International Islamic University Chittagong


The International Islamic University Chittagong is a Bangladeshi private university in Chattogram, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1995 under the Private Universities Act of 1992. Islamic University Chittagong Trust is the founder organization of this university.It is one of the oldest private Higher Educational Institutions in Chittagong.

History

Islamic University Chittagong was founded in 1995 by Islamic University Chittagong Trust, a non-profit organization. In 2000, IUC was upgraded to International Islamic University Chittagong.
In 2004 IIUC was recognized as one of the 9 top-graded Private University of Bangladesh. At present, it is the largest private university with 435 teachers and 12,000 students from home and abroad.

List of vice-chancellors

Rankings

The International Islamic University Chittagong has been ranked by Webometrics and Cyber-metric ranking, and is also one of the top 10 universities in Bangladesh.
Webometrics Ranking of World Universities: Ranked IIUC 23rd out of 147 universities in Bangladesh.
Cyber-metric ranking: Ranked IIUC 23rd in the country out of 170 public and private universities in July 2021.
UGC ranking: Ranked IIUC among the top 10 universities in Bangladesh in 2018.

Campus

The International Islamic University Chittagong has a 40-acre campus in Kumira, situated 22 km from Chattogram City. The campus is located beside the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in a hilly area.

Degrees offered

The university offers several undergraduate and postgraduate degrees:

Faculty of Science & Engineering

1. Department of Computer Science & Engineering :
2. Department of 'Electrical and Electronic Engineering
3. Department of 'Computer & Communication Engineering :
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer and Communication Engineering '
4. Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering :
  • Bachelor of Science in Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering '
5. Department of 'Civil Engineering :
  • Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering '
6. Department of Pharmacy:
  • Bachelor of Pharmacy ''''''

    Faculty of Business Studies

  • Master of Business Administration
  • Master of Business Administration
  • Master of Bank Management
  • Bachelor of Business Administration

    Faculty of Law

  • Bachelor of Laws
  • Master of Laws

    Faculty of Arts & Humanities

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English Language and Literature : Master of Arts in English Language and Literature, Masters of Arts in English Language Teaching,
  • Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature
  • Arabic Language and Literature, Bachelor of Arts in Arabic Language and Literature

    Faculty of Social Sciences

Department of Economics & Banking

  • BSS in Economics & Banking
  • MSS in Economics & Banking

    Department of Library & Information Science

  • Post Graduate Diploma in Library & Information Sciences

    Faculty of Shari'ah & Islamic Studies

  • Bachelor of Arts in Qur'anic Sciences and Islamic Studies
  • Master of Arts in Qura'nic Sciences and Islamic Studies
  • Bachelor of Arts in Da'wah and Islamic Studies
  • Master of Arts in Da'wah and Islamic Studies
  • Bachelor of Arts in Sciences of Hadith and Islamic Studies
  • Master of Arts in Sciences of Hadith and Islamic Studies

    Library and Information Division

There are seven libraries in IIUC, listed here with area information and number of books:

Accreditation

IIUC is graded by a team constituted by the prime minister in 2004 headed by the chairman of UGC for evaluating the standard and quality of existing 57 private universities. IIUC is the first private university which has been accredited by the Board of Accreditation for Engineering and Technical Education for fulfilling all requirements in its CSE, EEE and CCE programs. It is the first private university in Bangladesh accredited by BAETE.

Hostel facilities

Limited hostel accommodation are available for male & female students.

Scholarships

IIUC offers scholarships in each semester.
Full-time teachers are studying abroad for higher degrees with an IIUC scholarship. Current faculty or students are provided with a scholarship for higher study in home or abroad.

University Clubs & Societies

  1. IEEE IIUC Student Branch
  2. IIUC Computer Club
  3. IIUC EEE Club
  4. IIUC Pharma Club
  5. IIUC Competitive Programming Society
  6. English Language and Literary Society -ELLS
  7. IIUC BUSINESS CLUB
  8. IIUC LAW CLUB
  9. IIUC ETE Club
  10. IIUC Civil Engineering Club
  11. IEEE IIUC Student Branch
  12. IIUC EB CLUB
  13. CCE CLUB, IIUC
  14. IIUC Da'wah Club
  15. IIUC Hadith Club
  16. IIUC Qur'anic Sciences Club
  17. Arabic Club
  18. IIUC MODEL UN CLUB
  19. IIUC Debaters Community
  20. IIUC Photography Society

    Foreign collaboration

IIUC has signed for formal academic collaboration Memoranda of Understanding. Under these agreements, students of IIUC are able to transfer their credits to several universities and institutions.

Events

IIUC has organized events such as the IEEE Conference, National Computer Programming Contest, Inter-university Programming Contest, Intra-university Programming Contest, IT Festival, Job Fair, Dynamic Leadership Training Camp, Poem Recitation Workshop, Annual Cultural festival, Programming Workshop, Open Source Workshop, and hardware and software fairs.
In August 2007 it organized Open Source Campaign-5 which was a step towards open source awareness in Chittagong and in Bangladesh. It ran from 31 August to 1 September 2007. It mainly focused on open source and its features, flexibility and its opportunities in Bangladesh and the whole world. Recently IEEE Day 2023 was celebrated at IIUC.