Other name Chittagong University Established 18 November 1966 Founded 18 November 1966 Number of students 24,283 | Type Public, Coeducational Campus size 7.098 km² Phone +880 1819-979279 Academic staff 899 | |
Chancellor President of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid Vice-Chancellor Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury Administrative staff 311 (Male 277, Female 34) Address Chittagong University Rd, Chittagong, Bangladesh Affiliations University Grants Commission, Association of Commonwealth Universities Notable alumni Muhammad Yunus, Surendra Kumar Sinha, Fazle Kabir, Muhammad Abdul Bari, Shahabuddin Nagari Similar Bangladesh National University, University of Dhaka, University of Rajshahi, Comilla Victoria Governm, Bangladesh University of Engine | ||
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The University of Chittagong (Chittagong University, Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, CU in short) is a public, multidisciplinary, research university located in Hathazari Upazila, Chittagong District, Bangladesh. The university was established in 1966. It is one of the largest universities by campus area in Bangladesh, and has approximately 22,000 students and 750 faculty members.
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Location
University of Chittagong is located in Fatehpur Union, Hathazari Upazila about 22 kilometres north of the Chittagong city around 1753.88 acres of hilly and flat land. The university was officially launched on 18 November 1966.
History
Chittagong University was founded on 3 December 1965 by Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry in Chittagong City. He was one of the main facilitators for the demand of the university.
The university opened on 18 November 1966 with Master of Arts program classes for 200 students in the Departments of Bengali, English, History, and Economics. The Departments of Medicine, Engineering, Law, and Education were later incorporated as separate departments in colleges outside the university.
List of Vice-Chancellors
Following is the complete list of the Vice-chancellors.
- A R Mallick (01.10.1966 to 31 January 1972)
- U. N. Siddiqui (Acting V.C.) (21 April 1971 to 30 January 1972)
- M Innas Ali (01.02.1972 to 18 April 1973)
- Abul Fazal (19 April 1973 to 27 November 1975)
- Abdul Karim (28 November 1975 to 18 April 1981)
- M. A. Aziz Khan (19 April 1981 to 18 April 1985)
- Mohammad Ali (19 April 1985 to 22 May 1988)
- Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin (23 May 1988 to 29 December 1991)
- Rafiqul Islam Chowdhury (30 December 1991 to 6 November 1996)
- Abdul Mannan (06.11.1996 to 13 February 2001)
- Md. Fazle Hossain (14 February 2001 to 2 February 2002)
- A. J. M. Nuruddin Chowdhury (2 February 2002 to 2 February 2006)
- M. Badiul Alam (08.02.2006 to 24 February 2009)
- Abu Yousuf (25 February 2009 to 28 November 2010)
- Md. Alauddin (Acting V.C.) (09.12.2010 to 14 June 2011)
- Anwarul Azim Arif (15 June 2011 to 14 June 2015)
- Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury (15 June 2015 to present)
Institutes
# Institute of Law
Central Library
The Chittagong University Library is situated on the university campus, and since 1990, has been housed in its own building of 56,700 square feet. The library is managed by a 14-member Library Committee. The library collection consists of about 350,000 books and over 40,000 bound journals.