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Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology

public · engineering · Chittagong · verified (record reviewed 2026-09-14)

Profile

Ownership
public
Vice-Chancellor
Prof. Dr. Mahmud Abdul Matin Bhuiyan
Students
6000
Faculty
415
Annual budget
n/a
Established
2003
District
Chittagong

Expanding STEM laboratory facilities and strengthening institutional research output at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology under UGC guidelines.

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Provenance & notes

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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