Comilla University
Profile
- Ownership
- public
- Vice-Chancellor
- Prof. Dr. M M Shariful Karim
- Students
- 6900
- Faculty
- 270
- Annual budget
- ৳761,000,000
- Established
- 2006
- District
- Cumilla
Expanding STEM laboratory facilities and strengthening institutional research output at Comilla University under UGC guidelines.
Recent activity
- 2026-06-18 academic_council Academic Council of Comilla University approved revised curricula aligned with Bangladesh National Qualifications Framework. ↗
- 2026-07-15 infrastructure Commissioned upgraded central laboratory and digital research facilities across general faculties. ↗
- 2026-08-10 admission Announced academic admission intake guidelines and enrollment quotas for the upcoming academic session. ↗
Provenance & notes
verification_status=partial: (1) vc_since set to gazette date 2026-05-14; actual joining/oath date not confirmed in any English-language source as of 2026-05-18 -- update when CoU website VC-list is refreshed. (2) pro_vice_chancellor (Masuda Kamal) and treasurer (Solaiman) were appointed under the Yunus interim government on 2023-09-23 for 4-year terms; no evidence of replacement by BNP-Tarique government as of verification date -- retain but flag for re-check. (3) Registrar Md. Majibur Rahman Mazumder appears on officer profile page under 'Temporary Suspension'; acting registrar not identified in sources. (4) Campus area verified as 244.19 acres (98.82 ha) per Wikipedia citing official sources -- prompt note of '60+ acres' is incorrect. (5) student_count 6,900 is from official university website (as cited by Wikipedia); enrolment may be closer to 8,000 when including new cohorts -- no primary source found for higher figure. (6) faculty_count 270 is from Wikipedia; no independent primary source corroborates this. (7) The 'Bonopath cultural-festival assault' referenced in the task brief could not be confirmed in English-language sources; may refer to Bengali-language reporting or a mis-labelled incident -- omitted to preserve data integrity. (8) CoU does not participate in GST 19-university cluster; runs its own admission test.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comilla_University
- https://www.cou.ac.bd/about-vc
- https://www.cou.ac.bd/vc-list
- https://www.cou.ac.bd/officer_profile
- https://dailynewnation.com/news/827843
- https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/ba5c0f4e559e
- https://unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/govt-appoints-new-vcs-to-11-public-universities/185962
- https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/education/news/comilla-university-gets-new-vc-pro-vc-treasurer-3709426
- https://bangladeshpost.net/posts/comilla-university-okays-tk-76-10cr-budget-154660
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/crime/chhatra-dal-leader-assaults-two-students-comilla-university-hall-1366761
- https://thedailymorningglory.com/2026/04/22/comilla-university-to-send-10-visiting-scholars-to-turkey/