Chittagong University

University of Chittagong
চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Other name
Chittagong University
TypePublic, Coeducational
Established18 November 1966
ChancellorPresident of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid
Vice-ChancellorShireen Akhter[1]
Academic staff
862[2]
Administrative staff
311 (Male 277, Female 34)[2]
Students24,283
(Male 15,598, Female 8,685)[2]
Location
Hathazari Upazila, Chittagong District, Bangladesh

22°28′12″N 91°47′25″E / 22.469928°N 91.790405°E / 22.469928; 91.790405
CampusRural, 1,754 acres (7.10 km2)
NicknameCU (চবি)
AffiliationsUniversity Grants Commission
Association of Commonwealth Universities
Websitecu.ac.bd

The University of Chittagong (Chittagong University, Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, CU in short) is a public university in Hathazari Upazila, Chittagong District, Bangladesh. This university has a campus of 2,312 acres (9.36 km2). It is ranked 2nd among the universities in Bangladesh by Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.[3]

Chittagong University was founded on 3 December 1965 by Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry in Chittagong City.[4] It has around 22,000 students and 750 faculty members.

References

  1. ↑ "DU VC reappointed; CU, BU get new VC". The Daily Star. 2019-11-03. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "University of Chittagong at a Glance". cu.ac.bd. University of Chittagong. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bangladesh". Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.
  4. ↑ Administrator. "List of Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015.