Sunday, December 11, 2011

International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC)



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International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) is one of the Government approved Private Universities in Bangladesh.
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International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) is one of the Government Approved private Universities in Bangladesh. The credit for the idea of establishing this University goes to Islamic University Chittagong Trust (IUCT), which is the founder organization of the University. The Trust is a non-political and non-profit voluntary organization, registered with the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh under the Societies Act XXI of 1860. Under the aegis of IUCT and the grace of Allah (Swt), Islamic University Chittagong got the Government Approval on February 11, 1995 and the University was founded in the same year accordingly.

In 2004 IIUC was recognized as one of the 9 Top-graded (out of 52) Private Universities by Government-appointed High Powered Team led by the UGC Chairman. At present it is the largest private University with 287 (183 Full Time) teachers and around 6000 students from home and abroad. The total space used for academic and administrative purposes is around 4,59,990 sft. A good number of full time teachers are studying abroad for higher degrees with IIUC scholarship.
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History

Private university culture in Bangladesh started in the early 1990s. 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 increasing demand for tertiary education in the country. To maintain their quality of education, most of the reputed public universities in Bangladesh kept themselves selective and, as a result, a large number of students failed to get admitted into higher education institutions.
These issues led the government to permit the establishment of private universities. On 9 August 1992, the Private University Act (Act 34) 1992 was passed. Within the next five years, a number of private universities were established. The International Islamic University Chittagong has been one of them. The students get here moral education with the courses they demand.

Degrees offered

The university offers several undergraduate and postgraduate degrees as stated below:

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[edit]Faculty of Science & Engineering[3]

  • Department of Computer and Communication Engineering (CCE): Bachelor of Science in Computer and Communication Engineering (B.Sc. in CCE)
  • Department of Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering (ETE):[4] Bachelor of Science in Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering (B.Sc. in ETE)
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE): Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering (B.Sc. in CSE), Professional Diploma in Computer Science (DCS)
  • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE): Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (B.Sc. in EEE)
  • Department of Pharmacy, Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.)

[edit]Faculty of Arts & Humanities[5]

  • English Language and Literature (ELL): Master of Arts in English Language and Literature, Masters of Arts in English Language Teaching (ELT), Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in English Language and Literature
  • Arabic Language and Literature (ALL), Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Arabic Language and Literature

[edit]Faculty of Business Studies[6]

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) [Regular]
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) [Executive]
  • Master of Bank Management (MBM)
  • Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

[edit]Faculty of Law[7]

  • Bachelor of Law (LLB Hons.)
  • Bachelor of Law (LLB Pass)

[edit]Faculty of 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

[edit]Library

There are seven libraries in IIUC, listed here with area information and number of books:
Qatar Central Library
Sl. No.Library nameSpace (sft)
1Qatar Central Library, Permanent Campus, Kumira33,000
2Main Campus Library-City Campus, Chittagong3,000
3Female Campus Library, Chittagong2,000
4ELL Seminar Library, Chittagong1,000
5DBA Seminar Library, Chittagong3500
6Health Campus Library, Chittagong1,500
7Dhaka Campus Library, Dhaka2,500
Total[9]43,500
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[9]
8,404
82,643

[edit]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 (BAETE) for fulfilling all requirements in its CSE and CCE programs; it is the first private university in Bangladesh accredited by BAETE.[10]

[edit]Hostel facilities

Hostel accommodation is available;[11] The hostels are as follows:
Campus
Hostels
Number
Main Campus (Chittagong City)
Male
3
Main Campus (Chittagong City)
Female
1
Permanent Campus (Kumira)
Male
4
Dhaka Campus
Male
3
Dhaka Campus
Female
3

[edit]Scholarships

IIUC offers scholarships in each semester.[2]
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.
More about its financial assistance for the students can be found in [13] IIUC Financial Assistance].

[edit]International collaboration

IIUC has signed for 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:[12]

Central Mosque

[edit]Event organization

IIUC has organized 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, and Hardware and Software Fairs.
In August, 2007 it organized Open Source Campaign-5[13] 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, flexibilities and its opportunities in Bangladesh as well as in the whole world.