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Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) is a
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based university in
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, Bangladesh. It is the 8th oldest university of the country and the first university to adopt American credit system. The university is known for its pioneering research and education in the physical sciences and engineering. In 2016, SUST ranked as the top research university in Bangladesh (610th in the world) by Scopus-SCImago institution ranking. In 2017, the university had highest research expenditure among all universities in Bangladesh.The Bonik Barta ''Bonik Barta'' is a Bengali-language daily newspaper of Bangladesh. The newspaper is publishing from Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the Capital city, ...
"> Following the success of SUST, twelve more
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History

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology was established in 1986. The campus is located in Kumargaon, approximately six kilometers away from the heart of
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City Centre. The university started its academic program with three departments: physics, chemistry, and economics. Renowned scientist and educator
Sadruddin Ahmed Chowdhury Sadruddin Ahmed Chowdhury (1 January 1931 – 23 July 2016) was a Bangladeshi academic and physicist. He was one of the instrumental figures in founding Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) and served as the vice-chancellor of th ...
was the first Vice-chancellor of the university. The first convocation of SUST was held on 29 April 1998 and the second convocation held on 6 December 2007 where the third convocation was held on 8 January 2020. At present, SUST has 7,662 students, 487 academic staffs and 772 administrative staffs; i.e. the university has 6.09 students per staff. SUST is the first university in Bangladesh providing whole campus free
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access for students and staff. The university introduced an integrated honors course for the first time in Bangladesh and it introduced the semester system (American credit system) from the 1996-97 session. In 2019, Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) allocated BDT 9.88 billion (US$117 million) fund for 20 development projects of SUST. The students of ''SUST'' invented and introduced the paperless 24/7 SMS Based Automated Registration of Admission Test procedure for the first time in Bangladesh. Interested students can complete the registration process through mobile phone messages. The contemporary government launched the system on 13 September 2009. For the invention, the university won an Ambillion Award in a competition of South Asian countries in 2010 and National Award for E-Content and ICT for Development Award 2010. Now, most of the public universities in Bangladesh have adopted this process of registration.


Academics


Admission

SUST enrolls undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students. All applicants need to pass the admission test arranged by the specific schools under the authority of admission council, which is highly competitive. In 2018-19 session, SUST received 76,068 undergraduate applications only admitting 1,448; an acceptance rate of 1.90%. A total of 71,018 students vied for 1,703 seats at the university for the session 2019–2020.


Ranking and reputation

SUST gives high priority on research. In 2017, the university spent in research; the highest research expenditure among all universities in Bangladesh, almost double of the 2nd one.The Bonik Barta ''Bonik Barta'' is a Bengali-language daily newspaper of Bangladesh. The newspaper is publishing from Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the Capital city, ...
"/> In 2016, SUST ranked as the top research university in Bangladesh (''610th'' in the world) by Scopus-SCImago institution ranking. In 2019, it ranked ''337th'' in Asia and ''610th'' in the world among 3,471 higher educational institutions. SUST ranked at ''445th'' for research and ''493rd'' for innovation in the world. It ranked 1st in 2015 and 3rd in 2021 among all universities in Bangladesh by
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. In 2018, the team from SUST became the world champion of
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Space Apps Challenge among 1,395 local winning teams from around the world. In the International Theoretical Physics Olympiad 2019, seven teams from SUST got place among finalist 88 and achieved ''15th'' spot in the world (highest individual achievement of an Asian University). Due to pioneering contributions in science and technology, the university is often referred as
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of the east.


Conference

The biggest yearly conference of SUST is ''International Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation and Education (ICERIE)''. In ICERIE, several hundred universities attend from different parts of the world and present research papers in the various fields of applied sciences, architecture, and engineering. Other significant conferences of SUST: * International Conference on Social Work and Sustainable Social Development (ICSCWSSD) * International Conference on Materials Chemistry (ICMC) * International Conference on Advance in Physics (ICAP) * International Conference on Environmental Technology and Construction Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICETCESD) In 2019, SUST organized the first-ever ''International Convention of Vice-Chancellors'' (ICVC) in Bangladesh. In 1999, SUST hosted the 3rd International Conference on Computer and Information Technology. In addition to these, the academic departments host numerous conferences on respective fields regularly.


