University of Chittagong (Chittagong University) (চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়)
Established	1966
Type	Public
Chancellor	President Mohammad Zillur Rahman
Vice-Chancellor	Professor Dr. Abu Yousuf Alam
Pro Vice Chancellor	professor Dr. Alauddin[1]
Faculty	7
Staff	1900
Students	20000
Location	Chittagong, Bangladesh
Campus	Urban, 1,257.82 acres (5.0902 km2)
Website	www.cu.ac.bd

The University of Chittagong (Chittagong University) (Bangla: চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a public university situated at Hathazari Upazila Chittagong district, Bangladesh. The university was established in 1966. The campus is at 22 km north of Chittagong city. Therefore, it has shuttle trains service from 7:00 A.M. to 9:30 P.M. for students. There are bus services for the faculties and staffs. The University of Chittagong is surrounded by hills, and is bisected by a small stream. Dr. Muhammad Yunus, who was a faculty of this university and founder of Grameen Bank and a pioneer in Microcredit theory in Economics, and the 2006 winner of Nobel Prize in peace, started his first experiments from this campus at the neighbouring village of Zobra. Dr. Jamal Nazrul Islam, a noted mathematician and physicist, is an existing faculty member. The Universtiy of Chittagong is considerably the best university of the country for the students of law. It is the only university in Bangladesh that has an individual faculty for law. Chittagong University is the country's largest university in terms of the area it occupies (1257.82 acres)^{[citation needed]}.

Contents 1 University of Chittagong at a glance 2 Degrees offered 3 Faculty and departments 4 Art and Architecture 5 List of Vice chancellors[2] 6 List of Pro Vice chancellors[2] 7 Students Residence 8 Student Groups 9 Famous alumni and faculty 10 Beauty of University of Chittagong 11 References 12 External links

[edit] University of Chittagong at a glance

Established	1966
Inauguration	18 November 1966
Location	Zobra village, Hathajari upajila, Chittgong district; 22 kilometer from Chittagong city
Area	1257.82 acre
Faculty	7
Department	35
Institute	3
Research Center	5
Affiliated Faculty	1
Affiliated Institute	2
Affiliated College	8
Degree Awarded	BA, MA, BSc, MSc, BBA, MBA, BSS, MSS, M.B.B.S.
Higher Degree	M.Phil., Ph.D., M.D., M.P.H
Hall	9 (male-6, female-3)
Hostel	1 (Forestry)
Student	19000 odd (male-13,000, female-6,000)
Teacher	676
Officer	296
3rd class staff	478
4th class staff	1,180

[edit] 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. The medium of instruction here in this university is English Except for departments such as Bengali, Arabic and stuff like that English. 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. Chittagong University is the pioneer to offer 4 year BBA, BSc(Hons) in Forestry, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Science in Bangladesh. The university also offers 1 Year MS, 2 Year MPhil and 3 Year PhD degree by research.

[edit] Faculty and departments

With a modest beginning of 4 departments in 1966, the University of Chittagong has grown to 8 individual faculties, 35 departments, 3 institutes and 3 research centres. It has 3 affiliated Medical colleges under the Faculty of Medicine and 1 Veterinary Medicine College under the faculty of Veterinary Medicine. The veterinary medical college has recently been upgraded into a separate University. As such the number of faculties at present is 7. Current student enrollment is more than 19,000. Following is a list of faculties and the related departments.

• Faculty of Science
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering
  • 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
  • Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences
  • 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 Bengali
  • Department of English
  • Department of History
  • Department of Islamic History and Culture
  • Department of Philosophy
  • Department of Fine Arts
  • Department of Arabic
  • Department of Oriental Languages
  • Department of Islamic Studies and Culture
  • Department of Communication and Journalism
  • 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 Studies
• 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
  • Chittagong Home Economics College
  • Chittagong University Laboratory School and College

[edit] Art and Architecture

[edit] List of Vice chancellors^[2]

