Khulna University of Engineering & Technology

Khulna University of Engineering & Technology

খুলনা প্রকৌশল ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Former names	Khulna Engineering College (1967-1986) Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT), Khulna (1986-2003)
Motto	প্রভু আমায় জ্ঞান দাও।
Motto in English	Oh Lord! Bestow me with Knowledge
Type	Public
Established	1967 (1967)
Endowment	$8 million (2016)
Chancellor	President of Bangladesh
Vice-Chancellor	Prof.Dr.Muhammed Alamgir
Dean	Prof.Dr.Md. Mahbub Alam Prof.Dr.Md. Abdur Rafiq Prof Dr. Mihir Ranjan Haldar
Academic staff	400
Administrative staff	400+
Students	5200
Undergraduates	4178
Postgraduates	986
Doctoral students	29
Address	Teligati,PhulBari Gate,Khulna 9203, Bangladesh, Khulna, Bangladesh
Campus	Suburban, 101 acres (0.41 km²)
Nickname	"KUET"
Website	kuet.ac.bd

Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (Bengali: খুলনা প্রকৌশল ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, pronounced: [kʰulna prokowʃɔl o prodʒukt̪i biʃʃobid̪d̪alɔe̯]) commonly known as KUET ([kue̯eʈ]; Bengali: কুয়েট), formerly BIT, Khulna, is a public engineering university of Bangladesh emphasizing education and research on engineering and technology. This is a renowned university for the study of engineering in Bangladesh.

Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), which started functioning from September 2003, is one of the five engineering universities of Bangladesh in higher education, research and development in engineering and technology. This university was established as Khulna Engineering College in 1974; the college was later converted to a degree-awarding autonomous institution called Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT), Khulna in July 1986 through a government ordinance (No. XXI, 1986).

The institute was upgraded and renamed as Khulna University of Engineering and Technology in September 2003 under the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology Act, 2003. KUET is financed by the government through the University Grants Commission. The university is an autonomous statutory organization of the Government of Bangladesh. There are statutory bodies like Syndicate, Academic Council, Finance Committee, Planning and Development Committee, Committee for Advance Studies and Research, Academic Committees, etc. for policy- and decision-making on aspects of the university under the frame work of the Act.

The academic division of KUET is organized in 18 departments under three faculties. Fourteen departments offer undergraduate courses.

There are two institutes at KUET for advanced research:

The admission process in KUET is highly competitive. Each year it opens about 1005 seats for undergraduate programs. About 10,000 applicants are invited to appear on an admission test. These preliminary filtration is done based on H.S.C. grade points in physics, chemistry, mathematics and English. The admission test is standardized to evaluate student ability to understand concepts of physics, chemistry and mathematics. Admission is offered to successful applicants on a merit basis, based on their scores in the test.