University of Chittagong

The University of Chittagong (also known as Chittagong University, abbreviated as CU; Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a public research university located in Hathazari, Chattogram, Bangladesh. It was established on 18 August 1966. It is one of the oldest universities in Bangladesh.^[3] Its 2,312.32 acres (935.76 ha) campus is the largest among universities in Bangladesh.^[4] It is also known for providing quality education to its students. It is one of the four autonomous by the act universities of Bangladesh.

University of Chittagong

চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Crest of University of Chittagong
Latin: Universitas Chittagong
Other name	Chittagong University
Type	Public, research
Established	18 November 1966; 57 years ago (18 November 1966)
Accreditation	Association of Commonwealth Universities
Affiliation	University Grants Commission
Chancellor	President Mohammed Shahabuddin
Vice-Chancellor	Md. Abu Taher
Academic staff	974^[1]
Administrative staff	311 (male 277, female 34)
Students	27,550 (est.) [male 18,000 (est.)] [female 9,500 (est.)] ^[2]
Location	Hathazari Upazila, Chittagong District, Bangladesh 22°28′12″N 91°47′25″E / 22.4699°N 91.7904°E / 22.4699; 91.7904
Campus	Rural, 2,312.32 acres (9.3576 km^2)^[2]
Website	cu.ac.bd

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.^[5]

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.^[6][7][8]

University shuttle train

 

Faculty of Science

The university shuttle train is operated by Bangladesh Railway eastern division and monitored by university authority.^[9] 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.^[10] 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.^[11][12]

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.^[1][13]

Male student halls Estd. Students Named for Alawal Hall 260 Alaol Atish Dipankar Srigyan Hall Atiśa A F Rahman Hall 258 Ahmad Fazlur Rahman Shahjalal Hall 1974 475 Shah Jalal Suhrawardy Hall 1974 375 Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Shah Amanat Hall 632 Shah Amanat Shaheed Abdur Rab Hall 509 Abdur Rab ^[a] Masterda Surya Sen Hall 2010 204 Surya Sen Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall Sheikh Mujibur Rahman^[14] 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^[14] Hostels Estd Students Shilpi Rashid Chowdhury Hostel For Fine Arts students Govinda Gunalanker Hostel 1996 For Buddhists

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

List of vice chancellor

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University of Chittagong vice chancellors^[15]

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 - present

1. Acting

List of Pro vice Chancellors

University of Chittagong pro vice chancellors^[18]

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	2019-2024
M. Sekander Chowdhury	2024-Present

The Chittagong University Act 1973

The Chittagong University Act, 1973 ( ACT NO. XXXIII OF 1973 )

[ 4th October, 1973 ] An Act to repeal the Chittagong University Ordinance, 1966, and provide for reconstitution and reorganisation of the University of Chittagong.

 

The Chittagong University act

Notable people

Notable alumni and faculty members

Main article: List of University of Chittagong alumni and faculty

Faculty

 

Jamal Nazrul Islam

 

Dr.Muhammad Yunus

 

Professor Anisuzzaman

• Jamal Nazrul Islam, theoretical physicist and mathematician^[19]
• Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and Nobel Prize winner^[20]
• Abdul Mannan, chairman, University Grants Commission of Bangladesh^[21]
• 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

Alumni

• Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh.^[22]
• Shireen Akhter, academic and vice chancellor.^[23]
• Mohit Ul Alam, vice chancellor of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University.^[24]
• Tahura Ali, politician and member of parliament.^[25]
• Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury, academic and vice-chancellor.^[26]
• A B M Mohiuddin Chowdhury Bangladeshi politician and former mayor of Chittagong.^[27]
• Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury, former mayor of Chittagong and member of parliament.^[28]
• Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, politician and mayor of Chittagong^[29]
• Annisul Huq, entrepreneur, television show host and first mayor of North Dhaka^[30]
• Fazle Kabir, bureaucrat, economist and central banker^[31]
• Kazi Sharif Kaikobad, major general in the Bangladesh Army^[32]
• Hafiz Rashid Khan, postcolonialist poet, author, journalist and Adibaasi researcher^[33]
• Hasan Mahmud, member of parliament and Minister of Information^[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
• Naseem Ali Khan, singer
• Partha Barua, singer and actor
• Naquib Khan,singer, music composer, lyricist and director
• Muhammad Abdul Bari, physicist, writer, teacher, and community leader
• Mahfuza Khatun, swimmer
• A F M Khalid Hossain, Islamic scholar

Gallery

 

Main entrance

 

Faculty of Biological Science

 

Teachers' dormitory

 

Marine Science building

See also

• List of universities in Bangladesh

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