The university of Chattagong (Generally known as CU ) established in 1966 as a public university. It is situatedThe U on 1754 acres of beautiful hilly land at the suburban area at Zobra village under Hathajari upajila, 22 kilometer north from Chittagong city. It was opened on 18 November 1966. Back in 1962, Mr. Mohammad Ferdaus Khan, Deputy Director of Public Instruction of East Pakistan, prepared a preliminary draft plan of Chittagong University.
At present the Coeducational Chancellor is President Zillur Rahman & Vice-Chancellor Professor Anwarul Azim Arif. there academic staff 726, Admin. staff 1900 ,Students 22000. The university of Chattagong is member of Affiliations Association of Commonwealth Universities. there website http://www.cu.ac.bd/
First few years
The university started its academic programme on 28 November with classes of MA (Preliminary) programme with only 200 students in the departments of Bangla, English, History and Economics under the faculty of Arts in 1966.
Degrees offered
# 4 Year Bachelor of Science (Honors) (B.Sc.), 1 Year Master of Science (M.Sc.), both thesis and course work based, under the faculty of Science. Also, Post Graduate Degrees (PGD) in Computer Science and Information Technology are offered.# 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
The university also offers
# 2 Year MS
# 2 Year MPhil
# 3 Year PhD degree by research.
Chittagong University is the first university in the Indian Sub-Continent to have started a BBA Program. The university is also apparent for its Law Faculty. The law graduates from Chittagong University have already proved themselves in various competitive exams like Judiciary Service Commission's (JSC) exam, Bar Council's exam, BCS exam, and many other corporate recruitment tests. CU Law Faculty is consideredas the best law Institution among the universities of Bangladesh.
At present the university authority started to offer another MBA program under a newly established business wing namely Center for Business Studies (CBS). CBS offers the two year Evening MBA Program for Graduates from different disciplines. University Grant Commission (UGC), Academic Council and Syndicate team have already approved the CBS; it started its journey in February 2012 towards being a Center of Excellence. In 2011-12 session,
Faculty and departments
- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Department of Applied Physics, Electronics & Communication Engineering
- Faculty of Science
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Physics
- Department of Applied and Environmental Chemistry
- 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
- Department of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Arts
- Department of Bengali
- Department of English
- Department of History
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Fine Arts
- Department of Islamic History & Culture
- Department of Arabic & Farsi
- Department of Pracchovasha
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- Department of Islamic Studies
- Faculty of Social Science
- Department of Communication & Journalism
- 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
- 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
- Center for Business Studies (City Campus) for MBA (Evening) program
- Faculty of Law
- Department of Law
- Faculty of Medicine
- Chittagong Medical College
- Comilla Medical College
- Noakhli Medical College
- Cox's Bazar Medical College
- Maa o Shishu Medical College
- Southern Medical College
- BGC Trust Medical College
- Chittagong International Dental College
- Institute of Applied Health Sciences
- Institute of Community Ophthalmology
- Southern Medical College
- Central Medical College, Comilla
- Eastern Medical College, Comilla
- Moinamoti Medical College, Comilla
New Departments
01.Applied and Environmental Chemistry02 Pharmacy
03.Farsi Language.
Research Centers
● RCMPS
Research Centre for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (RCMPS) in 1989 opened by the Nobel Prize winner scientist Professor Abdus Salam
●Nazrul Research Centre
●Bureau of Business Research
● Social Science Research Institute
● Chandpur Polytechnic Institute
Institutes
- Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, the first of its kind in Bangladesh.
- Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences,the first of its kind in Bangladesh.
- Institute of Fine Arts
- Institute of Modern Language
- Social Science Research Institute
Other Activities
To develop students' leading and social service capability the University has Bangladesh National Cadet corps and Rover Scout.
Recently, The country's first campus based online news paper developed by a group of students of Journalism Department of Chittagong University .
Students' Organizations
Students' organizations include:- Chittagong University Debating Society(CUDS), is an organization of debate,
- Chittagong University Abritty Moncha is an recitation organization,
- Nikkon is organization of recite, presentation.
- Chittagong University Astronomic Association is an organization of astronomic news, documentaries etc.
Students Residence
There are 6 halls for male students, 3 halls for female students, and 1 for both.Male halls are:
►Shah Amanat Hall,
► Shahjalal Hall,
► Alaol Hall,
► F. R. Hall,
► Sohrawardi Hall
► Abdur Rab Hall
Female halls are
► Shamsun Nahar Hall,
► Priti Lata Hall
► Khaleda Zia Hall.
For both male & female students
►Masterda Surjasen Hall.
The campus also hosts a Buddhist temple named Bishwa Shanti Pagoda, which also serves as a residence hall for the university's Buddhist students. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall for male sudents and Jana Netri Sheikh Hasina Hall for female students are under construction.There is also another tourist spot named: Forestry Helipad & Administrative Building.
Library
The Chittagong University Library is situated in the month of November, 1966 in a temporary building. In 1990, the library was shifted to its own building.
At present, the total floor area of the library is 56,700 sft. It is the central point of the University Campus having being surrounded by the halls of residence and different faculty buildings.
Library is managed by the Library Committee consisting of 14 members. The committee frames policies and provides necessary instructions for smooth functioning of the library from time to time.
presently, the library collection consists of about 3.5 lakh volumes of books and over 40,000 bound volumes of journals. There are Reference and Rare collection also.
A Resource Center for the Visually Impaired Students has been established in the Chittagong University Library. The Centre contains modern library facilities for the visually impaired students of the University.
There are systems of book loan and inter-library loan. Library provides Current Awareness Service, Photocopy Service, CD-ROM Search Service, Internet Service, Online Journal Search Service etc.
Honorary Doctorate Holders
- Doctor of Science in 1981, Abdus Salam, Winner, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1979
- Doctor of Science in 2008, Jamal Nazrul Islam, Eminent Physicist, Mathematician, Astronomer, Cosmologist
To know details- http://www.cu.ac.bd/
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