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University of Science & Technology Chittagong (USTC) (Bengali: বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় চট্টগ্রাম) is the first private Research university in Chittagong, Bangladesh. At first, it was established with the sponsorship of a private charity on May 13, 1989. Later it was upgraded to USTC as a full phased university under the Private University Act of 1992.[2]
বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় চট্টগ্রাম | |
Other name | USTC |
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Motto | পড় (Read) |
Motto in English | Read |
Type | Private,research |
Established | 1989 |
Accreditation | |
Affiliation | University Grants Commission (UGC) |
Academic affiliation | University of Chittagong |
Chancellor | President Mohammed Shahabuddin |
Vice-Chancellor | Mohammad Solaiman |
Academic staff | 355 (includes 70 part-time) (2014)[1] |
Students | 4,203 (2014)[1] |
Undergraduates | 2500+ |
Postgraduates | 1500+ |
Location | Chittagong , Bangladesh 22.3615°N 91.7973°E |
Campus | Urban |
Language | English |
Colors | forest green, pale blue |
Website | ustc |
When USTC was founded in 1989, it had only two professors and nine lecturers.[citation needed] Now the number of full-time teachers is 285.[1] USTC has 4,200 students.[1] Among these, over 30% are foreign students, from India, Nepal, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bhutan,Jordan, Palestine, and the United States,among others.[3]
They Have a Research Center on their own.
Majors | Publication / Citation |
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Biology | 568 / 9,168 |
Medicine | 528 / 7,896 |
Chemistry | 518 /6,259 |
Engineering | 389 / 4,516 |
Computer Science | 377 / 5,211 |
Physics | 332 /3,623 |
Environmental Science | 318 / 4,832 |
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | 288 / 5,352 |
Genetics | 282 / 3,137 |
Biochemistry | 275 / 5,336 |
Pathology | 245 / 5,367 |
Psychology | 240 / 4,404 |
Quantum and Particle physics | 219 / 2,346 |
Organic Chemistry | 214 / 2,569 |
Mathematics | 185 / 3,151 |
Statistics | 167 / 2,964 |
Ecology | 165 / 2,612 |
Psychiatry | 164 / 3,523 |
Surgery | 160 / 3,019 |
Geology | 151 / 2,245 |
Business | 140 / 2,324 |
Geography and Cartography | 139 / 2,377 |
Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 138 / 1,792 |
Political Science | 134 / 3,346 |
Materials Science | 131 / 1,130 |
Electrical Engineering | 128 / 1,530 |
Immunology | 126 / 1,611 |
Law | 125 / 2,810 |
Pharmacology | 120 / 1,338 |
Sociology | 111 / 964 |
Philosophy | 108 / 1,274 |
Economics | 105 / 1,905 |
Paleontology | 102 / 2,016 |
Botany | 101 / 1,607 |
Nursing | 99 / 2,568 |
Radiology and Nuclear medicine | 90 / 813 |
Bioinformatics and Computational biology | 88 / 2,143 |
Machine Learning | 85 / 1,354 |
History | 83 / 2,127 |
Telecommunications | 79 / 1,353 |
Institute of Applied Health Sciences (IAHS) was founded in 13 May 1989 with 42 students by Dr. Nurul Islam. It got affiliated with Chittagong Medical University in 2017.[13]
Students | Percentage | Country |
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Local | 70% | Bangladesh |
Foreign | 30% | India, Nepal, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bhutan among others. |
It is other campus building of USTC, Where taught:
The university's 220-bed teaching hospital, Bangabandhu Memorial Hospital(BBMH), is the largest private hospital in Chittagong.[3][15]
USTC owns seven-storied library building.[16] The library has three sections comprised by modern technology and has accommodation for 150 readers at a time. USTC provides well-stocked resources for its students in the library. They are as follows:
They Have Faculty and Department Wise Seminar Library.
The university has hostels for male and female students:
It can accommodate both foreign and non-local female students. There is one hostel available for male students:
It is for foreign students which is located within the campus grounds.
One of the unique feature of USTC is about its auditorium called Mawlana Bhashani Ausitorium. There is a gallery available for 1000 audience members. The auditorium is ideally suited for conference and seminar.
Each Departments of the university has lab under specific Department.
The university has an arrangement of extra curricular activities for its students.
All extra curricular activities are held by Student Welfare Council of USTC.
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