University of Chittagong

The University of Chittagong (also known as Chittagong University, abbreviated as CU; চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a public research university located in Hathazari, Chattogram, Bangladesh. It was established on 18 August 1966. It is one of the oldest universities in Bangladesh. Its 2312.32 acres campus is the largest among universities in Bangladesh. It is one of the four autonomous by the act universities of Bangladesh.



Library


Chittagong University's collection of about 350,000 books, and over 40,000 bound journals is housed in a 56,700 sqft library built in 1990.

Chittagong University Museum
Chittagong University Museum was established in 1973 with artifacts from the History Department including fossils found amongst the Nasirabad hills. It has subsequently accumulated an extensive collection of historical artifacts and painting. In 2016, The Daily Star donated a Chittagong history archive to the museum.

University shuttle train


The university shuttle train is operated by Bangladesh Railway eastern division and monitored by university authority. Trains leave Chattogram railway station and Sholoshohor railway station, and city-bound trains leave Chattogram University railway station.

Shuttle graffiti
Chittagong University shuttle train have a long history of graffiti art but there were allegations it was being used by rival political groups to assert influence over train compartments. After April 2011 clashes between five compartment-based gangs left at least eight students injured, the university expelled 11 students and banned all types of compartment-based organisational activities, including sticking posters, leaflets and graffiti on the trains. Eleven years after that incident, German artist Lukas Zeilinger, accompanied by Livia, his wife, and Arup Barua, a teacher at the Department of Dramatics of the university, painted the carriages once again. The project was self-funded by the Zeiligers as part of their art project.

Residential halls
, there are 14 residential halls at the university of which 9 are for male and 5 for female students.

The Chittagong University Act 1973
The Chittagong University Act, 1973 ( ACT NO. XXXIII OF 1973 )

[ 4th October, 1973 ] An Act to repeal the Chittagong University Ordinance, 1966, and provide for reconstitution and reorganisation of the University of Chittagong.



Faculty

 * Jamal Nazrul Islam, theoretical physicist and mathematician
 * Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and Nobel Prize winner
 * Abdul Mannan, chairman, University Grants Commission of Bangladesh
 * A F M Khalid Hossain, Islamic scholar
 * Anisuzzaman, Bangladeshi academic of Bengali literature.
 * Murtaja Baseer, painter and artist
 * Mohammad Shah Alam, chairman (acting) of Bangladesh Law Commission and founding father of Faculty of law, University of Chittagong, and former professor at the Department of Law, University of Rajshahi
 * Monsur Ul Karim, painter
 * Syed Abdullah Khalid, sculptor and painter
 * Abdul Karim, Bangladeshi Historian

Alumni

 * Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh.
 * Shireen Akhter, academic and vice chancellor.
 * Mohit Ul Alam, vice chancellor of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University.
 * Tahura Ali, politician and member of parliament.
 * Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury, academic and vice-chancellor.
 * A B M Mohiuddin Chowdhury Bangladeshi politician and former mayor of Chittagong.
 * Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury, former mayor of Chittagong and member of parliament.
 * Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, politician and mayor of Chittagong
 * Annisul Huq, entrepreneur, television show host and first mayor of North Dhaka
 * Fazle Kabir, bureaucrat, economist and central banker
 * Kazi Sharif Kaikobad, major general in the Bangladesh Army
 * Hafiz Rashid Khan, postcolonialist poet, author, journalist and Adibaasi researcher
 * Hasan Mahmud, member of parliament and Minister of Information
 * Rashed Rouf, novelist, editor and journalist
 * Surendra Kumar Sinha, lawyer who served as the 21st Chief Justice of Bangladesh
 * AFM Solaiman Chowdhury, civil servant and chairman of the National Board of Revenue
 * Wadud Bhuiyan, politician and former member of parliament
 * Syed Abdullah Khalid sculptor and painter
 * Papri Basu, freedom fighter, teacher, social worker and women's rights activist
 * Muhammad Masum Aziz, stage, film and television actor
 * Chitralekha Guho, television, stage and film actress
 * Shahid Mahmud Jangi, lyricist
 * Naseem Ali Khan, singer
 * Partha Barua, singer and actor
 * Naquib Khan,singer, music composer, lyricist and director
 * Muhammad Abdul Bari, physicist, writer, teacher, and community leader
 * Mahfuza Khatun, swimmer
 * A F M Khalid Hossain, Islamic scholar