and Advisor of Religious Affairs Ministry.

Gallery

Main entrance

Faculty of Biological Science

Teachers' dormitory

Marine Science building

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External links

• Official website