Monday, July 23, 2012

About Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology


 About BUET:


Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. BUET is single of the mainly important institutions for top studies in the country. About 5500 students are pursuing scholar and postgraduate studies in engineering, architecture, planning and science in this institution. At present, BUET has sixteen teaching departments under five faculties and it has three institutes. Every year the intake of scholar students is around 900, while the intake of regulate students in Masters and PHD programs is around 1000. A total of about five hundred teachers are teaching in these departments and institutes. There are added teaching posts like Dr. Rashid Professor, Professor Emeritus and Supernumerary Professors.

The BUET site is in the heart of Dhaka – the capital city of Bangladesh. It has a compressed campus with halls of dwelling inside walking distance of the academic buildings. The physical expansion of the University over the last three decades has been imposing with structure of new academic buildings, auditorium complex, halls of residence, etc.

BUET is the oldest institution for the study of Engineering and Architecture in Bangladesh. The history of this institution dates back to the days of Dhaka Survey School which was recognized at Nalgola, in Old Dhaka in 1876 to train Surveyors for the then Government of Bengal of British India. As the years passed, the Survey School became the Ahsanullah School of Engineering offering three-year diploma courses in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. In recognition of the generous financial contribution from the then Nawab of Dhaka, it was named after his father Khawja Ahsanullah. It enthused in the direction of its present premises in 1912. In 1947, the School 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 order to create facilities for postgraduate studies and research, Ahsanullah Engineering College was upgraded to the rank of a University in 1962 and was named East Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology. After the war of Liberation in 1971, Bangladesh became an independent state and the university was renamed as the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.

 


Administration
The Chancellor of the University
Md. Zillur Rahman
Honorable President, The Peoples Republic of Bangladesh

The Vice-Chancellor
Prof. Dr. S. M. Nazrul Islam

The Pro-Vice-Chancellor
Prof. Dr. M. Habibur Rahman

The University Syndicate
Chairman
Prof. Dr. S. M. Nazrul Islam, Vice-Chancellor, BUET
Members
Prof. Dr. Md. Habibur Rahman, Pro Vice-Chancellor, BUET
Director General, Secondary and Higher Education, Govt. of Bangladesh
Director General, Technical Education, Govt. of Bangladesh
Dean, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, BUET
Dean, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BUET
Prof. Dr. Khondoker Bazlul Haque, International Business Department, University of Dhaka
Prof. Dr. Dipak Kanti Das, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, BUET
Prof. Md. Muhibur Rahman, Director, Center for Advanced Research in Physical, Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Science, Dhaka University
Prof. Dr. Sultana Shafi, Dept. of Physics, Dhaka University
Prof. Dr. Nasreen Ahmed, Dept. of Geography, Dhaka University

Deans of Faculties

Heads of Departments
Prof. Dr. Md. Aminul Islam

Directors of Institutes, Centers & Others
Prof. Dr. Md. Kamal Uddin

Provosts of Residential Halls
Ahsan Ullah Hall
Dr. Mohammad Jahangir Alam
Nazrul Islam Hall
Titumir Hall
Dr. Goutam Kumar Saha
Sher-e-Bangla Hall
Suhrawardy Hall
Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman
Shahid Smritiy Hall
Prof. Dr. G.M. Tarekul Islam
Chattri Hall
Mrs. Shamim Ara Hassan
Dr. M.A. Rashid Hall

Other Administrative Officers
Registrar
Prof. Dr. Abu Siddique

Comptroller

Md. Jashim Uddin Akanda
Controller of Examinations
Prof. Dr. Moazzem Hossain
Librarian (in-charge)
Suraiya Begum
Chief Engineer
M.M. Abdul Alim
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Md. Shahjahan

The University has also the following Statutory Authorities:
The organization is the supreme authority in major policy-making matters and in approving recommendation. The Finance Committee, the Planning and Development Committee and other committees assist the Syndicate in matters important for proper functioning of the University. The Academic Council is the supreme body for formulating academic rules and regulations to which the CASR, Boards of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Studies and the Faculties recommend.

Administrative Offices of the University


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