International Islamic University, Chittagong


The International Islamic University Chittagong is a private university in Bangladesh. It was founded in 1995 under the Private Universities Act of 1992. Islamic University Chittagong Trust is the founder organization of this university.

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.
International Islamic University Chittagong is one of the top graded Government approved private universities in Bangladesh. The credit for the idea of establishing this University goes to Islamic University Chittagong Trust, which is the founder organization of the University. This Trust is a non-political and non-profit oriented voluntary organization, registered with the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh under the Societies Act XXI of 1860. This Trust felt the need for a university under private initiative in view of the absence of institutions of higher learning based on Islamic vision of life in the public sector. With this idea having its origin in 1990, the Trust discussed the concept of a private Islamic university with a group of intellectuals, Islamic thinkers, and educationists, from home and abroad. It was these Islamic personalities that came forward to materialize the dream of such an institution by putting their ideas, energies and fulfilling other requirements. In 1992 an anchor organization called Islamic University Chittagong Trust was founded under the aegis of this body and an institution of higher learning under the name of Islamic University Chittagong got the Government’s approval on February 11, 1995 and the University was founded accordingly in the same year. Thus a long cherished dream of the people of Chittagong came into reality. In the year 2000 Islamic University Chittagong was upgraded into International Islamic University Chittagong, thus it got a scope to extend its services to the Ummah at large.
In 2004 IIUC was recognized as one of the 9 top-graded Private Universities by a Government-appointed High Powered Team led by the UGC Chairman. At present, it is the largest private university with 370 teachers and 14000 students from home and abroad. A good number of full-time teachers and students are studying abroad for pursuing higher studies with IIUC’s scholarship or financial assistance or continuation of services.
The Graduation degrees of CSE, EEE & CCE are accredited by the BAETE. IIUC grants waiver, generous financial assistances and scholarships to the students at different rates depending on the results of their previous examinations and financial condition. IIUC participated in different national and international contests, winning prizes for obtaining prestigious positions. IIUC successfully organized five International Conferences on different important issues relating to education, ethics and Islamization of knowledge. It also arranged ‘National Computer Programming Contest’ in collaboration with the Ministry of Science & ICT and Bangladesh Computer Council as part of its regular programs.

Campus

The campus is in Kumira, Chittagong.

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 :
  • Bachelor of Science in 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 :
5. Department of Civil Engineering :
6. Department of Pharmacy:
Qur'anic Sciences and Islamic Studies :
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

Hostel accommodation is available. The hostels are as follows :
Permanent Campus :
1. Hazrat Abu Bakr Hall
2. Hazrat Umar Hall
3. Hazrat Uthman Hall
4. Hazrat Ali Hall
Chittagong City:
1.Prasanti Vaban
CampusHostelsNumber
Chittagong CityMale1
Permanent Campus Male4

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.

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.

Student organizations

IIUC has organized events such as the National Computer Programming Contest, Inter-university Programming Contest, IIUC 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 August 31 to September 1, 2007. It mainly focused on open source and its features, flexibility and its opportunities in Bangladesh and the whole world.