Chittagong Independent University (CIU) started its journey in Chittagong in 1999 as an additional campus of Independent University Bangladesh (IUB). IUB and the founding trust pioneered the establishment of private universities in Bangladesh. CIU was formed by the same trust ESTCDT after the amendment by the private university Act. which required that the Chittagong Campus be registered as a separate university. Accordingly, CIU was founded on 6 February 2013 in succession.
CIU is unique among private universities. It has been providing quality education with international setup and world class facilities in Chittagong. CIU has been following North American Course curriculum with open credit system. As a result, students have a better choice to go abroad for higher studies. The faculty members and management personnel are all highly qualified with years of experience and are inherited from the then IUB. The faculty members have obtained degrees from renowned institutions at home and abroad and undertake research activities on a regular basis. They publish extensively in national and international academic journals, attend national and international conferences.
Our air-conditioned class-rooms equipped with multimedia and computer facilities, sophisticated Labs and Library have already given us the reputation of having the world class facilities in Chittagong. Ourstate-of-the-art IT facilities and WiFi-networked campus meet the demands of the 21st Century. The academic environment of CIU is complemented by a number of student clubs which organize round-the-year co-curricular events. One of the unique features of CIU is that it has been hosting the American Corner (an initiative of the US Embassy) in Chittagong for the last 10 years.
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Admission
The applicants have to pass the competitive admission test administered by the university. The admission examination tests each student's potential to successfully pursue the undergraduate or graduate degree programs.
Semesters
The academic year of the university incorporates two regular semesters(spring and autumn) and one short semester (summer). The duration of each semesters are:
- Spring Semester: January-May
- Summer Semester: June-July
- Autumn Semester: September-December
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Academics
The medium of instruction of all academic programs at CIU is English. Classes are conducted by full participation of students (discussion, question-answer, projects).
Programs
The schools offer both undergraduate and master's degrees. The academic programs gradually develop around the Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science and Faculty of Liberal Arts & Social Science.
Schools and departments
- School of Business
The School features:
- Dept. of Accounting
- Dept. of Finance
- Dept. of Marketing
- Dept. of Human Resource Management
- School of Engineering and Computer Science
The School features:
- Dept. of Computer Science
- Dept. of Computer Engineering
- Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
- Dept. of Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering
- School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
The School features:
- Dept. of English Language and Literature
- School of Law
- Dept. of Law
Facilities
- Library
The library of CIU is the collection of the knowledge and built up a balanced and rich collection in Business Administration, Science and Technology, Computer, Arts and Social Science. It is an open library system to students of CIU, which provides rich collection of books including journals, newsletter, thesis works, audio-visual materials and CDs. The library has online access to Emerald, Jstor, Oxford University Press Journal and Hinari. CIU has a fully functional digital library which has more than 10,000 documents stored in it - and continuously growing. These documents include not only books and articles on science and engineering, but also on ranging topics like language, philosophy, history, social science, etc. It also stores over 3,000 theses and dissertations of universities from all over the world. The system is accessible through the internet. All books and journals titles can be accessed through CIU library online databases.
- The American Corner
The campus has an American Corner for information on US. The American Corner provides basic reference materials on the United States, Internet terminals, video viewing facilities, and English-language tapes, as well as a growing section of guidebooks for students wanting to study at American universities. Chittagong's Corner established at the Chittagong Independent University, was the first in South Asia.
- Computer center
The computer center provides online facilities to all the students. There are over 150 computers in CIU. These are used by the students to perform their assignments, and for running engineering simulations.
- Lab facilities
CIU has physics lab, circuits lab, microprocessor and interfacing lab, digital signal processing lab, telecommunication lab, network lab, and machines lab. Among the equipments used for conducting laboratory classes in these labs include antenna and wave propagation trainer, spectrum analyzer, digital storage oscilloscope, digital and analogue communication trainer, fiber optics trainer, control system trainer, electrical machines training system, digital signal processing trainer, microprocessor trainer, industrial electronics training system, data communication and networking training system, mobile communication trainer. Besides these laboratories, CIU also has three fully equipped computer laboratories.;
- Internship / senior project
All students are required to take part in an industrial internship or senior project as part of their four-year program. The internship experience gives them a hands-on experience of working in an industrial environment; while the senior projects give them an exposure to conduct guided research work.
- Live In Field Experience
CIU has organizes a program named LFE (Live-In-Field Experience) through which every year they send their students to rural area to be knowledgeable about the village people, their life style, culture, value, belief and their attitude.
- Prayer room
The university has prayer rooms for students seeking spiritual assistance.
- Auditorium
The auditorium serves as an activity room for extra curricular activities. It is used as a venue for seminars meetings also for special classes, Business Presentations and cultural programs.
- Security services
The university is physically secured and protected by a security force. CIU has CCTV to monitor student activities surround the premises.
Clubs
- Independent University Alumni Association
- CIU Science & Engineering Club
- Andragogy Practicum Club
- Business Students' Society
- Environment Club
- Film Club
References
- http://www.ciu.edu.bd/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140529223221/http://www.ugc.gov.bd/university/details.php?code=115
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