চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
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Other name | Chittagong University | ||
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| Type | Public university, Co-educational | ||
| Established | 18 November 1966 | ||
| Chancellor | President of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid | ||
| Vice-Chancellor | Shireen Akhter | ||
Academic staff | 872 | ||
Administrative staff | 311 (Male 277, Female 34) | ||
| Students | 24,283 (Male 15,598, Female 9,179) | ||
| Location | Hathazari Upazila, Chittagong District, Bangladesh 22.469928°N 91.790405°ECoordinates: 22.469928°N 91.790405°E | ||
| Campus | Rural, 2,110 acres (8.5 km2) | ||
| Nickname | CU (চবি) | ||
| Website | cu | ||
University of Chittagong (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a public research university with multidisciplinary faculties situated across a 2110-acre hilly landmass in Fatehpur Union of Hathazari Upazila, 22 kilometres north of Chittagong city of Bangladesh. This university has the largest campus among Bangladeshi universities. The academic activities of the university formally began on 18 November 1966. It has about 24,000 students and more than 1000 faculty members.
The Chittagong University is situated on 1,754 acres of beautiful hilly land in mauja Fatehpur under hathazari upazila, 22 km north of 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.
On 3 December 1965, Professor a r mallick (1918-97), as project Director, inaugurated the work of founding the Chittagong University. 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 resumed 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 Bangla, 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.
Under Arts faculty, the departments of Bangla, History and English were established in 1966, that of Fine Arts in 1970, Philosophy in 1972, Islamic History and Culture, and Oriental Languages in 1974, Arabic and Persian Languages in 1977, and of Journalism in 1994. These departments have programmes of BA (Honours), MA (Preliminary), and MA (Final). Under Science faculty, the departments of Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics were set up in 1968, Statistics in 1970, Zoology and Botany in 1973, Oceanography Institute in 1971, Institute of Forestry in 1976, and the Research Centre for Mathematical and Physical Sciences in 1989 opened by the Nobel Prize winner scientist Professor Abdus Salam. The departments under the Science faculty have programmes of B Sc (Hons), M Sc (preliminary) and M Sc (Final). The Social Science Faculty was founded in 1971. Under this faculty the departments of Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Public Administration and Anthropology started in 1966, 1968, 1970, 1980, and 1997 respectively. Departments under this faculty conduct BSS (Honours), MSS (Preliminary) and MSS (Final) programmes. The Commerce faculty was established in 1971. Departments of this faculty conduct BBA (Honours) and MBA programmes. The department of Law under the faculty of Law was established in 1992.
All the faculties publish a research journal of the common title The Chittagong University Studies (now renamed Chittagong University Journal) distinguished by the name of the individual faculty suffixed to it. Chittagong University Journal of Arts, Chittagong University Journal of Social Science, Chittagong University Journal of Business and Chittagong University Journal of Law come out once or twice a year.
Academic departments
Faculty of Arts and Humanities :
- Department of English
- Department of Bangla
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Bangladesh Studies
- Department of History
- Department of Dramatics
- Department of Sanskrit
- Department of Arabic
- Department of Islamic History and Culture
- Department of Islamic Studies
- Department of Pali
- Department of Persian Language & Literature
- Department of Music
Faculty of Biological Sciences :
- Department of Soil Science
- Department of Botany
- Department of Zoology
- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Department of Pharmacy
- Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Microbiology
Faculty of Science:
- Department of Physics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Applied Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Marine Science and Fisheries :
- Department of Oceanography
- Department of Fisheries
Faculty of Engineering :
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Faculty of Social Sciences :
- Department of International Relations
- Department of Public Administration
- Department of Economics
- Department of Communication and Journalism
- Department of Criminology and Police Science
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Development Studies
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Anthropology
Faculty of Law :
- Department of Law
Faculty of Business Administration :
- Department of Accounting
- Department of Finance
- Department of Banking and Insurance
- Department of Management
- Department of Marketing
- Department of Human Resource Management
- Chittagong University Center for Business Administration
Faculty of Education :
- Department of Physical Education and Sports Science
Institutes :
- Institute of Marine Sciences
- Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences
- Institute of Fine Arts
- Institute of Modern Languages
- Social Science Research Institute
- Institute of Education And Research
- Bureau of Business Research
- Center for Asian Studies
- Halda River research Laboratory
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