University of Chittagong

verification_status=partial: student_count (27,550) from Wikipedia citing university data; figure includes undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students. faculty_count (974) from Wikipedia. annual_budget_bdt (43,916,000,000 = BDT 439.16 crore) from Wikipedia citing 2024-25 figure; no 2025-26 university budget circular found in open sources. treasurer: not confirmed in any primary source retrieved within the 90-day window; field set to null. registrar listed as Acting (Prof Dr Muhammad Saiful Islam) per World Bank visit BSS report (2026-05-02); no gazette notification of substantive registrar appointment found. VC predecessor Prof Muhammad Yeahia Akhter (appointed Sep 2024 by interim government) was replaced on 2026-03-16 by BNP-Tarique government. Pro-VC names (Shamim Uddin Khan, Academic; Md Kamal Uddin, Administration) confirmed from cu.ac.bd/pvco/ and BSS HEAT visit report. 5th convocation was held May 14, 2025 (outside the current 90-day window); no new convocation announced within the window. CU campus at Hathazari, 22 km north of Chittagong city, 2,312 acres; shuttle train service (Bangladesh Railway eastern division) is the primary student transport mode.