Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology

Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology , formerly named Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT) -Chittagong, is an engineering university in Chittagong

Chittagong

Chittagong ) is a city in southeastern Bangladesh and the capital of an eponymous district and division. Built on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the city is home to Bangladesh's busiest seaport and has a population of over 4.5 million, making it the second largest city in the country.A trading...

, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. It was established by the government with a major focus on engineering and technology.

Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology or CUET as it is commonly known, opened as full-fledged university in September 2003 and has become one of the five Engineering universities in Bangladesh. It is a sub-urban university with about 2,400 students and eleven academic departments with a strong emphasis in theoretical, applied, and interdisciplinary scientific and technological education. The university undertakes research works sponsored by local industries and national/international organizations, such as United Nations organizations, Commonwealth Foundation, University Grants Commission, etc. It has continued to expand over the last few years with the inclusion of new departments, construction of new academic buildings, auditorium complex, halls of residence etc.

Location

CUET is situated in the district of Chittagong

Chittagong

, the major seaport

Port

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and second largest city of the country. It is in the Pahartali union under Raozan upazilla, by the side of the Chittagong-Kaptai road some 25 kilometers from the center of Chittagong City. The 210 Megawatt Raozan Thermal Power Plant is just beside the campus. Karnaphuli Hydroelectric Power Station, the largest source of hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy...

of the country, is situated in Kaptai

Kaptai

Kaptai is a region in south-eastern Bangladesh. The Kaptai Upazila is part of the Rangamati District of Chittagong Division. Karnaphuli Hydroelectric Power Station, the only Hydro-electric power plant of Bangladesh is located here...

, about 30 kilometers from CUET.

Campus

The university campus covers an area of 169 acres. The campus of CUET is remarkable for its natural beauty; it's landscaped around a valley. Various plants and precious varieties make the CUET campus a natural arboretum.

Facilities include academic buildings, administration building, auditorium, library, computer center, workshop, research laboratories, halls of residence, teachers' quarter, canteens and central mosque.

The University Medical Center is equipped for primary care. Serious cases are referred to a local hospital 10 kilometers away or to the city hospital by the authority of the university. The University has inside its boundaries a bank, a post office, a DRMASS telephone exchange, two card-phone booths, a PABX, a phone and fax caterer and a mini-mart where all general needs can be met with.

The surface water source is few and the tap water supply from avdeep tube well needs be aerated for general use and filtered for potability. There is a provision for a water treatment plant in the Development Scheme. A central Mosque having a large floor area of nearly 560 sq. meters is under construction. The Development Scheme includes an auditorium, extension of men's hall, etc.

History

The university was created out of Engineering College, Chittagong, which was established in 1968. The Engineering College, Chittagong, functioned as the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Chittagong. Through a Government Ordinance in 1986 the college was converted into an institution (BIT, Chittagong). The honorable President of Bangladesh is the visitor of the institute. A Board of Governors

Board of governors

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headed by a Chairman appointed by the President is the policy-making and administrative authority.

There were three other similar institutes of technology

Institute of technology

Institute of technology is a designation employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system...

in the country: BIT Khulna, BIT Rajshahi and BIT Dhaka which have been converted to Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), and Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET) respectively.

Chancellor

President Md. Zillur Rahman, President of People Republic of Bangladesh

Deans

Faculty of Engineering – Sultan Mohammad Farooq,
Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering – Mohammad Rafiqul Alam.
Faculty of Architecture & Planning – Md. Jahangir Alam.

