Rangpur Textile Engineering College is located in

Rangpur District Rangpur District () is a district in northern Bengal, It is a part of Rangpur Division, Bangladesh. Geography Under the Rangpur Division (one of eight divisions) composed of eight districts of northern Bangladesh, the District of Rangpur is bo ...

, Bangladesh, and is affiliated with the

Bangladesh University of Textiles Bangladesh University of Textiles, commonly referred to as BUTEX, is a public university in Bangladesh, situated in Tejgaon, Dhaka. It is the only public university in Bangladesh to teach textile engineering. The institution established educatio ...

History

In August 2018, the executive committee of the National Economic Council approved the establishment of the college at a cost of Tk 1.746 billion

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(equivalent to $20.8 million in 2018). After the fall of the

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led

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government, Dr MA Wazed Miah Textile Engineering College was renamed to Rangpur Textile Engineering College in February 2025.

Academics

RTEC offers a four-year B.Sc. in Textile Engineering under the affiliation of

(

BUTEX Bangladesh University of Textiles, commonly referred to as BUTEX, is a public university in Bangladesh, situated in Tejgaon, Dhaka. It is the only public university in Bangladesh to teach textile engineering. The institution established educatio ...

). Concerned departments of the college are given below: * Department of

Yarn Engineering Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, used in sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, ropemaking, and the production of textiles. '' Thread'' is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine. Modern manufac ...

* Department of

Fabric Engineering Textile manufacturing or textile engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods s ...

* Department of

Wet Process Engineering Wet Processing Engineering is one of the major streams in Textile Engineering or Textile manufacturing which refers to the engineering of textile chemical processes and associated applied science. The other three streams in textile engineering ar ...

* Department of Apparel Engineering

Number of seats

The number of seats for the four-year bachelor's degree in textile engineering program is given below.

Admission

Admission into this college is competitive and needs a high academic attainment at the SSC and HSC examination. Selection of the student for admission is made through an admission test. Only Science Students can apply for the admission test. Admission circular is published in the national dailies, college website and website of the Department of Textiles (DOT), Department of Textiles (DOT) offers 4 years of BSc in Textile Engineering Degree. A single examination was organized by Department of Textiles (DOT) for 8 textile engineering colleges under the affiliation of

(BUTEX). Colleges which conduct exams together are: CTEC (2006), PTEC (2006), TECN (2007), SARSTEC (2010), JTEC (2016), DWMTEC (2018), SRTEC (2021) & SHTEC (2022) The admission test is conducted on the basis of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ). Students have to answer Physics, Chemistry, Higher Math & English in the admission test. Students can get admission in certain college based on merit list and college preference list.

References

{{reflist Universities and colleges established in 2018 2018 establishments in Bangladesh Textile schools in Bangladesh Education in Rangpur, Bangladesh Pirganj Upazila, Rangpur Colleges in Rangpur District Colleges affiliated to Bangladesh University of Textiles

History

Academics

Number of seats

Admission

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