Collaboration

SUST has academic and research collaboration with following institutes: *
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* American Institute of Bangladesh Studies *
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Carnival

Since 2011, SUST has arranged an annual three-day CSE Carnival. The carnival features a programming contest, software developing competition, and related events. In 2015, it involved 1,000 students in 145 teams from 46 universities.


Schools and departments

SUST is the first public university to introduce undergraduate programs in Software Engineering in Bangladesh. It is the second oldest in the country to introduce engineering education in the fields of Chemical, Computer Science, Industrial & Production, Petroleum & Mining. Also, the third oldest to introduce Architecture, Food Engineering & Tea Technology, Genetic engineering & Biotechnology programs in the country. In total, SUST has 27 departments under seven schools:


School of Agriculture and Mineral Sciences

* Department of
Forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. ...
&
Environmental Science Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology, and geography (including ecology, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geog ...
(FES)


School of Applied Sciences and Technology

* Department of
Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings ...
(ARC) * Department of
Chemical Engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials in ...
&
Polymer Science Polymer science or macromolecular science is a subfield of materials science concerned with polymers, primarily synthetic polymers such as plastics and elastomers. The field of polymer science includes researchers in multiple disciplines includ ...
(CEP) * Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) * Department of
Computer Science & Engineering Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) is an academic program at many universities which comprises scientific and engineering aspects of computing. CSE is also a term often used in Europe to translate the name of engineering informatics academic ...
(CSE) * Department of
Electrical Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described ...
&
Electronic Engineering Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current ...
(EEE) * Department of Food Engineering & Tea Technology (FET) * Department of Industrial & Production Engineering (IPE) * Department of
Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, ...
(MEE) * Department of
Petroleum Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crud ...
&
Mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the econom ...
Engineering (PME)


School of Life Sciences

* Department of
Biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...
and
Molecular Biology Molecular biology is the branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecular basis of biological activity in and between cells, including biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactions. The study of chemical and phys ...
(BMB) * Department of
Genetic Engineering Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification or genetic manipulation, is the modification and manipulation of an organism's genes using technology. It is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells, including ...
and
Biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used ...
( GEB-SUST)


School of Management and Business Administration

* Department of
Business Administration Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of management ...


School of Medical Sciences

6 affiliated medical colleges: * M A G Osmani Medical College, Sylhet * Sheikh Hasina Medical College, Habiganj *
Jalalabad Ragib-Rabeya Medical College Jalalabad Ragib-Rabeya Medical College (JRRMC) ( bn, জালালাবাদ রাগীব-রাবেয়া মেডিকেল কলেজ) is a private medical school in Bangladesh, established in 1995. It is located in the Path ...
*
North East Medical College North East Medical College (NEMC) ( bn, নর্থ ইস্ট মেডিকেল কলেজ) is a Private university, private medical school in Bangladesh, established in 1998. It is located in South Surma Upazila, on the southern fring ...
*
Sylhet Women's Medical College Sylhet Women's Medical College (SWMC) ( bn, সিলেট মহিলা মেডিকেল কলেজ) is a private medical school in Bangladesh, exclusively for female students, established in 2005. Sylhet Women's Medical College and ...
* Park View Medical College


School of Physical Sciences

* Department of
Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the elements that make up matter to the compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, proper ...
(CHE) * Department of
Geography Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, an ...
and Environment (GEE) * Department of
Mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...
(MAT) * Department of
Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which ...
(PHY) * Department of
Statistics Statistics (from German: '' Statistik'', "description of a state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a scientific, indust ...
(STA) * Department of
Oceanography Oceanography (), also known as oceanology and ocean science, is the scientific study of the oceans. It is an Earth science, which covers a wide range of topics, including ecosystem dynamics; ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynami ...
(OCG)