Head of the Departments

Department of Civil Engineering – Dr. Md. Jahangir Alam
Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering – Dr. Poritosh Kumar Shadhu Khan
Department of Mechanical Engineering – Dr. Md. Tazul Islam
Department of Computer Science & Engineering – Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim Khan
Department of Architecture – Dr. Md. Rabiul Alam
Department of Urban and Rural Planning – Sultan Mohammad Farooq
Department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering – Dr. Bodius Salam
Department of Physics – Dr. Faruque-Uz-Zaman Chowdhury
Department of Chemistry – Dr. Rezaul Karim
Department of Mathematics – Dr. Ashutosh Saha
Department of Humanities – Mohammad Obaieadul Hoque

Others

Director, Planning & Development – Dr. Mohammad Omar Imam.
Registrar – Md. Shafiqul Islam.
Controller of the Examination – Dr. Md. Asaduzzaman Ukil.
Comptroller – Md. Masudur Rahman

Academic programs

The University offers undergraduate degrees in

Civil Engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
Urban and Rural Planning
Urban planning
Urban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....
Petroleum and Mining Engineering
Mining engineering
Mining engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the practice, the theory, the science, the technology, and application of extracting and processing minerals from a naturally occurring environment. Mining engineering also includes processing minerals for additional value.Mineral...

And postgraduate degrees in

Civil Engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
Mathematics
Mathematics
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In the current five-year plan some other new departments are expected to be established

Academic calendar

The academic year

Academic term

An academic term is a division of an academic year, the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. These divisions may be called terms...

and session is generally divided into two semesters. One semester is composed of 18.4 weeks and each week consists of 5 working days. The session usually starts after completion of the second semester. A full-time

Full time

Full-time employment is employment in which the employee works the full number of hours defined as such by his/her employer. Full-time employment often comes with benefits that are not typically offered to part-time, temporary, or flexible workers, such as annual leave, sickleave, and health...

undergraduate course consists of four sessions or eight semesters. A regular examination is held at the end of each semester besides class tests for continuous assessment of progress.

Medium of instruction

The medium of instruction of this university is English, which is also the official language

Official language

An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction. Typically a nation's official language will be the one used in that nation's courts, parliament and administration. However, official status can also be used to give a...

for examinations.

Admissions

B.Sc. admission in CUET is highly competitive, determined in part through a highly competitive admission test. After completion of higher secondary level (HSC) education, a student can submit an application for undergraduate admission if he or she fulfills the minimum requirement. Students with a minimum grade in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and English of their higher secondary examination

Higher Secondary Examination

Higher Secondary Examination is a centralised examination that students in India take up after class 10 . All the State School Education Boards, CBSE, CISCE and NIOS conducts exams during the period of March-April every year...

are allowed to appear in the admission test.

Last year, the minimum grade point average

Grade (education)

Grades are standardized measurements of varying levels of comprehension within a subject area. Grades can be assigned in letters , as a range , as a number out of a possible total , as descriptors , in percentages, or, as is common in some post-secondary...

(GPA) requirement was 4.50 out of 5.00. This screening process allow 2,500–3,000 students to sit for the admission test out of the 20,000 that apply. After the admission test, the best 420 students get the opportunity to study in this institution.

For admission to M.S. and Ph.D. programs candidates are required to appear in interviews.

Halls of residence

There are four men's and one women's dormitories. These are:

Dr. Qudrat-E-Khuda Hall
Shahed Mohammad Shah Hall
Shahed Tareq Huda Hall
Lady's Hall
New Hall

Dr. Qudrat-E-Khuda Hall

This hall is called Q.K. Hall. It is named for the Bangladeshi scientist Dr. Qudrat-E-Khuda. Q.K. Hall is a four-storied Z-shaped building; it has 104 rooms.

Three students can live in one room. 433 students get opportunity to reside here. The hall has a dining room

Dining room

A dining room is a room for consuming food. In modern times it is usually adjacent to the kitchen for convenience in serving, although in medieval times it was often on an entirely different floor level...

, a prayer room, an indoor games room, a library, a reading room,a TV room and a Robotics & Mechatronics Lab. Every year indoor games are held in this hall.

Provost – Prof. Dr. Rejaul Karim
Assistant Provosts – Mahmud Abdul Matin Bhuiyan, Md. Abdur Rahman Bhuiyan

Shaheed Mohammad Shah Hall

This hall is known as South Hall. It is named after the freedom fighter Mohammad Shah who died during the freedom war in 1971.

