The Grand
Port City of Chittagong, once called the Porte Grande by the
Portuguese sailor-merchants, in Bangladesh did not have a public
university for long to meet the higher educational needs of the
students of Chittagong division. There was a growing demand for
a public university among the people of this region in which
various modern academic disciplines would be set up in order to
develop skilled and knowledgeable human resources. Keeping this
in view, the then Government of Pakistan decided to establish a
university, to be called the University of Chittagong in the
mid-sixties. The decision was gradually implemented at different
phases. The major growth of this university occurred during the
period following the emergence of Bangladesh as a sovereign
country in 1971. Originally, the Government of Pakistan planned
to develop it as a fully residential public university, but this
goal could not be materialized at any point of time due to
non-availability of adequate funds from relevant sources.
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