University of Chittagong
| University of Chittagong | |
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| চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় | |
 Seal of the University of Chittagong |
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| Established | 1966 |
| Type | Public, Coeducational |
| Chancellor | President Zillur Rahman |
| Vice-Chancellor | Professor Anwarul Azim Arif |
| Academic staff | 726 |
| Admin. staff | 1900 |
| Students | 22,000 |
| Location | Chittagong, Bangladesh, Bangladesh |
| Campus | Urban, 1,754 acres (7.10 km2) |
| Sports | Track, water polo, curling |
| Nickname | CU |
| Affiliations | Association of Commonwealth Universities |
| Website | http://www.cu.ac.bd/ |
The University of Chittagong (Chittagong University, Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a public university situated at the suburban area of Hathazari, Chittagong district, Bangladesh. The university was established in 1966. The campus is 22 km north of Chittagong city. The University of Chittagong is surrounded by hills, and bisected by a small stream which made this university a famous tourist spot across the country.It is a multidisciplinary research university. The university ranks among the top public and private universities of Bangladesh. Currently, it is the third largest University in Bangladesh with more than 20,000 students and about 800 faculty members.
Dr. Muhammad Yunus [1], who used to be a faculty member of this university, the founder of Grameen Bank, the pioneering figure in Microcredit theory of Economics, and the 2006 winner of Nobel Prize in peace, started his first microcredit experiments from this very campus at the neighbouring village of Zobra. Dr. Jamal Nazrul Islam, a notable mathematician and physicist.
| University of Chittagong at a glance | |
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| Inauguration | 18 November 1966 |
| Location | Zobra village, Hathajari upajila, Chittgong 22 kilometer from Chittagong city |
| Area | 1,754-acre (7.10 km2) |
| Academics | |
| Academic Faculties | 7 |
| Academic Departments | 38 |
| Research Centers | 5 |
| Affiliated Institutes | 6 |
| Affiliated Colleges | 8 |
| Degrees Awarded | |
| Undergrad | BA, MA, BSc, MSc, MS, BBA, MBA,LLB, LLM, BSS, MSS, M.B.B.S. |
| Postgrad | M.Phil., Ph.D., M.D., M.P.H |
| Residence | |
| Hall | 10 |
| Types | Male:6, Female:3, Coed:1 |
| Staff | |
| Teaching Staff | 726 |
| Other Staff | Officer:296, 3rd Class Staff:478, 4th Class Staff:1180 |
[edit] Early days
On 3 December 1965, Professor A R Mallick (1918–97), as project Director, inaugurated the work of founding the Chittagong University with only three employees, one typewriter, and a photocopier in a house on Road 3 of Chittagong City's Nasirabad Housing Society. The Chittagong University Ordinance was promulgated on 25 September 1966 and Professor Mallick was given the charge of Vice Chancellor on that very day. He assumed charge as the first Vice Chancellor of the university on 9 October 1966.
The university started its academic programme on 28 November with classes of MA (Preliminary) programme with only 200 students in the departments of Bengali, English, History and Economics under the faculty of Arts. After a short while Medical, Engineering, Law, and Education Colleges situated outside the university campus were incorporated as separate faculties, and thus the university's educational activities kept expanding.
[edit] Degrees offered
The university offers 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.
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.The university also offers 2 Year MS, 2 Year MPhil and 3 Year PhD degree by research.
Chittagong University is the pioneer to offer 4 year BBA, BSc(Hons) in Forestry, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Science in Bangladesh. CU is the first university in the Indian Sub-Continent to have started a BBA Program. The university is also reputed for it's 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 considered as the best law Institution among the universities of Bangladesh.
Due to growing demand of its MBA, recently, the university authority has decided to offer another MBA program under a newly established business wing namely Center for Business Studies (CBS). Faculty of Business Administration of CU launched the Center for Business Studies (CBS) at its Chittagong City campus as an affiliated center for Professionals. 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 started it's journey in this February, 2012 towards being a Center of Excellence. In 2011-12 session, CU opened three new departments namely Applied and Environmental Chemistry, Pharmacy and Farsi Language.
[edit] Medium of instruction
The medium of instruction here in this university is English Except for the departments such as Bengali, Arabic etc. Some faculties approve both English and Bengali as medium of instruction. In this respect it is up to the students to choose any of the languages they feel comfortable with in their studies.
[edit] Faculty and departments
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With a modest beginning of 4 departments in 1966, the University of Chittagong has grown to 8 individual faculties, 38 departments, 6 institutes and 5 research centers. It has 4 affiliated Govt. Medical colleges under the Faculty of Medicine and 1 Veterinary Medical 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 19,050. Following is a list of faculties and the related 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
- Department of Communication & Journalism
- Department of Islamic Studies
- 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
- 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
- Other affiliated colleges
- Textile Engineering College, Chittagong
- Begumgonj Textile Engineering College, Noakhali
- Chittagong Home Economics College
- Chittagong University Laboratory School and College
[edit] Research Centers
[edit] RCMPS
Research Centre for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (RCMPS) in 1989 opened by the Nobel Prize winner scientist Professor Abdus Salam[1]
[edit] Nazrul Research Centre
[edit] Bureau of Business Research
[edit] Social Science Research Institute
[edit] Institutes
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- 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
[edit] Institute of Modern languages
Bengali, English, French, German, Arabic,Japanese and many other language courses are offered in this institute. One year certificate courses and one and a half year diploma courses are conducted at low costs.