South Hall is a four-storied Z-shaped building with 104 rooms. Three students can live in one room. 415 students can reside here. It has a dining room and a TV room. Every year various indoor games are held in this hall.

Provost – Prof. Dr. Abdur Rashid
Assistant Provosts – Kazi Zulfikar Ali, Md. Abdullah Al Masud

Shaheed Tareq Huda Hall

This hall is called North Hall. It is name for the freedom fighter Tareq Huda who gave way his life for his motherland during the freedom war in 1971. North Hall is a four-storied Z-shaped building modified in 2002. It has 104 rooms.

Three students can live in one room. 376 students can reside here. It has a dining room and a TV room. Every year various indoor games are held in this hall.

Provost – Prof. Dr. Faruque-Uz-Zaman Chowdhury
Assistant Provosts – Md. Abdul Wazed, Md. Moinul Islam

Ladies Hall

About 400 female students can reside in this hostel. It has no special name; generally it is known as Ladies Hall. Only a few years ago this new buildings of ladies hall was in a separate, isolated place in the teachers' quarter. This is a two-storied buildings with 50 rooms. Four students can live in each room. Every year various indoor games are taken place here. Students of this hall arrange cultural activities here.

Provost – Dr. Ranjit Kumar Sutradhar
Assistant Provosts – Md. Moshiul Hoque, Farzana Rahman Zuthi

New Hall

New Hall is a five-storied rectangular-shaped building. Four students can stay in one room. 600 students can reside here. It has two large dining rooms, two TV rooms, two indoor games rooms, one large prayer room, one large library,one playground and a nice guest room. Every year various indoor games are held in this hall.

Provost – Dr. Ashutose Saha
Assistant Provosts – Md. Yeakub Ali, Sheikh Muhammad Humayan Kabir, Shyamal Acharya,Sanaul Rabbi

Student organizations

Students at CUET are involved in various extracurricular activities. The student organizations at CUET are:

CUET Journalist Association
Joyoddhoney
Rangdhonu
Debating Society
Green for Peace
CUET-Film Society (CUETFS)
Robo Mechatronics Association(RMA)
Photography & Art Culture Association
Andromeda Space and Robotics Research Organization (ASRRO)
CUET BSME
CUET IEEE
Computer Club of CUET
CUET civil engineer's club
CUET Programmers Club (CPC)
Architects CUET
CUET adventurers
CUET athletic club

CUET Journalist Association

CUET Journalist Association (shortly known as CUETJA) is the organization of journalists studying in CUET.The members of this organization are working in various reputed national newspapers of Bangladesh. It was founded on 16 December 2006. Its main mission is to focus CUET in front of the whole countryman of Bangladesh. This is the first and only journalist association among all of the engineering universities of Bangladesh. it launched a campus based 24 hours online newspaper called cuetnews24.com. CUETJA is going to organize a program named CUETJA AWAKENING FESTIVAL-2011. The date
of this festival is 23 sep 2011 in CUET campus

Joyoddhoney

Joyoddhoney is the one and only Non-political Cultural Organization of CUET. It was Established on February 16, 2000 by some creative and innovative students of that time. With the goal of creating a free cultural environment inside CUET and exposing patriotism by different cultural activities, Joyoddhoney has been organizing and performing so many cultural programs both inside and outside CUET.

Computer Club

The computer Club, CUET started functioning in September 2000. The founder president of the computer club is Dr Md. Raisuddin Khan, a faculty member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The main function of this club is to promote the consciousness of information technology. It also ensures programming contest inside and outside the country.

Green for Peace

Green for Peace of CUET is an organization for nature conservation

Conservation ethic

Conservation is an ethic of resource use, allocation, and protection. Its primary focus is upon maintaining the health of the natural world: its, fisheries, habitats, and biological diversity. Secondary focus is on materials conservation and energy conservation, which are seen as important to...

and pollution eradication. It was established in 1998 by a group of innovative students from 92 EEE batch of the 1992-93 session with Mr. Arif Chowdhury as their leader. After being established, it played a vital role in tree planting, creating nature awareness among the students of CUET. It also arranges seminars on pollution control.

