The University of Chittagong (Bangla: চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় Chôţţogram Bishshobiddalôe) is a public university situated at Hathazari Upzila (Thana) of the district of Chittagong, Bangladesh. The university was established in 1966. Dr. Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and a pioneer in Microcredit theory in Economics, and the 2006 winner of Nobel Prize in peace, started his first experiments from this campus at the neighbouring village of Zobra. Dr. Jamal Nazrul Islam, a noted mathematician and physicist, is another faculty member. The university is located in a remote place from the city (22 Km north of City of Chittagong. Therefore, it has free shuttle trains service from 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. for students. There are bus services for the faculties and other staffs.

The University of Chittagong is surrounded by hills, and is bisected by a small stream. The campus also hosts a Buddhist temple named Bishwa Shanti Pagoda, which also serves as a residence hall for the university's Buddhist students.

Degrees offered

The university offers 4 Years Bachelors of Science (Honours) (B.Sc.), 1 Year Masters of Science (M.Sc.), both thesis and course work based, under the faculty of Science. The medium of instruction of this Faculty is English. Also, Post Graduate Degree (PGD) in Computer Science and Information Technology are offered.

It offers 4 Years Bachelors of Business Administration (BBA) and 1 Year Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degrees under the faculty of Business Administration,4 Years Bachelors of Social Science (BSS) and 1 Year Masters of Social Science (MSS) degrees under the Faculty of Social Science, 4 Years Bachelors of Arts (BA) and 1 Year Masters of Arts (MA) degrees under the faculty of Arts, 4 Years LLB and 1 Year LLM degree under the Faculty of Law. Chittagong University is the pioneer to offer 4 years BBA,BSc(Hons) in Forestry, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Science in Bangladesh. The university also offers 2 Years MPhil and 3 Years PhD degree by research.

Faculty and departments

With a modest beginning of 4 departments in 1966, the University of Chittagong has grown to 8 individual faculties, 35 departments, 3 institutes and 3 research centres. It has 3 affiliated Medical colleges under the Faculty of Medicine and 1 Veterinary Medicine College under the faculty of Veterinary Medicine. The veterinary medical college has recently been upgraded into a separate University. As such the number of faculties at present is 7. Current student enrolment is more than 15,000. Following is a list of faculties and the related departments.

• Faculty of Science
  • Department of Physics
  • Department of Applied Physics and Electronics
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Statistics
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Institute of Marine Sciences
  • Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences
  • Research Centre for Mathematics and Physical Sciences (RCMPS)
• Faculty of Biological Sciences
  • Department of Botany
  • Department of Zoology
  • Department of Microbiology
  • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Department of Geography and Environmental Science
  • Department of Soil Science
  • Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
  • Department of Psychology
• Faculty of Arts
  • Department of Bengali
  • Department of English
  • Department of History
  • Department of Islamic History and Culture
  • Department of Philosophy
  • Department of Fine Arts
  • Department of Arabic
  • Department of Oriental Languages
  • Department of Islamic Studies and Culture
  • Department of Communication and Journalism
  • Nazrul Research Centre
• Faculty of Social Science
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Political Science
  • Department of Sociology
  • Department of Public Administration
  • Department of Anthropology
  • Department of International Relations (IR)
  • Department of Home Economics
  • Institute of Development Studies
• Faculty of Business Administration
  • Department of Accounting and Information System
  • Department of Management Studies
  • Department of Marketing
  • Department of Finance and Banking
  • Bureau of Business Research
• Faculty of Law
  • Department of Law
• Faculty of Medicine
  • Chittagong Medical College
  • Sylhet Medical College
  • Comilla Medical College
• Other affiliated colleges
  • Chittagong Home Economics College
  • Chittagong University Laboratory School and College

Famous alumni and faculty

• Jamal Nazrul Islam, Physicist. Professor, Physics Department.
• Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank, 2006 winner of Nobel Prize in peace. Former Professor of Economics Department.