International Islamic University, Chittagong

"International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC)" ( _bn. আন্তর্জাতিক ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় চট্রগ্রাম ) is a private university located in the second-largest city of Bangladesh, Chittagong. It was founded in 1995 under the Private Universities Act of 1992 (Act no. 34 of 1992) [ [http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/workgroups/bdlaw/1992-a34.htm] Bangladesh Private University Act (Act No.34), August 9, 1992] . Islamic University Chittagong Trust (IUCT) is the founder organization of this university. IIUC is still governed by IUCT [ [http://www.iiuc.ac.bd/] IIUC Website] . It got Bangladesh Government approval on February 11, 1995.Infobox University|right|300px
name = International Islamic University Chittagong


motto =
established = 1995
type = Private
Chancellor = Prof. Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed
vice_chancellor = Prof. Dr. Mahbub Ullah
pro_vice_chancellor = Prof. Dr. Abu Bakr Rafique
city = Chittagong
country = Bangladesh
students = 6,000
faculty = 287
campus = 154/A College Road, Chawkbazar, Chittagong, Bangladesh
website = http://www.iiuc.ac.bd

History

Private university culture in Bangladesh started in the early 90s. During that period, the government and the intellectual and civil society in Bangladesh started to feel that the existing public universities were not sufficient to meet the high, constantly increasing demand for tertiary education in the country. Moreover, to maintain their quality of education, most of the reputed public universities in Bangladesh kept themselves extremely selective and as a result each year a large number of students failed to get admitted into higher educational institutions. These issues led the government to permit the establishment of private universities, and on 9 August, 1992, the Private University Act (Act 34) 1992 was passed. Within the next five years, a good number of private universities were established and started to perform successfully, and International Islamic University Chittagong has been one of them.

Campus

The university has three campuses. One is called "Main campus" located in Chawkbazar, Chittagong. There is another special campus only for female students also in Chawkbazar and the third one is "Permanent campus" located in Kumira. The total space used for academic and administrative purposes is around 4,59,990 square feet.Fact|date=March 2008

Degrees Offered

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

Departments ::

• Arts & Humanities [ [http://www.iiuc.ac.bd/Faculties/faculty_arts_humanities.html] IIUC Arts & Humanities Department]
  • 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 [ [http://www.iiuc.ac.bd/Faculties/faculty_business_studies.html] IIUC Arts & Humanities Department]
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) [Regular]
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) [Executive]
  • Master of Bank Management (MBM)
  • Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
• Law [ [http://www.iiuc.ac.bd/Faculties/faculty_laws.html] IIUC Arts & Humanities Department]
  • Bachelor of Law (LLB Hons.)
  • Bachelor of Law (LLB Pass)
• Faculty of Science & Engineering [ [http://www.iiuc.ac.bd/Faculties/faculty_modern_sciences.html] IIUC Arts & Humanities Department]
  • Modern science.
    • 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 [ [http://www.iiuc.ac.bd/Faculties/faculty_shariah.html] IIUC Arts & Humanities Department]
  • 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

Library

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: [ [http://www.iiuc.ac.bd/Features/library_facilities.html] Libraries of IIUC]

Sl. No.	Faculties	Titles	Copies
1	Faculty of Shari’ah	4,972	22,666
2	Faculty of Science & Engineering	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: [ [http://www.iiuc.ac.bd/Features/library_facilities.html] Libraries of IIUC]

Achievements

About achievements [ [http://www.iiuc.ac.bd/Features/ugc_baete_ranking.html] IIUC Website UGC BAETE] :

"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.

Hostel facilities

IIUC is very much concern in providing accommodation [cite web|last=Hostel Facilities for Male and Female Students|url=http://www.iiuc.ac.bd/Features/hostel_facilities.php|title=Accommodation|accessdate=2008-03-17] service to their students. This university will, in course time, be the first residential one in private university category. At present the hostels are as following:

Campus	Hostels	Number
Main Campus (Chittagong City)	Male	3
Main Campus (Chittagong City)	Female	1
Permanent Campus (Kumira)	Male	4
Dhaka Campus	Male	1
Dhaka Campus	Female	1

cholarships

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 [ [http://www.iiuc.ac.bd/] IIUC Website] :

"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 [ [http://www.iiuc.ac.bd/Features/scholarship_financial_Asst.html] IIUC Financial Assistance]

International Collaboration

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 [ [http://www.iiuc.ac.bd/Features/credit_transfer.html] IIUC International Collaboration] :

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

Event Organization

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 [ [http://www.iosn.net/south-asia/countries/bangladesh/news/5th-open-source-camp-concluded-at-iiuc-chittagong] IIUC Open Source Camp] 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.iiuc.ac.bd IIUC Main Academic Website]
* [http://www.iiucalumni.com IIUC Alumni Website]
* [http://www.iiucdc.org IIUC Dhaka campus Website]