CUETFS

CUETFS was established by some innovative students and teachers. It has started its function by showing different types of educational and entertaining feature film in a three-day program at the central auditorium of CUET. At present, Abdullah-Al-Hasan a student of 06 batch, is the president of this organization.

Photography & Art Culture Association

The founder president and general secretary of this organization are Md. Zakiul Hoque and Nasir Ahmed. It arranged an exhibition to display works of young amateur photographers & hand made articles, sketches, paintings etc.

Affiliated Institutes and Centers

Institute of Energy Technology
Center for Information and Communication Technology
Earthquake Engineering Research Center
Bureau of Research, Testing & Consultancy

Institute of Energy Technology

The Institute of Energy Technology develops solutions to energy challenges that promote economic and environmental sustainability through innovative research and education.

The aims and objectives of the Institute of Energy Technology are

To include advanced studies and research work mostly on the interacting Energy and Environmental system;
To carry out the research on energy and environmental and ecological perspectives in order to develop hygienic and balanced environmental systems in the country, and to preserve bio-diversity;
To apply energy and environmental science and engineering for a balanced sustainable development reserving Bangladesh
To carry out research on environmental hazards including pollution;
To make intensive studies on both natural and modified/artificial ecosystems for identifying interactions and monitor them to the people through Journals and other media;
To undertake energy and environmental research projects in co-operation with public or private organizations at home and abroad;
To promote and provide facilities for advanced studies and research work on energy engineering and/or environmental engineering and/or energy and environmental engineering and environmental science for M. Sc., M. Phil., and Ph.D., degree, training, diploma and post-doctoral researches.

Center for Information and Communication Technology

Activities of the Academic Wing:

To offer courses leading to diplomas and degrees in the field of ICT
To initiate, organize and perform studies and research on practical applications of ICT
To promote and provide facilities for development of skilled manpower in ICT
To provide short course and training to interested persons in the field of ICT
To provide refresher course and training in emerging branches of ICT
To hold conference, seminar, workshop and other events related to the development of ICT in the country
To develop linkage and exchange program with local and overseas organizations
To publish books, journals, monographs etc.

Activities of the System and Support Wing:

To promote the use of ICT in the University and the country
To promote multidisciplinary development of computer applications
To provide training to students, teachers, officers and employees of the University in relevant fields of ICT
To produce software for indigenous use as well as for export
To plan, install, maintain and develop computer networks within the University and also links to other institutions in the country as well as the Internet
To provide computing, infrastructural and advisory services to students, officers and teachers of the University
To provide advice and physical assistance to different departments, institutes and offices of the University in matters related to the purchase, operation, maintenance and development of computer hardware and software.

Courses

Cisco Networking Academy Program is offered by Center for Information and Communication Technology, CUET. The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Program is a complete, four-semester program on the principles and practice of designing, building, and maintaining networks capable of supporting national and global organizations. Contact CICT office for information about next intake.

Short Courses:
• Java Programming Language
• Web Programming with PHP
• Principals of Network and Internet development
• Application development using Visual basic and Oracle
• Linux for Enterprise Use.
• Auto CAD

Earthquake Engineering Research Center

Projects:

Seismic Structural Assessment of Damaged Chittagong Public Library Building During 27 July 2003 Earthquake
Generation of Liquefaction Potential Map for Chittagong City Area, Bangladesh
Hamzarbag Earthquake (1997), Chittagong
Rangamati Earthquake (2003), Chittagong
NEWS BULLETIN, July 30, 2007 : Sharp Survey on the 28 July 2007 Earthquake near Rangamati.
Earthquake Field Intensity Measuring Device at EERC, CUET.

