Adnan Kalim

University of Chittagong

University of Chittagong (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a public university with multidisciplinary faculties situated across a 1754-acre hilly landmass in Hathazari Upazilla, 22 kilometres north of Chittagong city of Bangladesh. This is the largest public university in the country in terms of total area of the campus. The academic activities of the university formally began on 18 November, 1966. It has more than about 25,000 students and 900+ faculty members. The current Vice-Chancellor of the university is a renowned sociologist, Professor Dr. Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury. A Brief History: From the beginning of the 20th century the enlightened section of local people was pressing to set up a university in Chittagong. Necessary grants for the construction of Chittagong University were allocated on 9 March 1964 in the meeting of National Economic Council. Professor of History, University of Rajshahi and Ex-Curator of Varendra Research Museum Dr Azizur Rahman Mallick was made the Project Director of Chittagong University on 3 December 1965. He set up the project office of the university at a building 'Kahkashan'​ on road no 3, Nasirabad Housing Society, Chittagong. All the officers and staffs of the university wing, Department of Education were transferred to the Chittagong University Project office through a gazette notification issued on 14 December 1965. A master plan of the university was prepared through 'Bastukala'​, an organisation led by Architect Mazharul Islam. Initially a two-storeyed administrative building, departmental offices, classrooms and a library building were built. Student hostels and a teachers'​ dormitory were also constructed in the first phase. Dr. Azizur Rahman Mallick was appointed as the first Vice Chancellor of Chittagong University through the Chittagong University Ordinance promulgated on 25 September 1966. The classes of M A (preliminary) of Bangla, English, History and Economics departments under the Faculty.