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International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) (Bengali: আন্তর্জাতিক ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় চট্রগ্রাম )is one of the leading private universities of Bangladesh. It was founded in 1995 under the Private Universities Act of 1992 (Act no. 34 of 1992)^[1]. Islamic University Chittagong Trust (IUCT) is the founder organization of this university. IIUC is still governed by IUCT^[2]. It got Bangladesh Government approval on February 11, 1995.

International Islamic University Chittagong
Established	1995
Type:	Private
Vice-Chancellor:	Prof. Dr. A.K.M. Azharul Islam
Faculty:	287
Students:	6,000
Location	Chittagong, Bangladesh
Campus:	154/A College Road, Chawkbazar, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Website:	http://www.iiuc.ac.bd

Contents 1 Area of Campus 2 Academic Faculties 3 Students 4 Degrees Offered 5 Library 6 Achievements 7 Scholarships 8 International Collaboration 9 Campus 10 Event Organization 11 References 12 External links

The total space used for academic and administrative purposes is around 4,59,990 sft.

It currently (September, 2007) has 287 faculties where 183 of those are full time^[3].

It has a good number students from both home and abroad. Currently (September, 2007) there are around 6000 students enrolled in IIUC.

Currently the university offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in various subjects. The following is a list of its offered programs:

Departments ::

• Arts & Humanities^[4]
  • English Language and Literature (ELL)
    • Master of Arts in English Language and Literature
    • Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in English Language and Literature
  • Arabic Language and Literature (ALL)
    • Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Arabic Language and Literature
• Business Studies^[5]
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) [Regular]
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) [Executive]
  • Master of Bank Management (MBM)
  • Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
• Law^[6]
  • Bachelor of Law (LLB Hons.)
  • Bachelor of Law (LLB Pass)
• Modern Sciences^[7]
  • Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
    • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
    • Professional Diploma in Computer Science (DCS)
  • Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering (ETE)
    • Bachelor of Science in Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering (ETE)
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)
    • Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)
  • Pharmacy
    • Bachelor of Pharmacy
• Shari'ah & Islamic Studies^[8]
  • Qur'anic Sciences and Islamic Studies (QSIS)
    • Master of Arts in Qur'nic Sciences and Islamic Studies (MQSIS)
    • Bachelor of Arts(Hons.) in Qur'anic Sciences and Islamic Studies
  • Da'wah and Islamic Studies (DIS)
    • Master of Arts in Da'wah and Islamic Studies (MDIS)
    • Bachelor of Arts(Hons.) in Da'wah and Islamic Studies
  • Hadith and Islamic Studies (HIS)
    • Bachelor of Arts(Hons.) in Hadith and Islamic Studies

Until now there are seven libraries in IIUC. The following is a list of its libraries with area information and no of books:

Sl. No.	Library Name	Space (sft)
1	Qatar Central Library, Permanent Campus, Kumira	33,000
2	Main Campus Library-City Campus, Chittagong	3,000
3	Female Campus Library, Chittagong	2,000
4	ELL Seminar Library , Chittagong	1,000
5	DBA Seminar Library , Chittagong	500
6	Health Campus Library, Chittagong	1,500
7	Dhaka Campus Library , Dhaka	2,500
	Total	43,500

Source: IIUC Website Library Page: ^[9]

Sl. No.	Faculties	Titles	Copies
1	Faculty of Shari’ah	4,972	22,666
2	Faculty of Modern Science	908	23,909
3	Faculty of Administrative Science	827	22,690
4	Faculty of Health Science	157	803
5	Faculty of Art’s & Humanities	750	5,736
6	Faculty of Law	560	2,907
7	Other’s	230	3,932
Total		8,404	82,643

Source: IIUC Website Library Page: ^[10]

About achievements^[11]:

"Graded by the high powered team constituted by the Prime Minister in 2004 headed by the Chairman of UGC for evaluating the standard & quality of existing 57 (Fifty Seven) Private Universities."

"IIUC is the first private University which has been accredited by the Board of Accreditation for Engineering & Technical Education (BAETE) for fulfilling all requirements in its CSE and CCE/ETE programs."

So, it is the first Private University in Bangladesh accredited by BAETE.

IIUC offers scholarship for the studying students in each semester depending on various categories. It has a nice step to improve its faculties by giving scholarship under certain rules. About scholarships for faculties^[12]:

"A good number of full time teachers are studying abroad for higher degrees with IIUC scholarship."

For such a scholarship, it selects current faculties or sometimes promising students and provides them scholarship for higher study in home or abroad.

More about its financial assistance for the students can be found in^[13]

IIUC has signed for several formal academic collaboration agreement called Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Under these agreements, students of IIUC are able to transfer their credits to the following universities and institutions^[14]:

1. Acadia University, Canada
2. Al Azhar Al Sharif University, Egypt
3. Al Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, KSA
4. Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
5. Cape Breton University, Canada
6. European Institute for Human Sciences, France
7. International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia
8. Islamic Foundation Leicester, UK
9. King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
10. Multimedia University, Malaysia
11. National University Malaysia, Malaysia
12. Portland State University, USA
13. Saint Marry University, Canada
14. The Business School of London, UK
15. Universitas Trisakti, Indonesia
16. University of Central Queens Land, Australia
17. University of Windsor, Canada
18. Victoria University, Australia

The university has three campuses. The first one is the main campus in Chawkbazar, Chittagong. The second one is female campus also in Chawkbazar, Chittagong and the third one is permanent campus in Kumira, chittagong.

IIUC organized many remarkable events such as National Computer Programming Contest (NCPC), Inter-university Programming Contest, IIUC Intra-university Programming Contest (IIUPC), IT Festival, Job Fair, Dynamic Leadership Training Camp (DLTC), Poem Recitation Workshop, Programming Workshop, Open Source Workshop, Hardware and Software Fairs and so on. In August, 2007 it organized Open Source Campaign-5^[15] which was a proclaiming step for open source awareness in Chittagong even in Bangladesh. It was running from August 31 to September 1, 2007. It mainly focused on open source and its features, flexibilities and its opportunities in Bangladesh as well as in the whole world.

• IIUC Main Academic Website
• IIUC Alumni Website
• IIUC Dhaka campus Website

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