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University of Chittagong
চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
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Seal of the University of Chittagong
Other name
Chittagong University
Type Public, Coeducational
Established 18 November 1966
Chancellor President of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid
Vice-Chancellor Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury
Academic staff
862
Administrative staff
311 (Male 277, Female 34)
Students 24,283
(Male 15,598, Female 8,685)
Location
Hathazari Upazila, Chittagong District, Bangladesh

22°28′12″N 91°47′25″E / 22.469928°N 91.790405°E / 22.469928; 91.790405
Campus Rural, 2,100 acres (8.5 km2)
Nickname CU (চবি)
Affiliations University Grants Commission
Association of Commonwealth Universities

The University of Chittagong (Chittagong University, Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, CU in short) is a public university in Hathazari Upazila, Chittagong District, Bangladesh. This university has a campus of 2,100 acres (8.5 km2). It is ranked 2nd among the universities in Bangladesh by Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.

Chittagong University was founded on 3 December 1965 by Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry in Chittagong City. It has around 22,000 students and 750 faculty members.

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