Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology

Location

CUET is situated in the district of Chittagong under Chittagong Division. It is in the Pahartali union under Raozan sub-district, by the north side of the Chittagong-Kaptai road about 25 kilometers from the center of Chittagong City. The 420 Megawatt Raozan Thermal Power Plant is situated just beside the campus. Karnaphuli Hydroelectric Power Station, the largest source of hydroelectricity of the country, is situated in Kaptai, about 25 kilometers from CUET.

History

To meet the increasing demand of professional engineers for the national development, the National Economic Council of the Government of Pakistan decided to establish The Engineering College, Chittagong on August 28, 1962. The Engineering College, Chittagong, started functioning on December 28, 1968 by admitting 120 students in its first academic session under the faculty of Engineering, University of Chittagong. On 1 July 1986, through a Government Ordinance (No. XXI, 1986) the college was converted into an autonomous institution called Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT), Chittagong. There were three other similar BITs in Khulna, Rajshahi and Dhaka. The President of Bangladesh was the visitor of these institutes. A Board of Governors headed by a Chairman appointed by the President was the policy making and administrative authority which had its head office at Tejgaon, Dhaka. Though the BIT, Chittagong was said to be an autonomous institution there were various complexity in the administration, control, budget, admission, development and other processes of the institution. On September 1, 2003 it was a historic moment when the BIT, Chittagong was converted into a fully autonomous public university & named Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology or CUET for short, after the teachers and students of BIT, Chittagong started huge movement demanding university status for all four BITs. The honorable President of Bangladesh is the Chancellor of the University. BIT, Khulna; BIT, Rajshahi and BIT, Dhaka have been converted to Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), and Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET) respectively.

Now the university is a fully autonomous statutory organization of the Government of Bangladesh which awards degrees itself to the graduates. There are various statutory bodies like Syndicate, Academic Council, Finance Committee, Planning and Development Committee, Academic Committees, etc. for policy and decision-making on aspects of the university under the framework of the Act.

Campus

The university campus covers an area of 163 acres. The campus of CUET is remarkable for its natural beauty, it is landscaped around a valley with hilly areas, plants and precious varieties making the campus a natural arboretum. Facilities include academic buildings, administration building, auditorium, library, computer center, workshop, research laboratories, halls of residence, teachers' quarter, canteens and central mosque. The university has inside its boundaries a bank, a post office, three canteens, a DRMASS telephone exchange, two card-phone booths, a PABX, a phone and fax caterer, a large auditorium, two galleries for holding conference, a central mosque having a floor area of 560 square meters, and two mini-mart for general needs.

Medical Center

The University Medical Center is equipped for primary care, quarantine, sick bed exam appearance, few diagnostics but serious cases are referred to a local hospital 10 kilometers away or to the city hospital. Presently Medical Center has been planned for an upgrade by building size equipment and health care stuff.

Transportation

The university runs its own regular bus service to and from the city for benefit of the students residing there, every office day. Friday and Saturday are weekly holidays. At the university's bus depo there are twelve buses. Besides two BRTC bus of CUET also ply to and from the city. All kinds of mechanized transport ply between Kaptai and the city.

Sports and entertainment

The university provides facilities for football, hockey, cricket, volleyball, basketball, table tennis etc. The students play tennis, badminton and other games as well. Sports meets and games competitions are features of campus life. The students arrange debate, cultural show, indoor games competition etc.

Library

There are two libraries in CUET. Multiple copies of text books are available. The library has more than 48,000 books and thousands of journals and periodicals in its collection

University school and college

CUET has a university school and college named Chittagong Engineering University School and College inside its campus, intended to provide secondary and higher secondary education for the children of university staffs which also receives general students.

Academic programs

Chancellor

President Abdul Hamid

Vice-Chancellor

Dr. Md Rafiqul Alam

Academic calendar

After the publication of admission test result, selected students are admitted in Level-1 (academic year). Each Level is divided into three terms. Term-I and Term-II is composed of 18 weeks and Short Term composed of 3 weeks. Each week consists of five working days. A student can register for the next Level after completion of all three Terms. A Bachelor course in Engineering consists of four Levels and a Bachelor of Architecture course consists of five Levels. A Term final examination is held at the end of Term-I and II besides class tests examination for continuous assessment of progress. Students can clear any backlog or incomplete courses in the Short Term exam.

At least 155 credit hours must be earned to be eligible for bachelor's degree in Engineering. Candidate is awarded Honors if he/she obtains CGPA above 3.75 or higher and awarded Chancellor's award if CGPA is 4.0.

Medium of instruction

The language of instruction is English, which is the official language for examinations.

Admissions

The Undergraduate admission test is one of the most intensive written examinations in Bangladesh. After completion of higher secondary education or A level, a student can submit her or his application for undergraduate admission if he/she fulfills the minimum requirements. Students with the best grades in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and English of their higher secondary examination are allowed to sit in the admission test. The screening process allows 7000 students to sit for the admission test, based on the cumulative sum of grade points in these four subjects. Students have to sit for both a written and an MCQ test for admission. They have to seat for an additional free-hand drawing test in order to get admitted in Architecture. After the admission test, only about 700 students get admitted. However, for admission to MS and PhD programs candidates are required to appear in interviews and/or written tests.

Expenses

It is one of the public universities of The People's Republic of Bangladesh. Major part of the expense is subsidized by the government through University Grants Commission. A little amount of total expense like hall dues and registration fees per semester is to be paid by the Bangladeshi students. For international students $500 is to be paid per semester as registration fees. The university also provides scholarship on the basis of their merit.

ICT incubator

The Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority (BHTPA) is going to build the country's first ICT incubator in Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology. The officials from the Ministry of Communication Technology and BHTPA have selected a section of land of about 25 acres in the university campus. On 21 November 2013, BHTPA inaugurated the office of the ICT Business incubator in CUET campus. The project was approved by the economic department of BHTPA on 8 November 2012.

Halls of residence

There are four men's and one women's dormitories.
Men's Dormitories :

All men's hall have one or more large extensions.

Women's Dormitory :

A new dormitory for women is now under construction which is named Begum Shamsunnahar Hall