University of Science & Technology Chittagong (USTC) is a private university in Bangladesh. The university was established with the sponsorship of a private charity on 13 May 1989. Previously it started as Institute of Applied Health Sciences (IAHS), later it was upgraded to USTC as a full phased university after the promulgation of the Private University Act, 1992. In January 2018 IAHS was renamed as Dr Nurul Islam Memorial Institute of Applied Health Science (DNIMIAHS) and its affiliation was changed from USTC to Chittagong Medical University.

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), established 10 January 1997, is one of the leading research universities in the region. In fact, it is the only private university in Malaysia ranked in Top 100 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and Times Higher Education (THE) Asian University Rankings.

It is wholly owned by Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), Malaysia’s fully integrated oil and gas multinational corporation ranked among the largest companies on FORTUNE Global 500®.

Chittagong officially known as Chattogram is a major coastal city and financial centre in southeastern Bangladesh. The city has a population of more than 2.5 million while the metropolitan area had a population of 4,009,423 in 2011, making it the second-largest city in the country. It is the capital of an eponymous District and Division. The city is located on the banks of the Karnaphuli River between the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Bay of Bengal. Modern Chittagong is Bangladesh's second most significant urban center after Dhaka.

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