Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology বাংলাদেশ প্রকৌশল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (Bangladesh Prokoushol Bishshobiddaloy)

It is commonly recognized as Public Engineering University in Bangladesh. It is the oldest Engineering institute in the county, and is regarded as the most excellent university for technological learning in Bangladesh. The medium of teaching is English.
once a year, about 1000 students get enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate programs to study engineering, architecture, planning and science in this institution. In undergraduate admission test, only top 10% students can get admitted among more than 10,000 selected candidates. The total number of teachers is about 500. The University has continued to expand over the last three decades. This includes the structure of new academic buildings, auditorium complex, halls of residence.

Times past

Dhaka Survey School was established in 1876 as a survey school for training surveyors. at Nalgola, in Old Dhaka to train surveyors for the then Government of Bengal of British India. Later, generous grants from Nawab Ahsanullah, a well-known Muslim patron of Education and member of the Nawab family of Dhaka enabled it to expand as a full fledged engineering school. Ahsanullah School of Engineering offered three-year diploma courses in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. In respect of the generous financial donation from the then Nawab of Dhaka, it was named after his father Khwaja Ahsanullah. It was moved to its present premises in 1912.
subsequent to the separation of India in 1947, it was upgraded to Ahsanullah Engineering College, as a Faculty of Engineering under the University of Dhaka, offering four-year bachelor's courses in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering.
In 1962, it was renamed as East Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology (EPUET). A partnership with the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (renamed Texas A&M University in 1963) was forged, and professors from A&M came to teach and to formulate the curriculum. During this period, EPUET offered courses in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, and Chemical engineering, and Architecture.
Following the liberation war of 1971, Bangladesh became self-regulating, and EPUET was renamed to Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).
In 2007, BUET celebrated 60 years of engineering education in Bangladesh by arranging a series of programs and events.

Faculties and departments

BUET is the top technical university in Bangladesh with tough and different research and teaching programs in the seventeen departments under five faculties.

•  Faculty of Architecture
• Department of Architecture (ARCH)
• Department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP)
• Department of Humanities (HUM)

• Faculty of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
• Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE)
• Department of Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)

• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME)
• Department of Industrial & Production Engineering (IPE)
• Department of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering(NAME)

• Faculty of Civil Engineering
• Department of Civil Engineering (CE)
• Department of Water Resources Engineering (WRE)

• Faculty of Engineering
• Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE)
• Department of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering (MME)
• Department of Glass and Ceramic Engineering (GCE)
• Department of Chemistry (Chem)
• Department of Mathematics (Math)
• Department of Physics (Phys)
• Department of Petroleum & Mineral Resources Engineering (PMRE)

Institutes

At present there are four institutes in BUET were established for the advancement of knowledge and development of human resources in the respective branch of engineering and technology. These institutes offer postgraduate diplomas and Masters degree.

• Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM)
• Institute of Appropriate Technology (IAT)
• Institute of Information and Communication Technology
• Accident Research Institute (ARI)

Research Centers

For research the expertise at the university, its teachers and the laboratory facilities are available to other organizations of the country. A separate institution – Bureau of Research, Testing and Consultation ( BRTC ) has been formed to oversee these activities.
Postgraduate research works are now among the primary functions of the university. All the departments carry out their own research programs. The faculties undertake pioneering works in various fields.

• Centre for Energy Studies (CES)
• Centre for Environmental and Resource Management (CERM)
• Biomedical Engineering Centre (BEC)
• Bureau of Research, Testing and Consultation (BRTC)
• International Training Network Centre (ITN)
• Bangladesh Network Office for Urban Safety (BNUS), BUET

Library

 

The BUET Central Library has its own separate building approximately 20,000 square feet in space and is in close vicinity to the other academic buildings.It central library has a great compilation of books, journals, periodicals and monographs of the relevant engineering fields. The Central library has a collection of over 132,000 volumes and 218 current periodical subscriptions. Per year 1500 volume are added to this library. It also has a free internet browsing facility and a rental library program. There are also departmental libraries in each department and a hall library in each of the residence halls.

Undergraduate enrollment

Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Building at BUET

The Undergraduate admission test is one of the most intensive written examinations in Bangladesh as BUET only offers a limited number of seats in each academic year. For this reason the brilliant students of Bangladesh get the chance to get admission to this university.
 After completion of higher secondary level (HSC) education, a student can submit her or his application for undergraduate admission if he/she fulfills the minimum requirements. Students with the best grades in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and English of their higher secondary examination are allowed to take the admission test. After the screening process allows 8000 students to sit for the admission test, based on the cumulative sum of GPAs in these four subjects. After the admission test, only about 1000 students get admitted. However, for admission to M.S. and Ph. D. programs candidates are required to appear in interviews and/or written tests.
There are 26 seats for foreign students in undergraduate level. The pre-requisite qualification for admission is H.S.C. or GCE A level or its equivalent with good grades in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Tuition and other fees per year is US$1000 (one thousand US dollar) and approximate cost for food, lodging etc. is US$100 (one hundred US dollar) per month. Maximum 10 students from a single country are allowed for admission.
Undergraduate Courses are offered in-

