International Islamic University, Chittagong

International Islamic University Chittagong
আন্তর্জাতিক ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় চট্টগ্রাম
Motto	"IIUC combines Quality with Morality."
Established	1995
Type	Private
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. Dr. Mahbub Ullah
Academic staff	450
Students	13,000 (As of 2011)
Location	Chittagong, Bangladesh
Campus	154/A College Road, Chawkbazar, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Website	www.iiuc.ac.bd

The International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) (Bengali: আন্তর্জাতিক ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় চট্টগ্রাম) is a private university located in the second-largest city of Bangladesh, Chittagong. It was founded in 1995 under the Private Universities Act of 1992 (Act no. 34 of 1992). Islamic University Chittagong Trust (IUCT) is the founder organization of this university. IIUC is still governed by IUCT. It got government approval on February 11, 1995.

History

Private university culture in Bangladesh started in the early 1990s. During that period, the government and the intellectual and civil society in Bangladesh started to feel that the existing public universities were not sufficient to meet the increasing demand for tertiary education in the country. To maintain their quality of education, most of the reputed public universities in Bangladesh kept themselves selective and, as a result, a large number of students failed to get admitted into higher education institutions.

These issues led the government to permit the establishment of private universities. On 9 August 1992, the Private University Act (Act 34) 1992 was passed. Within the next five years, a number of private universities were established. The International Islamic University Chittagong has been one of them. The students get here moral education with the courses they demand.

Academic Building 02, IIUC, Kumira, Chittagong

The university has four campuses:

• Main campus is located in Chawkbazar, Chittagong
• Campus for female students located in Chawkbazar, Buriganga
• The permanent campus located in Kumira
• Dhaka Campus located in Road-3, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205.

Degrees offered

The university offers several undergraduate and postgraduate degrees as stated below:

Main Auditorium

Faculty of Science & Engineering

• Department of Computer and Communication Engineering (CCE): Bachelor of Science in Computer and Communication Engineering (B.Sc. in CCE)
• Department of Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering (ETE): Bachelor of Science in Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering (B.Sc. in ETE)
• Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE): Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering (B.Sc. in CSE), Professional Diploma in Computer Science (DCS)
• Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE): Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (B.Sc. in EEE)
• Department of Pharmacy, Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.)

Faculty of Arts & Humanities

• English Language and Literature (ELL): Master of Arts in English Language and Literature, Masters of Arts in English Language Teaching (ELT), Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in English Language and Literature
• Arabic Language and Literature (ALL), Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Arabic Language and Literature

Faculty of Business Studies

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) [Regular]
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) [Executive]
• Master of Bank Management (MBM)
• Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

Faculty of Law

• Bachelor of Law (LLB Hons.)
• Bachelor of Law (LLB Pass)

Faculty of Shari'ah & Islamic Studies

Qur'anic Sciences and Islamic Studies (QSIS): Master of Arts in Qur'nic Sciences and Islamic Studies (MQSIS), Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Qur'anic Sciences and Islamic Studies, Da'wah and Islamic Studies (DIS), Master of Arts in Da'wah and Islamic Studies (MDIS), Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Da'wah and Islamic Studies, Hadith and Islamic Studies (HIS), Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Hadith and Islamic Studies

Library

There are seven libraries in IIUC, listed here with area information and number of books:

Qatar Central Library

Sl. No.	Library name	Space (sft)
1	Qatar Central Library, Permanent Campus, Kumira	33,000
2	Main Campus Library-City Campus, Chittagong	3,000
3	Female Campus Library, Chittagong	2,000
4	ELL Seminar Library, Chittagong	1,000
5	DBA Seminar Library, Chittagong	3500
6	Health Campus Library, Chittagong	1,500
7	Dhaka Campus Library, Dhaka	2,500
	Total	43,500

Sl. No.	Faculties	Titles	Copies
1	Faculty of Shari’ah	4,972	22,666
2	Faculty of Science & Engineering	908	23,909
3	Faculty of Administrative Science	827	22,690
4	Faculty of Health Science	157	803
5	Faculty of Art’s & Humanities	750	5,736
6	Faculty of Law	560	2,907
7	Other’s	230	3,932
Total		8,404	82,643

Accreditation

IIUC is graded by a team constituted by the prime minister in 2004 headed by the chairman of UGC for evaluating the standard and quality of existing 57 private universities. IIUC is the first private university which has been accredited by the Board of Accreditation for Engineering and Technical Education (BAETE) for fulfilling all requirements in its CSE and CCE programs; it is the first private university in Bangladesh accredited by BAETE.

Hostel facilities

Hostel accommodation is available; The hostels are as follows:

Campus	Hostels	Number
Main Campus (Chittagong City)	Male	4
Main Campus (Chittagong City)	Female	4
Permanent Campus (Kumira)	Male	4
Dhaka Campus	Male	3
Dhaka Campus	Female	3

Scholarships

IIUC offers scholarships in each semester.

Full-time teachers are studying abroad for higher degrees with an IIUC scholarship. Current faculty or students are provided with a scholarship for higher study in home or abroad.

More about its financial assistance for the students can be found in [13] IIUC Financial Assistance].

International collaboration

IIUC has signed for formal academic collaboration agreement called Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Under these agreements, students of IIUC are able to transfer their credits to the following universities and institutions:

Central Mosque

• Acadia University, Canada
• Al Azhar Al Sharif University, Egypt
• Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, KSA
• Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
• Cape Breton University, Canada
• European Institute for Human Sciences, France
• International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia
• Islamic Foundation Leicester, UK
• King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Multimedia University, Malaysia
• National University Malaysia, Malaysia
• Portland State University, USA
• Saint Mary's University, Canada
• The Business School of London, UK
• Universitas Trisakti, Indonesia
• University of Central Queensland, Australia
• University of Windsor, Canada
• Victoria University, Australia
• Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Event organization

IIUC has organized events such as National Computer Programming Contest (NCPC), Inter-university Programming Contest, IIUC Intra-university Programming Contest (IIUPC), IT Festival, Job Fair, Dynamic Leadership Training Camp (DLTC), Poem Recitation Workshop, Programming Workshop, Open Source Workshop, and Hardware and Software Fairs.

In August, 2007 it organized Open Source Campaign-5 which was a step towards open source awareness in Chittagong and in Bangladesh. It ran from August 31 to September 1, 2007. It mainly focused on open source and its features, flexibilities and its opportunities in Bangladesh as well as in the whole world.

External links

• IIUC Main academic website
• IIUC Alumni website (subscription expired)
• IIUC Dhaka campus website