Vice-Chancellor Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury announced the decision after a meeting of provosts and proctorial body on Wednesday.
The date of the long-awaited polls has not been fixed, he said.
“The CUCSU election date will be finalised after completing some procedures,” he told bdnews24.com.
An all-party students’ panel defeated Islami Chhatra Shibir, the Jamaat-e-Islami’s student front, in the elections that year.
Md Nazim Uddin of Jatiya Chhatra League backed by now defunct BKSAL, was elected vice-president, Samajtantrik Chhatra Front’s Azim Uddin Ahmed general secretary, and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal’s Mahbubur Rahman Shamim assistant general secretary.
Different student organisations have been demanding CUCSU elections for a long time.
The demand peaked when Dhaka University held DUCSU elections on Mar 11 this year.
A committee will be formed to update the decades-old CUCSU polls guidelines, VC Iftekharuddin said.
“The date will be announced after creating an atmosphere favourable to elections,” he added.