University of Science & Technology Chittagong (USTC) (Bengali: বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় চট্টগ্রাম) is the first private Research university in Chittagong, Bangladesh. At first, it was established with the sponsorship of a private charity on May 13, 1989. Later it was upgraded to USTC as a full phased university under the Private University Act of 1992.

When USTC was founded in 1989, it had only two professors and nine lecturers. Now the number of full-time teachers is 285. USTC has 4,200 students. Among these, over 30% are foreign students, from India, Nepal, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bhutan,Jordan,Palestine, and the United States,among others.

• Professor Dr. Mohammad Solaiman ( present )
• Professor Dr. Md. Jahangir Alam
• Prominent National Professor Dr. Nurul Islam (physician)

• Department of Computer Science & Engineering
• Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
• Department of Electric & Telecommunication Engineering
• Allied Science

• Department of Medicine [MBBS]
• Department of Pharmacy
• Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology.

• Department of Public Health.

• Department of Business Administration.
• Finance and Banking

• Department of English Language & Literature

• Association of the Universities of Asia and the Pacific

• Universiti Teknologi Petronas
• Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
• National University of Malaysia
• University of Technology Malaysia
• Taylor's University
• Multimedia University
• Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University

They Have a Research Center on their own.

Majors	Publication / Citation
Biology	568 / 9,168
Medicine	528 / 7,896
Chemistry	518 /6,259
Engineering	389 / 4,516
Computer Science	377 / 5,211
Physics	332 /3,623
Environmental Science	318 / 4,832
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences	288 / 5,352
Genetics	282 / 3,137
Biochemistry	275 / 5,336
Pathology	245 / 5,367
Psychology	240 / 4,404
Quantum and Particle physics	219 / 2,346
Organic Chemistry	214 / 2,569
Mathematics	185 / 3,151
Statistics	167 / 2,964
Ecology	165 / 2,612
Psychiatry	164 / 3,523
Surgery	160 / 3,019
Geology	151 / 2,245
Business	140 / 2,324
Geography and Cartography	139 / 2,377
Artificial Intelligence (AI)	138 / 1,792
Political Science	134 / 3,346
Materials Science	131 / 1,130
Electrical Engineering	128 / 1,530
Immunology	126 / 1,611
Law	125 / 2,810
Pharmacology	120 / 1,338
Sociology	111 / 964
Philosophy	108 / 1,274
Economics	105 / 1,905
Paleontology	102 / 2,016
Botany	101 / 1,607
Nursing	99 / 2,568
Radiology and Nuclear medicine	90 / 813
Bioinformatics and Computational biology	88 / 2,143
Machine Learning	85 / 1,354
History	83 / 2,127
Telecommunications	79 / 1,353

Institute of Applied Health Sciences (IAHS) was founded in 13 May 1989 with 42 students by Dr. Nurul Islam. It got affiliated with Chittagong Medical University in 2017.

• Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council(BMDC)
• Recognized by WHO
• Approved by Medical Council of India & Nepal Medical Council

Students	Percentage	Country
Local	70%	Bangladesh
Foreign	30%	India, Nepal, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bhutan among others.

It is other campus building of USTC, Where taught:

• Faculty Of Science, Engineering & Technology (FSET).
• Department of Computer Science & Engineering
• Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
• Department of Electric & Telecommunication Engineering
• Faculty of Basic Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Department of Pharmacy
• Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology.
• Department of Public Health.
• Faculty of Business Administration.
• Faculty of Social Science and Humanities.
• Department of English Language & Literature.

The university's 220-bed teaching hospital, Bangabandhu Memorial Hospital(BBMH), is the largest private hospital in Chittagong.

USTC owns seven-storied library building. The library has three sections comprised by modern technology and has accommodation for 150 readers at a time. USTC provides well-stocked resources for its students in the library. They are as follows:

• Books 6791 +
• Journals 5021 +
• Books supplied by the British council Library on long-term loan, Chittagong 50 copies (renewable).
• Audio and Video Cassettes 100 +
• Reference resources 190 +
• 4.5 million documents
• Access to up 194,000 leading journals and books in the fields of health, agriculture, environment, applied sciences and legal information

They Have Faculty and Department Wise Seminar Library.

The university has hostels for male and female students:

• Gulmeher Hall for female students

It can accommodate both foreign and non-local female students. There is one hostel available for male students:

• Syedur Rahman International Hall

It is for foreign students which is located within the campus grounds.

One of the unique feature of USTC is about its auditorium called Mawlana Bhashani Ausitorium. There is a gallery available for 1000 audience members. The auditorium is ideally suited for conference and seminar.

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  Bangabandhu Memorial Hospital (BBMH)USTC
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  Institute of Applied Health Sciences (IAHS)
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  Institute of Applied Health Sciences (IAHS)
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  View of Gulmeher Hall
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  View of the Mawlana Bhashani Ausitorium of USTC
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  View of the Academic Block "D" Building

Each Departments of the university has lab under specific Department.

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  Medicinal Plant of Pharmacy Department
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  Dept. wise Seminar Library

The university has an arrangement of extra curricular activities for its students.

• sports and games
• Debates
• Seminars and cultural activities
• BBtech Science Club
• BBtech Research Club
• Chess Club
• USTC Cultural Club

All extra curricular activities are held by Student Welfare Council of USTC.

• Amir Hamja,photojournalist, The New York Times
• AFM Solaiman Chowdhury, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles and Jute

• USTC Official Website