School of Social Sciences

* Department of
Anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...
(ANP) * Department of
Bangla Bangla (Bengali: বাংলা) may refer to: *Bengali language, an eastern Indo-Aryan language *The endonym of Bengal, a geographical and ethno-linguistic region in South Asia *''Bangla-'', a prefix indicating Bangladesh Businesses and organ ...
(BNG) * Department of
Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics anal ...
(ECO) * Department of
English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ...
(ENG) * Department of
Political Studies Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...
(PSS) * Department of
Public Administration Public Administration (a form of governance) or Public Policy and Administration (an academic discipline) is the implementation of public policy, administration of government establishment ( public governance), management of non-profit es ...
(PAD) * Department of
Social work Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social wo ...
(SCW) * Department of
Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...
(SOC)


Second Major Program

SUST is the first and only university in Bangladesh to initiate the "Second Major Program" under department of Computer Science & Engineering, where a student can enroll in another department as the second major besides his/her first major. Currently, only three departments: EEE, Physics, Mathematics offer a second major degree as department of Computer Science & Engineering has stopped taking new students. A student studying in this university has to sit for an aptitude test after his/her first year of study to be considered for the program as there are only a limited number of students who can enroll in this program. Any students from the School of Applied Sciences & Technology, the School of Life Sciences, the School of Physical Sciences, the School of Agricultural & Mineral Sciences can sit for the test, and they can so only after their first year of study in the university. A "Second Major" degree is awarded on completion of 36 credits of core courses from the respective department.


Affiliated colleges

* Al-Amin Dental College * Begum Rabeya Khatun Chowdhury Nursing College * North East Nursing College * Sylhet Engineering College * Sylhet Nursing College


Affiliated School

There is a school which is in under ''SUST'': * Shahjalal University School


Institutes

There are two institutions of SUST # Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT) # Institute of Modern Languages (IML) , IML offers academic programs in Arabic, English, French, German, and Japanese.


CRTC Architecture

SUST Department of Architecture is the 3rd oldest public architecture school in Bangladesh. The Center for Research, Testing, and Consultancy (CRTC Architecture) focus on research areas such as building planning and design, interior design, landscape development, urban planning, and urban renewal, conservation of historical sites and monuments, the architecture of Bengal region, sustainable design, low-cost housing, etc. according to the regional context. The center has been widely working with the traditional house forms, settlement patterns, urban growth, and architectural development of the region.


CRTC CSE

The CRTC program, Department of Computer Science & Engineering focuses on research areas such as Optical Character Recognition, Parallel Processing, Cluster Computer, CodeWitz, Asia Link Project, Cellular Phone & Computer Interfacing, Bangla Computerization, Natural Language Processing etc. The software house offers professional working environment to the students.


CRTC CEE

Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) department established the center for research, testing, and consultancy (CRTC) to provide research, testing, and consultancy services in 2003. CRTC designed a water treatment plant to remove a high concentration of iron (>11  mg/lit) in groundwater of the Sylhet region; such a plant has been successfully operating in Hotels in Sylhet city. CTRC already planned and designed the structural and drainage systems of the Madina Garden City near Sylhet International Airport, including EIA, and recently has been working for Gazi Burhan Uddin Model City near Sylhet upashahar. CRTC has been performing all kinds of testing in the field of water, wastewater, cement, concrete, rod beam, soil, air, noise, etc. since 2003.


CRTC Physics

The CRTC program, Department of Physics has numbers of research groups have research activities in areas of Theoretical and Experimental Nuclear Physics, Nonlinear Optics, Thin-film Magnetism, Neutron Scattering, Neutron Activation Analysis, Neutron Radiography, Defects in Solids, Semiconductor Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Gravitational Physics and Celestial Mechanics and Theoretical Physics. In 2015, CRTC Physics invented low cost technology to detect cancer.


