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{{infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Abdul Matin Chowdhury<br />
| native_name = আবদুল মতিন চৌধুরী<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| office = [[Vice-Chancellor]] of [[University of Dhaka]]<br />
| term_start = 13 April 1973<br />
| term_end = 22 September 1975<br />
| predecessor = [[Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury]]<br />
| successor = [[Muhammad Shamsul Huq]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|5|1|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Nandanpur village, [[Lakshmipur District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|6|24|1921|5|1|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
| occupation = University academic, physicist, professor<br />
| education = Ph.D. (atmospheric physics)<br />
| alma_mater = {{plainlist|<br />
* [[Dhaka College]]<br />
* [[University of Dhaka]]<br />
* [[University of Chicago]]<br />
}}<br />
| spouse = Razia Matin<br />
| resting_place = [[Mausoleum of Kazi Nazrul Islam]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Abdul Matin Chowdhury''' (1 May 1921 – 24 June 1981) was a Bangladeshi academic and physicist.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |chapter=Chowdhury, Abdul Matin|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Chowdhury,_Abdul_Matin |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Murshed|editor2-first=Md Mahbub|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> He served as the 14th [[Vice-chancellor]] of the [[University of Dhaka]].<br />
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==Education==<br />
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Chowdhury passed entrance examination from Arunchandra High School in [[Noakhali District]] in 1937 and intermediate from [[Dhaka College|Dhaka Intermediate College]] in 1939. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in physics from the [[University of Dhaka]]. He obtained Ph.D. in atmospheric physics from [[University of Chicago]] in 1949. He completed Ph.D. for the second time in 1961.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==Career==<br />
Chowdhury started his career as a meteorologist in the Pakistan Meteorology Department. He then joined as a [[Reader (academic rank)|reader]] in the Physics Department in University of Dhaka in 1950. He went on to become a professor in 1962 and the head of the Department during 1962–1967. He served as a member of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission during 1967–1970, Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Defence and the President's Scientific Advisor during 1970–1971.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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Chowdhury was a member of the selection committee for the Nobel Prize in Physics for Asian Region.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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In 1973, Chowdhury was appointed vice-chancellor of Dhaka University where he served until 1975.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Chowdhury was married to [[Razia Matin]] (1925–2012).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-232519|title=Razia Matin no more|date=2012-05-03|website=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
[[File:Grave of Abdul Matin Chowdhury (1921 – 1981) by the side of DU mosque, Ex VC of DU.jpg|thumb|Grave of Abdul Matin Chowdhury by the side of Dhaka University central mosque, Ex Vice-chancellor of Dhaka University.]]<br />
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