BGC Trust University Bangladesh

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BGC Trust University Bangladesh (Bengali: বিজিসি ট্রাস্ট বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় বাংলাদেশ) is a private university in Bangladesh, established in 2001. The university is 34 km from the port city Chittagong at a place popularly known as BGC Bidyanagar by the side of the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway. The main campus in Chandanaish, spread over 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land, consists of a private university, a private medical college, a 1,000-bed hospital, a nurses' institute, a dental college, a college of physiotherapy and an IT institute. The current vice-chancellor (VC) of the university is Professor Dr. Md. Manzoorul Kibria.

BGC Trust was founded by Engr. Afsar Uddin Ahmad. BGC Trust University is approved by the Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh.

BGC Trust University began in 2001 with 500 students. Now it has grown to more than 3,000 per year. The total number of students in 2023 is 3,033, consisting of 2,237 males and 796 females. Among these, 2,819 students are pursuing undergraduate degrees, while 214 are enrolled in postgraduate programs. In the academic year 2023, a new cohort of 1,121 students was admitted to the university, with 803 male and 318 female students.

(Major in Finance, Marketing, Human Resource Management, Management Information System, Accounting, International Business)

Dr. Md. Manzoorul Kibria (1 December 2025 - present ) Dr. A.F.M. Aowrangazab Dr. Saroj Kanti Singh Hazari Dr. Md. Nurul Mustafa

The academic year of the BGC Trust University Bangladesh has two semesters. The duration of each semester is six months.

Spring Session (January - June) Summer Session (July - December)

The Universal Grading System introduced by the University Grant Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh followed by the BGC Trust University Bangladesh. The total numerical marks obtained by a student in each course will be converted into Letter Grade (LG) and Grade Point (GP). According to the Grade Point, the GPA (Grade Point Average) and CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) will be calculated. The conversion of Letter Grade and Grade Point will be as follows:

Each department of this university has different clubs. For the students, these clubs regularly conduct different types of curricular and co-curriculum activities and organize various events inside and outside the campus

The BGC Trust University library has 50,000 books, a collection of print journals and other publications, and subscriptions to international academic journals. The library location at BGC Biddayanagar Campus.

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