Campus


Campus life

SUST has an urban campus area of 320 acres. Many visitors come to Sylhet to visit the "Shahid Minar" (Martyr's Memorial) of the university. The memorial stands on the top of a small hill and is surrounded by trees. Different cultural organizations arrange programs on the premises on local and national occasions. The ''Kilo Road'' is an entrance to the SUST campus known for green vista. The first-ever
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was held in Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in 2004.


Classes

SUST has an extensive core curriculum required of all undergraduates. SUST is the first university in Bangladesh to adopt American course credit systems for all departments. The syllabus is always updated frequently to maintain the global standard of education.


Library

SUST has a common Central Library with a collection of 180,000 volumes and 300 current periodical subscriptions for all academic departments. The library includes electronic copies of books, which can be accessed from any academic department through electronic local area networking (LAN). Per year around 2000 volumes are added to this library. The library building of SUST is known for its
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shape. It also has a free internet browsing facility and rental library program. Additionally, there is also a departmental library in each academic department and hall library in each residential halls. The library has an Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC).


International students

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also welcomes foreign students. There is a significant number of international students, especially from
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. There are also some students in its affiliated medical college from India controlled Kashmir . Every year SUST receives applications from abroad. Most international students come from Nepal,
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Halls of residence

Currently, there are five halls of residence. A significant number of students reside privately near the university area of Sylhet metro. *
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Hall * Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengali politi ...
Hall *
Syed Mujtaba Ali Syed Mujtaba Ali ( bn, সৈয়দ মুজতবা আলী; 13 September 1904 – 11 February 1974) was a Bengali writer, journalist, travel enthusiast, academic, scholar and linguist. He lived in Bangladesh, India, Germany, Afghanist ...
Hall * Shahid Jononi
Jahanara Imam Jahanara Imam (3 May 1929 – 26 June 1994) was a Bangladeshi writer and political activist. She is known for her efforts to bring those accused of committing war crimes in the Bangladesh Liberation War to trial. She has been called "Shaheed Ja ...
Hall *
Begum Sirajunnesa Chowdhury Begum Serajunnessa Choudhury ( bn, বেগম সিরাজুন্নেসা চৌধুরী) was a Member of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan as a representative of East Pakistan. Early life and family Choudhury was born in 1910, ...
Hall There are also well-decorated houses for the faculty members of SUST. University authorities also run some private halls of residence outside the main campus, especially for female students to guarantee the house for female students. These halls are: * Darul Aman Chatrabas * Amir Complex * Fazal Complex * Samad House * Maa Manjil * Sunu Mia Complex


Sports

The students of this university participate in sports for recreation, and the finest athletes regularly compete in inter-university games like football, handball, volleyball, basketball, etc. SUST has some varsity teams. There is a Cricket ground, a Football ground, a Basketball ground, and a well-equipped gymnasium adjacent to the university student health center. SUST is the only university to have ''Professional Cricket League'' and ''Professional Football League''. Students organize both inter-department and inter-university tournaments every year. Girls and teachers also participate in several games.


BNCC

SUST has two
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platoons, one for male and another one for female. Both the platoons train students as cadets. Cadets can enroll a course on
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as auxiliary subject.


University School

SUST has a university school of secondary level inside the campus for the children of staff. The school also receives general students.


