Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology
চট্টগ্রাম প্রকৌশল ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় | |
Engineering | |
Established |
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Vice-Chancellor | Mohammad Rafiqul Alam |
Academic staff | 200+ |
Administrative staff | 350+ |
Students | 4,500[1] |
Address | , 22°27′43.50″N 91°58′22.60″E / 22.4620833°N 91.9729444°E |
Campus | Suburban, 188 acres (76 ha) |
Language | English |
Website | www |
Residence | |
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Hall | 8 |
Types | Male:5, Female:3 |
Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (
Number of present students including undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate is around 4500 with 900 students graduating each year.
Location
CUET is situated in the
History
To meet the increasing demand of professional engineers for the national development, the National Economic Council of the
At present, the university is a fully autonomous statutory organization of the Government of Bangladesh which awards degrees itself to the graduates. There are various statutory bodies like syndicate, academic council, finance committee, planning, and development committee, academic committees, etc. for policy and decision-making on aspects of the university under the framework of the Act.
Campus
The university campus covers an area of 188 Acres. The campus of CUET is landscaped around a valley with hilly areas and plant varieties making the campus a natural arboretum. Facilities include academic buildings, administration building, auditorium, library, computer center, teachers-students center, ICT Business incubator, workshops, research laboratories, halls of residence, teachers' quarter, canteens and central mosque. The university has inside its boundaries a bank, a post office, three canteens, two galleries for holding conference, a two-storied central mosque having a floor area of 560 square meters, and two mini-mart for general needs.
Medical Center
The University Medical Center is equipped for primary care, quarantine, sickbed exam appearance, few diagnostics but serious cases are referred to a local hospital 10 kilometers away or to the city hospital. As present, construction of a new building for the medical center is underway.
Transportation
The university runs its own regular bus service to and from the city for benefit of the students residing there, every office day. Friday and Saturday are weekly holidays. Currently 11 buses are available for students and staffs of the university.
Sports and entertainment
The university provides facilities for football, hockey, cricket, volleyball, basketball, table tennis etc. The students play tennis, badminton and other games as well. Sports meets and games competitions are features of campus life. The students arrange debate, cultural show, indoor games competition etc.
Library
There are two libraries in CUET. Multiple copies of textbooks are available. The library has more than 52,000 books and thousands of journals and periodicals in its collection. The daily newspaper and monthly magazines are also available.
Halls of residence
There are five men's and two women's dormitories.
Male Dormitories | Total | Female Dormitories | Total |
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Shaheed Mohammad Shah Hall | 5 | Sufia Kamal Hall | 2 |
Dr. Qudrat-E-Khuda Hall | |||
Bangabandhu hall | Shamsennahar khan Hall | ||
Shaheed Tareq Huda Hall | |||
Sheikh Russel Hall |
University School and College
CUET has a university school and college named Chittagong Engineering University School and College inside its campus, intended to provide secondary and higher secondary education for the children of university staffs which also receives general students.
Administration
Chancellor
Vice-Chancellor
- Prof. Dr. Mohammad Rafiqul Alam
Registrar
- Prof. Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Humayun Kabir (Additional Charge)
List of vice-chancellors
- Mohammad Rafiqul Alam (present)[6]
- Md. Jahangir Alam
- Shyamol Kanti Biswas
- Mohammad Mozammel Haque
Academics
Academic programs
The university offers degrees in
Name of Faculties | Departments | Abbrev. | Undergraduate | Graduate | Postgraduate |
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Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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EEE | |||
Computer Science and Engineering
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CSE | ||||
Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering
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ETE | ||||
Biomedical engineering | BME | ||||
Faculty of Civil Engineering |
Civil Engineering
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CE | |||
Water Resources Engineering
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WRE | ||||
DEE | |||||
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering |
Mechanical Engineering
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ME | |||
Petroleum & Mining Engineering | PME | ||||
MIE | |||||
Faculty of Architecture & Planning |
Architecture | ARCH | |||
Urban & Regional Planning | URP | ||||
HUM |
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Faculty of Engineering & Technology |
Physics | PHY | |||
Mathematics | MATH | ||||
CHEM |
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Material Science and Engineering | MSE | ||||
Nuclear Engineering
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NE |
Institutes and centers
Institutes | Centers | ||
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Name of Institutes | Abbrev. | Name of Centers | Abbrev. |
Institute of Information and Communication Technology | IICT | Center for River, Harbor and Landslide Research | CRHLSR |
Institution of Energy Technology | IET | Center for Industrial Problems Research | CIPR |
Directorate of Research and Extension | DRE | Center for Environmental Science and Engineering | CESE |
Institute of Earthquake Engineering Research | IEER | Language Center | LC |
Sheikh Kamal IT Business Incubator | Incubator | Bureau of Research, Testing and Consultation | BRTC |
Rankings
According to the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities (also known as Ranking Web of Universities), CUET was ranked 11th among universities in Bangladesh and 1297th among continental universities in January 2019.[7]
Research and publication
The university has a motto to make itself as 'A center of excellence'. For promoting research, the university established a distinct institute namely 'Research and Extension'. International Conferences organized by CUET: International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (ICACE)[8] organized by Department of Civil Engineering, CUET International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Renewable Energy (ICMERE)[9] organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, CUET International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Engineering (ECCE)[10] organized by faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
Calendar
After the publication of admission test result, selected students are admitted in Level-1 (
Students can clear any backlog or incomplete courses in the Short Term exam. At least 155 credit hours must be earned to be eligible for a bachelor's degree in Engineering. The candidate is awarded Honors if he/she obtains CGPA above 3.75 or higher and awarded Chancellor's award if CGPA is 4.0.
Medium of instruction
The language of instruction is English, which is the official language for examinations.
Admissions and costs
Admissions
The Undergraduate admission test is one of the most intensive written examinations in Bangladesh. After completion of
For admission to Masters and Postgraduate programs, candidates are required to appear in interviews and/or written tests.
Expenses
For international students, $500 is to be paid per semester as registration fees. The university also provides scholarship on the basis of their merit.[12]
Sheikh Kamal IT Business Incubator
The
The ICT incubator was inaugurated on 6 July 2022 by the Prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina.[15]
See also
- Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
- Bangladesh University of Textiles
- University of Dhaka
- Khulna University of Engineering & Technology
- Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology
- Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology
- List of Universities in Bangladesh
- Debjani Ghosh
- Ayub Chowdhury
References
- ^ "CUET - At a Glance". CUET. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ Undergraduate Bulletin, EEE 2012
- ^ a b "History of CUET". CUET. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ "PM welcomed for upgrading Ctg BIT to CUET". The Independent. Dhaka. 13 March 2002. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2014 – via HighBeam Research.
- ^ Staff Reporter (31 August 2020). "১৮তম চুয়েট দিবস মঙ্গলবার, নানা আয়োজন". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "VC Message".
- ^ "University - Ranking Web of Universities: More than 28000 institutions ranked". Webometrics.info. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Welcome to ICACE-2018". CUET. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Welcome to ICMERE 2017". CUET. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Welcome to ECCE-2019". CUET. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Admission Prospectus" (PDF). CUET (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ^ Undergraduate Bulletin, Dept. of EEE p. 24
- ^ a b c "Hi-Tech Park Authority Bangladesh: Project". Hi-Tech Park Authority Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013.
- ^ চুয়েটে হচ্ছে তথ্যপ্রযুক্তি ব্যবসার ইনকিউবেটর [CUET the IT business incubator]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 24 November 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ BSS, Chattogram (2022-07-06). "PM opens Sheikh Kamal IT Business Incubator in Cuet". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-08-11.