| Mohammad Rafiqul Alam | |
| Native Name: | মোহাম্মদ রফিকুল আলম |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | Vice-chancellor |
| Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology | |
| Termstart: | 27 April 2016 |
| Termend: | 16 August 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Md. Jahangir Alam |
| Succeeded: | Prof. Dr. Mahmud Abdul Matin Bhuiyan |
| Birth Place: | Chittagong District, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Alma Mater: | Chittagong Engineering College |
| Occupation: | Professor, university administrator |
Mohammad Rafiqul Alam is a Bangladeshi academic and former vice-chancellor of the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology.[1] [2] He is the president of the Association of Universities of Bangladesh (Bangladesh Bishwabidyalaya Parishad).[3]
Alam was born in 1958 in Mariam Nagar, Rangunia, Chittagong District, East Pakistan, Pakistan (now in Rangunia Upazila, Bangladesh).[4] [5] His father was Abdul Hossian and his mother was Khairunessa. He did his bachelor's degree in electrical and electronic engineering at the Chittagong Engineering College (now Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology) in 1979.[6] He did his master's degree in engineering and his PhD.
Alam joined the Chittagong Engineering College in 1982 as a lecturer. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1986.
Alam served as the dean of the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering. He is the president of the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology Library Committee.[7] Alam was promoted to associate professor in 2007.
In March 2013, Alam was appointed the pro-vice chancellor of the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology.[8] He was the first pro-vice chancellor of the university since it was founded in 2003.
On 27 April 2016, Alam was appointed the vice-chancellor of the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology. He was reappointed vice-chancellor of the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology in August 2020. He is the president of the Association of Universities of Bangladesh (Bangladesh Bishwabidyalaya Parishad), a grouping of vice-chancellors of vice-chancellors of public universities in Bangladesh.[9]
Alam voiced support for the re-election of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at an event of the Bangladesh Chhatra League at the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology in October 2023.[10] He said Islam was the "perfect way of life" at an event marking the birth of the Islamic prophet Mohammad at the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology.[11]