Civil engineering building

• Faculty of Architecture
• Dept. of Architecture
• Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning
• Faculty of Civil Engineering
• Dept. of Civil Engineering
• Dept. of Water Resources Engineering
• Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
• Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
• Dept. of Industrial Production Engineering
• Dept. of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
• Faculty of Engineering
• Dept. of Chemical Engineering
• Dept. of Material and Metallurgical Engineering

Post graduate enrollment

For admission to the courses leading to a Master’s degree (M.Sc. Engg./ M.Engg./ M.Arch./ MURP/ M.Sc.) an applicant must have a minimum GPA of 3.50 out of 5.00 or a first division or equivalent in any one of S.S.C. and H.S.C. or in equivalent examinations and must not have a GPA less than 2.00 out of 5.00 or a third division or equivalent in any of the aforementioned examinations and must have at least 50% marks or a minimum GPA of 2.50 out of 4.00 or its equivalent in B.Sc. Engg./ M. A or M. Sc. or MSS/ B. Arch./ BURP in the relevant branch. For admission to the courses leading to an M.Phil. degree an applicant similar criteria fulfilling relevant courses. For admission to the programs leading to Ph.D. degree,all the above criteria must be mate along with minimum GPA of 2.75 out of 4.00 or equivalent in M. Sc. Engg. / M. Engg. / M. Phil / MURP / M. Arch. / M. Sc. (WRD) degree in the relevant branch.
Post graduate courses are M.Sc (Masters of Science), M.Sc Engg. (Masters of Science in Engineering), M. Engg (Masters of Engineering),MURP (Master of Urban and Regional Planning), M.Arch (Master of Architecture) and Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy). Ph.D, M.Sc Engg and M. Engg are offered for

• Environmental Engineering (M.Sc., M. Engg., Ph.D)
• Civil Engineering (Geotechnical)(M.Sc., M. Engg., Ph.D)
• Civil Engineering (Structural)(M.Sc., M. Engg., Ph.D)
• Civil Engineering (Transportation)(M.Sc., M. Engg., Ph.D)
• Civil Engineering (Environmental)(M.Sc., M. Engg., Ph.D)
• Water Resources Engineering (M.Sc., M. Engg., Ph.D)
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering (M.Sc., M. Engg., Ph.D)
• Computer Science and Engineering (M.Sc., M. Engg., Ph.D)
• Chemical Engineering(M.Sc., M. Engg., Ph.D)
• Materials and Metallurgical Engineering(M.Sc., M. Engg., Ph.D)
• Petroleum and Mineral Resources Engineering(M.Sc., M. Engg., Ph.D)
• Mechanical Engineering(M.Sc., M. Engg., Ph.D)
• Industrial and Production Engineering(M.Sc., M. Engg., Ph.D)
• Advanced Engineering Management (M.Sc., M. Engg., Ph.D)
• Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering(M.Sc., M. Engg., Ph.D)
• Water Resources Development (Diploma, M.Sc. and Ph.D)
• Information and Communication Technology (Diploma, M.Sc. and M. Engg.)
• Management of Technology (M.Sc.)
• Chemistry (M.Phil and Ph.D)
• Mathematics(M.Phil and Ph.D)
• Physics(M.Phil and Ph.D)

Student life

There are eight residence halls to provide housing for BUET students. The Shahid Smriti Hall is reserved for young teachers who do not have an official quarter in the campus and for the graduate students. The Chatri Hall is for female students, and the remaining six halls are for male students studying in the undergraduate level. Designs of these halls bear the history and architecture of different time.:

• Titumir Hall
• Ahsanullah Hall
• Chatri Hall
• Dr. M. A. Rashid Hall
• Nazrul Islam Hall.
• Sher-e-Bangla Hall
• Suhrawardy Hall
• Shahid Smriti Hall

 

 

 

 

Student organizations

• House of Volunteers : BUET
• Satyen Bose Club (Science Club)
• BUET Rover Group
• BUET Literary Society
• Kantha BUET (Recitation Group)
• Sheba BUET
• Water Resources Engineering Students' Association(WRESA)
• Students Assiociation of Material and Metallurgical Engineering (SAMME)
• Civil Engineering Students Association (CESA)
• Association of Computer and Electrical Students (ACES)
• Urban and Regional Planning (URP)Students'Association of BUET (USAB)
• Association of Industrial and Production Engineers, Bangladesh (AIPEBD)
• Murchhona:BUET
• Safety Movement BUET
• Environment Watch : BUET
• BUET Journalist Society
• BUET Chess Club
• IEEE BUET Student Branch
• Chemical Engineering Students Association

Awards

• BUET teams participated in the IEEE Myron Zucker Student Design Contest in 2001, placed first, Chicago, USA
• BUET teams participated in the Asia-Pacific Robot Contest ABU ROBOCON 2005 Beijing and was awarded the Panasonic Award.
• BUET student won the 2006 IEEE Region 10 Student Paper Contest.
• BUET won the Student Enterprise Award in 2007 from IEEE.
• BUET won the IEEE Vibrant Student Branch Award 2008 in IEEE Region 10 Student Congress in 2007 from IEEE

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