| Abdul Mannan | |
| Office: | Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chittagong |
| Term Start: | 6 November 1996 |
| Term End: | 13 February 2001 |
| Predecessor: | Rafiqul Islam Chowdhury |
| Successor: | Md. Fazle Hossain |
| Office1: | 12th Chairman of University Grants Commission |
| Term Start1: | 7 May 2015 |
| Term End1: | 7 May 2019 |
| Successor1: | Yusuf Ali Mollah |
| Occupation: | university academic, professor |
| Nationality: | Bangldeshi |
| Alma Mater: | University of Dhaka University of Hawaii Miami University |
| Birth Place: | Chittagong |
Abdul Mannan is a Bangladeshi educator. He served as the 12th chairman of University Grants Commission of Bangladesh during 2015–2019 and the vice-chancellor of the University of Chittagong during 1996–2001.
Mannan earned his master's in Management from the University of Dhaka in 1972.[1] He completed his graduate and post-graduate studies from the University of Hawaii and the Miami University in 1978.[2]
Mannan started his career when he joined the Department of Management of the University of Chittagong as a lecturer in 1973.[3] He conducted advanced research on international commerce in Ohio State University in 1989.[4]
In 1996, Mannan became the youngest vice-chancellor of the country when was appointed at the University of Chittagong.[2]
In 2005, Mannan took an early retirement from the University of Chittagong. He then became an Advisor to the board of trustees and a full-time Professor in the Business School of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). He also served as a professor in the Department of Business and the Dean of Faculties at the East West University.[2]
During his term as chairman of the University Grants Commission Mannan banned Private Universities from admitting students with GED certificates in 2018.[5]