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Chittagong
University
of
Engineering
&
Technology (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম
প্রকৌশল
বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়),
commonly
referred
to
as CUET
is
a
public
engineering university
in
Bangladesh located
in Raozan
Upazila under Chittagong
District.
Established
in
1968,
this
university
is
a
government
funded
autonomous
self
degree
awarding
institution,
maintaining
special
emphasis
on
teaching
and
research
of engineering, technology, architecture and planning under
five
faculties
and
seventeen
academic
departments.CUET
is
situated
in
the district
of
Chittagong under Chittagong
Division.
It
is
in
the
Pahartali
union
under Raozan
sub-district,
by
the
north
side
of
the
Chittagong-Kaptai
road
about
20
kilometers
from
the
center
of Chittagong.
The
420
Megawatt Raozan
Thermal
Power
Plant is
situated
opposite
to
the
campus. Karnaphuli
Hydroelectric
Power
Station,
the
largest
source
of hydroelectricity of
the
country,
is
situated
in Kaptai,
about
25
kilometers
from
CUET.
Language
Movement
Monument
To
meet
the
increasing
demand
of
professional
engineers
for
the
national
development,
the
National
Economic
Council
of
the Government
of
Pakistan decided
to
establish
The
Engineering
College,
Chittagong
on
August
28,
1962.
The
Engineering
College,
Chittagong,
started
functioning
on
December
28,
1968,
by
admitting
120
students
in
its
first
academic
session
under
the
faculty
of
Engineering, University
of
Chittagong.
On
1
July
1986,
through
a
Government
Ordinance
(No.
XXI,
1986)
the
college
was
converted
into
an autonomous institution
called Bangladesh
Institute
of
Technology
(BIT),
Chittagong.
There
were
three
other
similar
BITs
in Khulna, Rajshahi and Dhaka.
The President
of
Bangladesh was
the
visitor
of
these
institutes.
A
Board
of
Governors
headed
by
a
Chairman
appointed
by
the
President
was
the
policy-making
and
administrative
authority
which
had
its
head
office
at
Tejgaon,
Dhaka.
Though
the
BIT,
Chittagong
was
said
to
be
an
autonomous
institution
there
was
various
complexity
in
the
administration,
control,
budget,
admission,
development
and
other
processes
of
the
institution.
On
September
1,
2003,
it
was
a
historic
moment
when
the
BIT,
Chittagong
was
converted
into
a
fully
autonomous
public
university
&
named Chittagong
University
of
Engineering
and
Technology or CUET for
short,
after
the
teachers
and
students
of
BIT,
Chittagong
started
huge
movement
demanding
university
status
for
all
four
BITs. The
honorable
President
of
Bangladesh
is
the
Chancellor
of
the
University. BIT,
Khulna; BIT,
Rajshahi and BIT,
Dhaka have
been
converted
to Khulna
University
of
Engineering
and
Technology (KUET), Rajshahi
University
of
Engineering
and
Technology (RUET),
and Dhaka
University
of
Engineering
and
Technology
(DUET) respectively.
At
present,
the
university
is
a
fully
autonomous
statutory
organization
of
the Government
of
Bangladesh which
awards
degrees
itself
to
the
graduates.
There
are
various
statutory
bodies
like
syndicate,
academic
council,
finance
committee,
planning,
and
development
committee,
academic
committees,
etc.
for
policy
and
decision-making
on
aspects
of
the
university
under
the
framework
of
the
Act.
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