University of Chittagong
Profile
- Ownership
- public
- Vice-Chancellor
- Prof Dr Mohammad Al-Forkan
- Students
- 27550
- Faculty
- 974
- Annual budget
- ৳43,916,000,000
- Established
- 1966
- District
- Chittagong
New VC installed March 2026 under BNP government; syndicate elections delayed pending administrative reorganisation; campus marked by JCD-Shibir political tensions; World Bank HEAT project actively engaged on campus.
Recent activity
- 2026-03-16 appointment Prof Dr Mohammad Al-Forkan (Dept of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, founding chairman of the department) appointed as VC by Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon under BNP-Tarique government, announced at Secretariat press briefing alongside six other public university VC appointments. ↗↗↗
- 2026-03-19 appointment Prof Al-Forkan formally assumes office as VC of University of Chittagong; meets teachers, officials, and employees in an exchange-of-views meeting on joining day. ↗
- 2026-03-19 syndicate New VC postpones syndicate elections for dean and provost categories (originally scheduled April 15 and April 12) citing need to reorganise administration; Acting Registrar announces delay with VC noting 'we will announce the syndicate elections soon'. ↗
- 2026-04-22 protest Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) CU unit holds protest march from Smaran Chattar (Zero Point) to Gate No. 2, condemning alleged Islami Chhatra Shibir attack on JCD activists at Chattogram City College; JCD leaders warn further disruptive activities will be resisted. ↗
- 2026-05-02 international World Bank delegation (including Senior Education Specialist T.M. Asaduzzaman, Senior Economist Toby Linden, Senior Consultant Dr Md Mahmudul Haque) and HEAT Project team call on VC Al-Forkan; visit three ongoing HEAT-funded projects on campus; VC emphasises commitment to research-based project completion. ↗
Provenance & notes
verification_status=partial: student_count (27,550) from Wikipedia citing university data; figure includes undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students. faculty_count (974) from Wikipedia. annual_budget_bdt (43,916,000,000 = BDT 439.16 crore) from Wikipedia citing 2024-25 figure; no 2025-26 university budget circular found in open sources. treasurer: not confirmed in any primary source retrieved within the 90-day window; field set to null. registrar listed as Acting (Prof Dr Muhammad Saiful Islam) per World Bank visit BSS report (2026-05-02); no gazette notification of substantive registrar appointment found. VC predecessor Prof Muhammad Yeahia Akhter (appointed Sep 2024 by interim government) was replaced on 2026-03-16 by BNP-Tarique government. Pro-VC names (Shamim Uddin Khan, Academic; Md Kamal Uddin, Administration) confirmed from cu.ac.bd/pvco/ and BSS HEAT visit report. 5th convocation was held May 14, 2025 (outside the current 90-day window); no new convocation announced within the window. CU campus at Hathazari, 22 km north of Chittagong city, 2,312 acres; shuttle train service (Bangladesh Railway eastern division) is the primary student transport mode.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chittagong
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vice-chancellors_of_the_University_of_Chittagong
- https://cu.ac.bd/pvco/
- https://cu.ac.bd/news/
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