[edit] Other Activities
University have Bangladesh National Cadet corps and Rover Scout for students to develop students' leading and social service capability. Recently, A group of students of Journalism Department of Chittagong University developed country's first campus based online news paper. the web site of this news portal is WWW.cunews24.com.
[edit] Students' Organizations
At present, various organizations are running their activities.Chittagong University Debating Society(CUDS),is a organization of debate,Chittagong University Abritty Moncha is an recitation organization, Nikkon is organization of recite, presentation. These organizations conduct relevant courses. Chittagong University Astronomic Association is an organization of astronomic news, documentaries etc.
There are some other department wise student organizations in the university. Mention may be made of FBDA (Finance & Banking Debating Association) of the Department of Finance & Banking and SLP (Society for Leadership Proliferation) of the Department of Marketing. Both of the organizations are doing a lot.
[edit] Social service of students
Students join local and international organizations to serve society. Some local organizations are rotaract club of Chittagong University, Red crescent, quantum foudation. Some international organizations are Bangladesh youth Leadership Center (BYLC), United Nations Youth Students Association of Bangladesh (UNYSAB).
[edit] Art and Architecture
[edit] List of Vice chancellors[5]
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Dr. Azizur Rahman Mollik Daniel | 01-10-1966 | 31-01-1972 |
| U. N. Seddiqui (in charge) | 21-04-1971 | 30-01-1972 |
| Professor Dr. M Innas Ali | 01-02-1972 | 18-04-1973 |
| Professor Abul Fazal (writer) | 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 |
| Late Professor Dr. Abu Yousuf Alam | 25-02-2009 | 28-11-2010[6] |
| Professor Dr.Muhammad Ala-ud-din (Acting) | 09-12-2010[6] | 14-6.2011 |
| Professor Md. Anwarul Azim Arif | 15-06-2011 | present |
[edit] List of Pro Vice chancellors[5]
| 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 Alam | 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.Muhammad Ala-ud-din | 25-02-2009[7] | Present |
[edit] Students Residence
There are 7 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 6. Abdur Rab Hall 7. Masterda Surjasen Hall(For both male & female). Female halls are 1. Shamsun Nahar Hall, 2. Priti Lata Hall and 3. Khaleda Zia 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.
[edit] Famous alumni
[edit] Famous faculty
- Jamal Nazrul Islam, physicist and mathematician. Ex-professor, Mathematics Department. Present professor emeritus and founding director of Research Centre for Mathematics and Physical Sciences (RCMPS).
- Dr. M. Abul Mansur Chowdhury, mathematical physicist, director, 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.
- Md. Hanif Seddiqui, computer scientist, founder, Semantic Knowledge Engineering and Intelligent Mining[8][9][10]
- Dr. Mohammad Samsujoha, professor (supernumerary) of Management Studies, founder of Business Administration Faculty (deceased)
- Dr. Anupam Sen, well-known sociologist, writer and philosopher
- Dr. Salma Khan, former professor, Department of Economics and Chairperson, CEDAW
- Dr. M. Abu Saleh, former professor, Department of Chemistry (deceased)
- Dr. Abdul Karim, famous for his writing on history. ex vc. (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 Abdullah Khalid, sculptor who created 'Aporjeyo Bangla' in front of Dhaka University
[edit] Honorary Doctorate Holders
- Doctor of Science in 1981, Abdus Salam, Winner, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1979[1]
- Doctor of Science in 2008, Jamal Nazrul Islam, Eminent Physicist, Mathematician, Astronomer, Cosmologist[11]
[edit] References
- ^ a b http://www.cu.ac.bd/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85
- ^ http://www.cu.ac.bd/index.php?option=com_cudata&task=Institute%20of%20Fine%20Arts
- ^ http://www.cu.ac.bd/index.php?option=com_cudata&task=Institute%20of%20Modern%20Language
- ^ http://www.cu.ac.bd/index.php?option=com_cudata&task=Social%20Science%20Research%20Institute
- ^ a b Page 19, Diary of University of Chittagong, 2008
- ^ a b "Dr Alauddin made CU acting VC". BDBews24.com. 2010-12-09. http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=181191&cid=2. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- ^ New Age, Wednesday, February 25, 2009
- ^ http://jp.linkedin.com/pub/md-hanif-seddiqui/14/9aa/880/
- ^ http://www.skeim.org/
- ^ http://skeim.org/publicationshow.php/
- ^ http://www.student-wish.com/campus_latest_nov5.htm
http://slpmarketingdeptcu.blogspot.com/ www.facebook.com/slpcu http://www.facebook.com/groups/127774400042/?ref=ts
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