Chittagong Independent University (Bengali: চিটাগং ইনডিপেন্ডেন্ট ইউনিভার্সিটি or CIU) is a private university in Chattogram, Bangladesh. It started its journey in Chittagong in 1999 as an additional campus of Independent University Bangladesh (IUB). IUB and the founding trust pioneered the establishment of private universities in Bangladesh. CIU was formed by the same trust ESTCDT after the amendment by the private university Act. which required that the Chittagong campus be registered as a separate university. Accordingly, CIU was founded on 6 February 2013 in succession.
