The university was founded in 2002 in the Blue Ocean Tower, with the approval of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh and the Government of Bangladesh's Ministry of Education. City University got the Permanent Certificate (Permanent Sanad) from Ministry of Education of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh on 23 October 2013. Historical photo of City University permanent campus. The university started with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and School of Business where they offered a Bachelor of Science and Engineering (CSE), Masters and Bachelor of Business Administration (MBA and BBA) and later grew with the addition of Department of English, Textiles Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, civil engineering, pharmacy, agriculture with the approval of the University Grants Commission. Since 2002, City University had eight thousand students.