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Source: BDPolicyLab Watch record and cited public sourcesAs of 2026-07-05
The university is currently navigating internal scrutiny regarding the transparency and fairness of its faculty recruitment processes amidst its ongoing efforts to maintain academic standards and integrate new students into the 2025-26 session.
The 164th Academic Council meeting decided that classes for the new academic session would commence on July 5, 2026.
CUET held an orientation program for newly admitted undergraduate students for the 2025-26 academic year.
Official commencement of classes for the new undergraduate academic session.
Allegations of irregularities and nepotism were reported regarding the teacher recruitment process.
student_count 6000 sourced from Wikipedia ('6000+' total; approximately 4,500 undergraduate and graduate). faculty_count 415 from Wikipedia academic staff figure. Campus is 188 acres in Raozan Upazila (Pahartoli), Chittagong District, postal code 4349, ~25 km from Chittagong city centre on the Chittagong-Kaptai Highway. VC Mahmud Abdul Matin Bhuiyan: 6th VC, appointed 30 October 2024 by Ministry of Education notification; previously Head of Nuclear Engineering Department at CUET; PhD from National University of Malaysia in EEE. Confirmed absent from March 16 2026 batch (DU, CU, RU, JnU, BOU, KUET, DCU) and May 14 2026 batch (BUET plus 10 others). Pro-VC situation: Prof. Dr. Jamal Uddin Ahamed (Mechatronics and Industrial Engineering) was appointed pro-VC in February 2024, but is listed as 'Ex Pro-VC' on social media; no confirmed replacement found in press through May 2026; field set null pending verification. Registrar Prof. Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Humayun Kabir serves on additional charge (EEE department) per Wikipedia and cuet.ac.bd faculty profile. Legal basis confirmed as Act No. XXXI of 2003 per Banglapedia and multiple Wikipedia citations; gazette dated July 24, 2003. University history: Chittagong Engineering College (1968) >> Bangladesh Institute of Technology Chittagong (1986, under ordinance) >> CUET (2003, Act XXXI). No budget figure found in any verified primary source; field left null. annual_budget_bdt null: no verified figure found in press or official sources. Seat count 931 (920+11) verified from admissioncuet.ac.bd official admission documents. Elected not to participate in CKRUET cluster admission for 2025-26 (second consecutive year per Daily Campus article, December 2025).
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