Name	From	To
Professor Dr. A. R. Mollik	01-10-1966	31-01-1972
U. N. Seddiqui (in charge)	21-04-1971	30-01-1972
Professor Dr. Innas Ali	01-02-1972	18-04-1973
Professor Abul Fazl	19-04-1973	27-111975
Professor Dr Abdul Karim	28-11-1975	18-04-1981
Professor Dr. M. A. Aziz Khan	19-04-1981	18-04-1985
Professor Mohammad Ali	19-04-1985	22-05-1988
Professor Dr. Alamgir Mohammad Shirajuddin	23-05-1-88	29-12-1991
Professor Dr. Rafiqul Islam Chowdhury	30-12-1991	06-11-1996
Professor Abdul Mannan	06-11-1996	13-02-2001
Professor Mohammad Fazlee Hossain	14-02-2001	02-02-2002
Professor A. J. M. Nuruddin Chowdhury	02-02-2002	02-02-2006
Professor Dr. M. Badiul Alam	03-02-2006	24-02-2009
Professor Dr Abu Yousuf Alam	25-02-2009	Present[3]

[edit] List of Pro Vice chancellors^[2]

Name	From	To
Professor Md. Ali Imdad Khan	01-11-1987	14-11-1989
Professor Dr. M. Badiul Alam	30-12-1991	26-08-1996
Professor Dr. Abu Yousuf	26-08-1996	13-02-2001
Professor Md. Anwarul Azim Arif	10-07-2001	13-11-2001
Professor Dr. Muhammad Shamsuddin	13-11-2001	13-11-2005
Professor Dr. Alauddin	25-02-2009	Present[1]

[edit] Students Residence

There are 6 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 and 6. Abdur Rab Hall. Female halls are 1. Shamsun Nahar Hall, 2. Priti Lata Hall and 3. Khaleda Zia Hall. In addition there are a male hostel and a female hostel for the Forestry students. The campus also hosts a Buddhist temple named Bishwa Shanti Pagoda, which also serves as a residence hall for the university's Buddhist students.

[edit] Student Groups

There has been a trend of forming different groups both politically and non-politically among the university students. The ECCENTRIC LADZ is supposed to be the best among these groups. it is famous for its members' modern and updated attitude towards everything. it is an F & B (Finance & Banking) based group which was formed during the initial period of the year 2008. it is the only international lot with few of its members operating it right from the uk and from other areas of the world. There is a non-stop shuttle train service for the students from Chittagong city to the campus during the workdays. It takes the train almost an hour to move all the way from the city towards the university. Students seem to enjoy themselves singing, playing cards, gossiping, during their train journey. Compartment based political groups are also quite common here. Apitaf, Cockpit, Octopus, CU Virus, Cyclone, Fire, CFC, Akakar, Concord, Dost, Adda are some of these groups. Every single lot has their own compartment and they move with the compartment their group-name is sealed on. It is quite common that every compartment of the train has got some colourful artworks on it with the group names mentioned earlier being printed. It's a bit of a surprise that student politics is a common phenomenon in the university even though most of the studnets want their campus politics-free all the way through.

The GAPE (Group of Applied Physics & Electronics )is a non political student's group.The member of this group must be a student of Department of Applied Physics,Electronics and Communication Engg.(done by rantu jr)

[edit] Famous alumni and faculty

• Jamal Nazrul Islam, Physicist & Mathematician. Ex-Professor, Mathematics Department. (Present)director of 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.
• Professor Mohammad Fazlee Hossain, Mathematician, Ex-Vice Chancellor and Ex-Professor, Mathematics Department.
• Dr. Mohammad Samsujoha, Professor(Supernumerary) Of Management Studies, Founder Of Business Administration Faculty
• Dr. Anupam Sen-A well known sociologist, writer and philosopher.
• Dr. Salma Khan-Former Professor, Dept. of Economics and Chairperson, CEDAW.
• Dr. M. Abu Saleh-Former Professor, Department of Chemistry (Deceased)
• Dr. Abdul Karim-Famous for his write up on History.(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 Abdul Mannan-Management Teacher,researcher, writer and eminent management educationist.
• Professor Abdullah Khalid-Sculptor who created 'Aporjeyo Bangla' in front of Dhaka University

[edit] Beauty of University of Chittagong

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} New Age, Wednesday, February 25, 2009
2. ^ ^{a b} Page 19, Diary of University of Chittagong, 2008
3. ^ "Four public universities get new VCs". The daily Star. 2009-02-25. http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=77352. Retrieved 2009-02-25. 

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Admission Information
• Yellow Page

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