বাংলাদেশ টেক্সটাইল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় | |
Motto | Knowledge Is Power |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1921 (Upgraded to current form in 2010) |
Chancellor | President of Bangladesh |
Vice-Chancellor | Mashud Ahmed |
Students | 1,880 |
Undergraduates | 1,730 |
Postgraduates | 150 |
Location | Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Campus | Urban, 11.67 acres |
Colors | Magenta and White |
Website | butex |
The Bangladesh University of Textiles or BUTEX, informally known as Textile Engineering University, is the first-ever and only public university in Bangladesh specializing in Textile Engineering. It is one of the nine PhD granting research universities of Bangladesh.
BUTEX is the only university in Bangladesh and South Asia that specializes in Textile Engineering. It meets the need for advanced textile engineering and technology education in Bangladesh and the world.
Though the university was established on 22 December 2010 by an ordinance of the Ministry of Education, government of Bangladesh, BUTEX has a long history.
During the British colonial rule, in 1921 a weaving school was established in Narinda, Dhaka to provide textile technician education by offering artisan-level courses. It was named British Weaving School and later East Bengal Textile Institute, which was upgraded to offer diploma courses in textile technology and renamed East Pakistan Textile Institute in 1950. In 1960, the institute was transferred to its present campus at Tejgaon Industrial Area.
In 1978 the institute launched a four-year bachelor's degree in Textile Technology by affiliation with the University of Dhaka and was renamed College of Textile Engineering & Technology.
The erstwhile College of Textile Engineering & Technology had been an economically important institute under the administrative control of the Ministry of Education through Directorate of Technical Education which offered B.Sc. in Textile Technology/B.Sc. in Textile Engineering/B.Sc. in Textile Management courses as a constituent college of the University of Dhaka. The institute was established in 1950 offering diploma course in Textile Technology.
In 1978, the institute was upgraded into College of Textile Engineering & Technology and degree courses in Textiles under the University of Dhaka were introduced. Initially intake was only 60 per year and since the introduction of degree course, more than 2,800 Textile Engineers graduated from this institution. One of its former students, Dr. Mashiur Rahman who did his PhD from Leeds University, UK, is now working as professor, Textile Science department of University of Manitoba, Canada.