Cultural organizations

The following cultural organizations are present in the university: * Tourist Club SUST (established in 1995) * Chokh Film Society (CFS) (established in 1996) * Shahjalal University Photographers Association (SUPA) * Rokon Ifthekhar Memorial(RIM) (established in 1997) * Theater SUST (established in 1997) * Dik Theater (established in 1999) * Maavoi Abrittee Samsod (established in 1998) * KIN, A voluntary Organization (established in 2003) * NONGAR (established in 2003) * SUST Science Arena (established in 2004) * Sports SUST (established in 2005) * Cartoon Factory (established in 2007) * Swapnotthan-A Voluntary Organization(established in 2007) * Aaj Muktomoncho (established in 2008) * Green Explore Society (GES) (established in 2012) * SUST CAREER CLUB (SUSTCC) * SUST School of debate, SUST-SD * Shahjalal University Press Club * Shahjalal University Debating Society (SUDS) * Sonchalon * SUST Shahitya Shamsad * Student Aid SUST * Ongikar Sanskritik Samsad


Photos of SUST

Image: SUST Cafeteria.jpg, Cafeteria Image: SUST Sylhet Bangladesh (3).JPG, Shahid Minar Image: Sust shahparanhall2.JPG, Shah Paran Hall Image:Chatrahall3.JPG, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall Image: Shahjalal University of Science and Technology BUS.jpg, Transport vehicle


List of vice chancellors

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Sadruddin Ahmed Chowdhury Sadruddin Ahmed Chowdhury (1 January 1931 – 23 July 2016) was a Bangladeshi academic and physicist. He was one of the instrumental figures in founding Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) and served as the vice-chancellor of th ...
(1 June 1989 to 31 May 1993) # Syed Mohib Uddin Ahmed (26 June 1993 to 25 June 1997) # M Habibur Rahman (20 July 1997 to 19 July 2001) # Md Saleh Uddin (20 July 2001 to 25 December 2001) # M Shafiqur Rahman (3 March 2002 to 27 April 2003) # Musleh Uddin Ahmed (Incharge till 2 October 2004, 28 April 2003 to 22 October 2006) # M Aminul Islam (23 October 2006 to 24 February 2009) # Md Saleh Uddin (26 February 2009 to 25 February 2013) # Md Elias Uddin Biswas (Add Incharge, 20 March 2013 to 27 July 2013) # Md Aminul Haque Bhuyan (28 July 2013 to 27 July 2017) # Farid Uddin Ahmed (18 August 2017– Incumbent)


Awards

* National ICT Award, (2017)


Controversy


Suing student for Facebook post

SUST sued one of its students for an alleged derogatory Facebook post about a dead politician of the ruling party of Bangladesh. On 13 June 2020, a final year student of the economics department posted a Facebook status after
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. After that, SUST Registrar Mohd Ishfaqul Hussain filed a case with Jalalabad Police Station On behalf of the university. The case was filed under sections 25 and 29 of the
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. When asked about how the university can sue a student for something personal and did not violate the proctorial rules, the VC Farid Uddin Ahmed explained to Daily Star's journalist that the student had ruined the university's image.


Notable people

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Sadruddin Ahmed Chowdhury Sadruddin Ahmed Chowdhury (1 January 1931 – 23 July 2016) was a Bangladeshi academic and physicist. He was one of the instrumental figures in founding Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) and served as the vice-chancellor of th ...
, scientist and founder Vice-Chancellor of SUST * Arun Kumar Basak, founder professor, Department of Physics, professor emeritus of physics ar
University of Rajshahi The University of Rajshahi, also known as Rajshahi University or RU ( bn, রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), is a public co-educational research university in Bangladesh situated near the northern Bangladeshi cit ...
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Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Muhammed Zafar Iqbal ( bn, মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল; ; born 23 December 1952) is a Bangladeshi science fiction author, physicist, academic, activist & former professor of computer science and engineering and former head ...
, retired professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, and writer. * Nasima Akhter, Alumni; Honoured with the Elsevier Foundation Award for her work on nuclear medicine and ultrasonography


See also

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Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, commonly known by the acronym BUET, is a public technological research university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1876 as the Dacca Survey School, it is the oldest institution for the study ...
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Bangladesh University of Textiles Bangladesh University of Textiles, commonly referred to as BUTEX (), is a public university in Bangladesh, situated in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). It is a non-profit public higher-education institution located in the urban setting of ...
(BUTEX)


Notes and references


Further reading

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External links


Official website
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