The University of Chittagong (Chittagong University) (Bangla: চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a public university situated at the suburban area of Hathazari, Chittagong district, Bangladesh. The university was established in 1966. The campus is at 22 km north to the Chittagong city. It has a shuttle train service from 7:00 AM to 9:30 PM for the students. There are bus services for the teachers and staff as well. The University of Chittagong is surrounded by hills, and bisected by a small stream which made this university a famous tourist spot across the country. Dr. Muhammad Yunus, who used to be a faculty member of this university, the founder of Grameen Bank, the pioneering figure in Microcredit theory of Economics, and the 2006 winner of Nobel Prize in peace, started his first microcredit experiments from this very campus at the neighbouring village of Zobra. Dr. Jamal Nazrul Islam, a notable mathematician and physicist, is an existing faculty member.. The university offers 4 Year Bachelor of Science (Honours) (B.Sc.), 1 Year Masters of Science (M.Sc.), both thesis and course work based, under the faculty of Science.