The cabinet approved the draft bill Chandpur Science and Technology University (CSTU) Act 2019 on 23 December 2019.

[1][2] The bill to establish Chandpur University of Science and Technology (CSTU) was passed in the parliament on 9 September 2020.

In January 2022, reports surfaced that between December 2019, when the university was approved by the cabinet, and April 2021.

Permanent campus of this university is under construction in Lakkhipur Union of Chandpur Sadar.

Now its academic activities are going on in a temporary campus located in Wapda Gate, Mothkhola, Comilla Road, Chandpur-3600.