The Institute of RUET

Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology

Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology
রাজশাহী প্রকৌশল ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Motto	ঐশী জ্যোতিই আমাদের পথ প্রদর্শক
Motto in English	Heaven's Light is Our Guide
Type	Public, Engineering
Established	1964
Chancellor	President of Bangladesh
Vice-Chancellor	Professor Dr Mohd. Rafiqul Alam Beg
Academic staff	182[1]
Administrative staff	389 (2014)
Students	2984 [2] (2014)
Undergraduates	2664 (2014)
Postgraduates	213 (2014)
Doctoral students	76 (2014)
Location	Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Campus	urban, 152 acres (0.61 km²)
Nickname	RUET
Website	www.ruet.ac.bd

Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (Bengali: রাজশাহী প্রকৌশল ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (Rajshahi Prokoushol o Projukti Bishshobidyalôy)) or RUET (Bengali : রুয়েট), formerly known as BIT Rajshahi, is the second oldest engineering university in Bangladesh.^{[citation needed}] It was founded in 1964 as a faculty of Engineering under the University of Rajshahi.
About 3000^[2] students are enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate engineering and science programs with over 200^[1] faculty members.

Location

RUET is on the north side of Rajshahi-Natore-Dhaka road at Talaimari, Kazla, 4 kilometers east of the education city of Bangladesh, Rajshahi, on 152 acres (0.62 km²) of land. Known as green campus with a large varieties of trees, the campus is by the side of the Padma River and Rajshahi University.

History

Academic Building

Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET) was founded in 1964 as a faculty of engineering with Professor Ahmad Ullah as its first principal, under the University of Rajshahi providing four-year bachelor's degrees in Civil, Electrical and Electronic and Mechanical Engineering. However, the institution could not achieve its goal because of the complicated management system: The administration was controlled by the Ministry of Education; academic curriculum by the University of Rajshahi; and the infrastructural development and maintenance by the Public Works Department. To circumvent these problems, several committees and commissions were formed since 1973. On the recommendation of these committees/commissions and having considered the practical aspects, autonomy was given to the four engineering colleges to make them centers of excellence of technology. A 15-member high-powered committee was formed, headed by Professor Dr. Wahid Uddin Ahmed, the then vice chancellor of BUET.
The consistent effort of this committee ultimately led to the establishment of four engineering colleges to Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT) in July 1986. But due to limited autonomy and some constitutional inadequacies of the BIT ordinance, the expected progress of the institutions could not be achieved. This ultimately necessitates re-framing the institutes as full-fledged universities. Due to the development of Engineering Education, it was appropriate to convert the four BITs to engineering and technological universities. The parliament passed the university bill that ultimately paved the way to commence the activities of university from 1 September 2003. The name of the BIT became Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology