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Public university in Bangladesh

The University of Chittagong (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, romanized: caṭṭagram bishwabidyalay) is a public research university in Fatehpur Union of Hathazari Upazila, 22 km (14 mi) north of Chittagong. Its 1,754 acres (710 ha) campus is the largest among Bangladeshi universities.[3]

History[edit]

Chittagong University, 1970.

Chittagong University was founded on 3 December 1965 by Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry in Chittagong City.[4][5]

Facilities[edit]

Library[edit]

Chittagong University Library

Chittagong University’s collection of about 350,000 books, and over 40,000 bound journals is housed in a 56,700 square feet (5,270 m2) library built in 1990.[9]

Chittagong University Museum[edit]

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.[10][11][12]

University shuttle train[edit]

The university shuttle train is operated by Bangladesh Railway eastern division and monitored by university authority.[13] Trains leave Chattogram railway station and Sholoshohor railway station, and city-bound trains leave Chattogram University railway station.

Shuttle graffiti[edit]

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.[14]
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.[15][16]

Residential halls[edit]

As of 2022, there are 14 residential halls at the university of which 9 (1 under construction) are for male and 5 (1 under construction) for female students.[2][5]

  • A F Rahman Hall
  • Shahjalal Hall
  • Suhrawardy Hall
  • Bangabandhu Hall
  • Shah Amanat Hall
  • Masterda Surya Sen Hall
  • Shamsun Nahar Hall
  • Pritilata Hall
  • Deshnetri Begum Khaleda Zia Hall

    Deshnetri Begum Khaleda Zia Hall

  • Sheikh Hasina Hall
  • Shaheed Abdur Rab Hall
  • Govinda Gunalanker Hostel

    Govinda Gunalanker Hostel

  • Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall

    Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall

Staff[edit]

Faculty of Biological Science

Alumni[edit]

  • Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, politician and Mayor of Chittagong.[28]
  • Annisul Huq, entrepreneur, television show host and first Mayor of North Dhaka.[29]
  • Fazle Kabir, bureaucrat, economist and central banker.[30]
  • Kazi Sharif Kaikobad, major general in the Bangladesh Army.[31]
  • Hafiz Rashid Khan, postcolonialist poet, author, journalist and Adibaasi researcher.[32]
  • Hasan Mahmud, Member of Parliament and Minister of Information.[33]
  • Rashed Rouf, novelist, editor and journalist.[34]
  • Surendra Kumar Sinha, lawyer who served as the 21st Chief Justice of Bangladesh.[35]
  • AFM Solaiman Chowdhury, civil servant and chairman of the National Board of Revenue.[36]
  • Wadud Bhuiyan, is a Bangladeshi politician and former Member of Parliament.[37]

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