ঢাকা প্রকৌশল ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, গাজীপুর
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Motto | প্রযুক্তিই প্রগতি |
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Type | Public, coeducational |
Established | 1980: College of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Dhaka Engineering college(ঢাকা ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং কলেজ) 1986: Bangladesh Institute of Technology, Dhaka(BITD), Dhaka 2003: DUET |
Chancellor | President of Bangladesh |
Vice-Chancellor | Professor Dr.Mohammed Alauddin |
Academic staff
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300 |
Students | 3000+ |
Location | Gazipur, Bangladesh |
Campus |
UrbanMap 20.29 acres (8.21 ha) (Main campus) 4 acres (1.6 ha) (Affiliated campus) |
Language | English |
Acronym | DUET, Gazipur |
Website | duet |
Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur (Bengali: ঢাকা প্রকৌশল ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, গাজীপুর) or DUET, Gazipur is a public university for the study of engineering in Bangladesh,which focuses on the study of engineering and architecture . It is one of the most popular engineering university of Bangladesh. The university offers four-year bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Industrial and Production Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Textile Engineering and Five-years Bachelor of Architecture. Only the Diploma in Engineering holders can avail themselves of enrolling here for bachelor's degree in Engineering and Architecture. It is one of the nine PhD granting research universities of Bangladesh.
Every year, around 540 students enroll in undergraduate programs to study engineering and architecture. In the undergraduate admission test, only about top 10% students can get admitted among 5,000 selected candidates.The number of teachers is about 300.
The university originated in 1980 as the College of Engineering at its temporary campus at Tejgaon, Dhaka under the University of Dhaka offering four years ' Bachelor's degree in Civil, Electrical and Electronic, Mechanical Engineering. After a short time, the College of Engineering was renamed as Dhaka Engineering College (DEC). Then DEC shifted to its present permanent campus Gazipur City in 1983.