Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
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{{Infobox_University |image=Image:BUET logo.png | |name=Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology |motto= |established=1962 | |type=Public |chancellor=Khaleda Zia | |vice_chancellor=Dr Ali Murtaza |city=Dhaka | |country=Bangladesh |students=4000 | |faculty=350 | |campus=Urban, 76.85 acres (0.31 km²)| |website=www.buet.ac.bd }} Image:BUET EME Building.jpg Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Bangla: বাংলাদেশ প্রকৌশল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) or BUET is regarded by some as the foremost Engineering University in Bangladesh. About five thousand students are enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate studies engineering, architecture, planning and science in this institution. The total number of teachers is over 400. The University has continued to expand over the last three decades with the construction of new academic buildings, auditorium complex, halls of residence etc.
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Location
The BUET campus is in the heart of the capital city of Dhaka. It has a compact campus with halls of residence within walking distances of the academic buildings. At present the campus occupies 76.85 acres (311,000 m²) of land. The academic area is confined in and around the old campus occupying 30.24 acres (122,000 m²) of land defined by shahid sharani, Bakshi Bazar road and the Asian Highway. This area accommodates five faculties, two institutes, the administrative building, the central library, main sports facilities, the auditorium complex, the BUET Club and eighty two units of residential accommodation of teachers, staff and employees and the Vice-Chancellor's bunglow.
History
BUET was established in the late 19th century as a survey school for training surveyors. Dhaka Survey School was established at Nalgola, in Old Dhaka in 1876 to train surveyors for the then Government of Bengal of British India. Later, generous grants from Nawab Ahsanullah, a renowned 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 recognition of the generous financial contribution from the then Nawab of Dhaka, it was named after his father Khawja Ahsanullah. It moved to its present premises in 1912.
After the partition 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.
After the liberation war of 1971, Bangladesh became independent, and EPUET was renamed to BUET.
Faculties and departments
- Faculty of Architecture & Planning
- Dept. of Architecture (Arch)
- Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning (URP)
- Dept. of Humanities (Hum)
- Faculty of Civil Engineering
- Dept. of Civil Engineering (CE)
- Dept. of Water Resources Engineering (WRE)
- Faculty of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
- Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE)
- Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)
- Faculty of Engineering
- Dept. of Chemical Engineering (Ch.E)
- Dept. of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering (MME)
- Dept. of Chemistry (Chem)
- Dept. of Mathematics (Math)
- Dept. of Physics (Phys)
- Dept. of Petroleum & Mineral Resources Engineering (PMRE)
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
- Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (ME)
- Dept. of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering (NAME)
- Dept. of Industrial & Production Engineering (IPE)
Halls of residence
Student dormitories (called halls in BUET) are important features in campus life. There are eight residential halls to provide housing for BUET students. The Shahid Smriti Hall is reserved for young teachers who don't have an official quarter in the campus and for postgraduate students. The Ladies Hall is for women, and the remaining six halls are for men studying in the undergraduate level.
These halls were built in different times. Different architectural designs of different age are prominent in the construction of these halls.
Administrative head of a hall is its provost, usually chosen from the more senior teachers of different faculties. And 3 Assistant Provosts also in the Authority of the Halls
The halls are mostly named after national heroes and leaders. These are listed below:
- Ahsanullah Hall
- Ladies Hall
- Dr. M. A. Rashid Hall
- Nazrul Islam Hall
- Shahid Smriti Hall
- Sher-e-Bangla Hall
- Sohrawardy Hall
- Titumir Hall
Trivia
- BUET has the remains of an Indian Mig-21 that crashed in Dhaka in the 1970s.
- BUET has participated in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest every year since 1998, achieving the 11th position in 2000.
- BUET has participated in the Asia-Pacific Robot Contest ABU ROBOCON 2005 Beijing and was awarded the Panasonic Award.
- BUET has perticipated in the The 2005 International Future Energy Challenge in 2005 and was awarded Honorable Mention award.
- BUET has perticipated in the The 2003 International Future Energy Challenge in 2003 and was awarded Honorable Mention award.