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Hospital of USTC at the Main Campus in
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UNIVERSITY
OF SCIENCE
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TECHNOLOGY CHITTAGONG |
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Located at the picturesque site near Foy's Lake, the
USTC has opened up a new horizon for the quality
medical, pharmaceutical, business and modern technology
education in the country. The primary objective of
establishing USTC is to improve the quality and standard
of education in science and technology with special
emphasis on medical, pharmaceutical and social science.
It also aims at developing human resources at home and
in the developing countries with special emphasis on the
South Asia. |
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BACKGROUND
The University of Science & Technology Chittagong (USTC)
was established as a Private University soon after the
Private University Act 1992 came into force. National
Professor (Dr) N. Islam was appointed as the President
of the USTC by the Chancellor of the University and
President of People's Republic of Bangladesh. On 18
January 2000 the Chancellor of the University appointed
National Professor Dr. N. Islam as Vice Chancellor of
USTC for four years with retrospective effect from 13
May 1997. |
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NATIONAL PROF N. ISLAM
National Prof. N. Islam is the philosopher and architect
of the USTC. It is his dream which came true after years
of labours and cooperation from individuals and
organizations. Prof. N. Islam took personal interest in
developing the art and science of ultrasonography in
Bangladesh. Now the BIUMR has become pioneer in
ultrasound education throughout the whole world. |
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FACULTIES
USTC is now operating through four faculties which are:
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Faculty of Medicine
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Faculty of Basic Medical and Pharmaceutical
Science
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Faculty of Business Administration
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Faculty of Computer Science, Engineering
and Technology.
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INSTITUTES
USTC has three Institutes, which are:
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Institute of Applied Health Science. Offers MBBS.
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Bangladesh Institute of ultrasound in Medicine &
research. Offers Diploma in Medical ultrasound
diagnosis (DMUD)
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Bangladesh institute of family Medicine & research.
Offers family medicine Diploma ( FMD)
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The later two Institutes are situated in Dhaka
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STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
USTC began its academic journey as Institute of Applied
Health Science with 42 students, l 1 teachers including
two professors and nine lecturers.
Now the number of students of USTC is more than 1300 of
which more than one third are from abroad including
India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Palestine,
Jordan, KSE, USA, Malaysia, Sudan, Norway, etc.
The umber of full‑time teachers in two faculties is now
126. USTC believes in quality education for which the
first step is to procure good teachers. USTC procured
their teaching staff on the basis of academic
background, social activity and relationship,
intelligence and smartness. |
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STATUS OF THE USTC
USTC is approved by the Government of Bangladesh. It is
also recognized by
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Bangladesh Medical
and Dental Council Bangladesh Pharmacy Council
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World Health
Organization
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General Medical
Council of Great Britain
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Ireland Medical
Council
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Nepal Medical
Council
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Sri Lanka Medical
Council
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USTC is a full
Member of the International Network of
Community‑Oriented Health Science, Maastricht, the
Netherlands.
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BIUMR is affiliated
to Jefferson Ultrasound research & Education
Institute, Thomas Jefferson university, USA
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BIUMR is recognized by world Federation for Ultrasound
in Medicine & Biology
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