BGC Trust University Bangladesh

BGC Trust University Bangladesh is a private university in Bangladesh, established in 2001. The university is 34 km from the port city Chittagong at a place popularly known as BGC Biddyanagar by the side of the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway. The main campus in Chandanaish, spread over of land, consists of a private university, a private medical college, a 1,000-bed hospital, a nurses' institute, a dental college, a college of physiotherapy and an IT institute. The current vice-chancellor of the university is Dr. Md. Manzoorul Kibria.

WWW bgctub.ac.bd

History

BGC Trust was founded by Engr. Afsar Uddin Ahmad. BGC Trust University is approved by the Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh.

Students

BGC Trust University began in 2001 with 500 students. Now it has grown to more than 3,000 per year. The total number of students in 2023 is 3,033, consisting of 2,237 males and 796 females. Among these, 2,819 students are pursuing undergraduate degrees, while 214 are enrolled in postgraduate programs. In the academic year 2023, a new cohort of 1,121 students was admitted to the university, with 803 male and 318 female students.

Academic programs

Degrees offered	Abbreviation	Level
Bachelor of Pharmacy	B.Pharm.	Undergraduate Program

Degrees offered	Abbreviation	Level
Bachelor of Business Administration	BBA	Undergraduate Program
Master of Business Administration	MBA	Postgraduate Program
Executive Master of Business Administration	EMBA	Postgraduate Program

Degrees offered	Abbreviation	Level
Bachelor of Arts in English	B.A. in English	Undergraduate Program
Master of Arts in English	M.A. in English	Postgraduate Program

Degrees offered	Abbreviation	Level
Bachelor of Laws	LL.B.	Undergraduate Program
Bachelor of Laws	LL.B.	Undergraduate Program

Degrees offered	Abbreviation	Level
Bachelor of Social Science in Journalism and Media Studies	B.S.S. in JMS	Undergraduate Program

Degrees offered	Abbreviation	Level
Master of Public Health	MPH	Postgraduate Program

Courses offered	Duration
Certificate Course on English Language for Communication	36 Hours
Certificate Course on Professional Full Stack Web Development for Software Outsourcing	48 Hours
Certificate Course on Supply Chain Management	24 Hours
Certificate Course on Trial Advocacy	24 Hours

List of vice-chancellors

Dr. Md. Manzoorul Kibria
Dr. A.F.M. Aowrangazab
Dr. Saroj Kanti Singh Hazari
Dr. Md. Nurul Mustafa

Semesters

The academic year of the BGC Trust University Bangladesh has two semesters. The duration of each semester is six months.

Spring Session
Summer Session

Grading system

The Universal Grading System introduced by the University Grant Commission of Bangladesh followed by the BGC Trust University Bangladesh. The total numerical marks obtained by a student in each course will be converted into Letter Grade and Grade Point. According to the Grade Point, the GPA and CGPA will be calculated. The conversion of Letter Grade and Grade Point will be as follows:

Clubs

Each department of this university has different clubs. For the students, these clubs regularly conduct different types of curricular and co-curriculum activities and organize various events inside and outside the campus

Library

The BGC Trust University library has 50,000 books, a collection of print journals and other publications, and subscriptions to international academic journals. The library location at BGC Biddayanagar Campus.