Bureau of Research, Testing & Consultancy

For consultation and research the expertise at the university, its teachers and the laboratory facilities are available to other organizations of the country. A separate institution - Bureau of Research, Testing and Consultation (BRTC) - has been formed to oversee these activities. Postgraduate research works are now among the primary functions of the university. All the departments carry out their own research programs. The faculties undertake pioneering works in various fields - from renewable energy to GIS. The university being the home of highly trained man power, expert services are given through this bureau, causing a fourfold enrichment - enrichment of the nation from the expert services, enrichment of the university, enrichment of the staff and enriched teaching and research from the knowledge acquired through The Bureau of Research, Testing and Consultation - BRTC - undertakes research, testing and consultation works in the field of engineering, architecture and planning as entrusted to them by private parties and by government and autonomous bodies in order to achieve following objectives:

To stimulate engineering in the university.
To develop close relations between the university and the industry within the country.
To serve departments of the government in the field of engineering research.
To put the profitable use of the research equipments now at hand in the university.
To provide a basis for a future graduate study program.
To provide an outlet for the capabilities of the staff.

CUET Language Learning Center

CUET has launched the foreign language learning center in January 2011. The center has an air-conditioned classroom equipped with all modern facilities including audio visual systems, multimedia projectors, computers etc. At present, Japanese and German language courses are offered here. In near future IELTS preparation course, English pronunciation course, and more language learning courses like French, Spanish etc will be available.

First convocation

The first convocation of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) was held on 8 April 2008. President Dr. Iazuddin Ahmed

Iajuddin Ahmed

-Early life:Ahmed was born in Bikrampur of Dhaka District, erstwhile Bengal province, British India . As the son of Moulvi Ibrahim Mia, Ahmed obtained his B.Sc. and M.S. at the University of Dhaka in 1952 and 1954 respectively and later received his M.S. and Ph.D...

, also chancellor of the university, was scheduled to preside over the programme, while former chief adviser of the caretaker government Justice Muhammad Habibur Rahman was present as the convocation speaker. Education and Commerce Adviser Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman was also present on the occasion as the special guest.

“Now we need the best use of existing resources in a planned way to make the country prosperous," the President said while addressing the first convocation of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET). The president noted that as engineers are the architects of development, the road map of development comes out from their talents, souls and creative thinking. “Therefore, there must be clear reflection of foresight in their thinking, spirit and mind," he said. He hoped that CUET would continue its all-out efforts to implement the holy purpose of education. The president called upon students to uphold the dignity of the degree they were conferred upon through their service, honesty, integrity and patriotism keeping in mind that the people have a lot of contribution to attaining their degrees. He welcomed the initiatives of CUET to open new departments, including Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering and Mining Engineering, at the university in keeping pace with the new era of technology.

A total of 1,403 graduates and post-graduates from four departments received certificates in the convocation. Of them, 1,398 graduates were from Civil Engineering, Mechanical and Electrical and Electronics departments of 1996 to 2002 sessions and Computer Science and Engineering Department graduates of 1998 to 2002 sessions. Besides this, seven students—Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman Bhuiyan, Mohammad Razu Ahmed, Mohammad Shafiul Azam Hawlader, ASM Kayes, Mohammad Akmal Haider, Mohammad Ahsan Uddin Chowdhury and Mohammad Asadul Islam from 1999-2000 to 2005-2006 sessions was awarded gold medals for their outstanding academic feats in the convocation.

Recent activities and achievements

Department of Computer Science & Engineering successfully celebrated its 10th anniversary by organizing a program titled TELE TALK CUET ICT Fête-09. The occasion comprised the events: National Collegiate Programming Contest (CUET-NCPC), Hardware and Software Project Showcasing, Career Counseling, Seminar on ICT, Gaming Contest, a grand reunion with cultural program.
BSME 3rd national conference successfully completed
The project of RESCUE ROBOT SERIES-1(RRS-1)(model-BCA5I)(earthquake) successfully completed.

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