Islamic University of Technology or IUT (Bengali: ইসলামিক ইউনিভার্সিটি অফ টেকনোলজি ) is an internationally recognized educational and research institution in Bangladesh. The main objective of IUT is to contribute in developing the human resources of the member states of the OIC, particularly in different fields of Engineering, Technology and Technical Education. IUT receives direct endowment from OIC member countries and offers scholarships to its students in the form of free tuition, boarding, lodging and medicare. The campus of this university is designed by a Turkish architect.
Location and Climate
IUT is located at Board Bazar , Gazipur, about 30 km north of Dhaka (Latitude=23'43`N, Longitude=90'25`E), the capital of Bangladesh. In this region of Bangladesh there are three well defined seasons in a year namely Winter (November - February), Summer (March - May) and Monsoon or Rainy season (June - September). Here, the temperature ranges from a minimum of about 10 degree Celsius in the Winter to an average of 32 degree Celsius in the Summer. Average yearly rainfall is 225 cm. Relative humidity varies from 30% in the Winter to over 90% in the Rainy season. For clothing lightweight woollen materials for the Winter and cotton or lightweight tropical materials for the Summer are used.
History
Main article: History of Islamic University of TechnologyIslamic University of Technology , established in 1978, was first known as Islamic Center for Technical and Vocational Training (ICTVTR). It was proposed in the 9th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM) held in Dakar,Republic of Senegal on 24-28 April 1978. The establishment of IUT in Dhaka, Bangladesh was then approved by the then foreign ministers. All the members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) agreed to cooperate for the implementation of the project.
The implementation of the infrastructure commenced with the holding of the first meeting of the Board of Governors in June, 1979. Foundation stone of ICTVTR was laid by the late President Ziaur Rahman of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh on 27 March 1981 in the presence of Yasir Arafat, the then chairman of the PLO, and Habib Chatty, the then Secretary General of OIC. ICTVTR was formally inaugurated by Hossain Mohammad Ershad, the then president of Peoples Republic of Bangladesh on 14 July 1988.
The 22nd ICFM held in Casablanca, Morocco on 10-11 December 1994 renamed the ICTVTR as Islamic Institute of Technology (IIT). IIT was formally inaugurated by Begum Khaleda Zia the then Prime Minister of Bangladesh on 21 September 1995 . The 28th ICFM held in Bamako, Republic of Mali on 25-29 June 2001 commended the efforts of IIT and decided to rename the IIT as Islamic University of Technology (IUT). IUT was formally inaugurated by Begum Khaleda Zia Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh on November 29 , 2001 .
The university has advanced much in a short time and infrastructure development is still going on financed by loans from theIslamic Development Bank (IDB) with a guarantee provided by the Government of Bangladesh. The university started offering long regular courses from December 1986 and completed 19 academic years till 2005. The 19th Convocation was held at the IUT auditorium on 27 September 2005 . Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was the Chief Guest on the occasion.
Organization
Departments
IUT has five departments. Among them three are engineering related while the other is like associated studies. The departments are:
- Department of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering (MCE)
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)
- Department of Computer Science and Information Technology (CIT)
- Department of Civil and Environment Engineering (CEE)
- Department of Instructor Training and General Studies (ITS)
Administrative structure
Some statutory committees are formed to ensure management of programmes and activities in the relevant and related fields. These committees are like: Administrative Advisory Committee, Departmental Committee, Disciplinary Committee, Finance Committee, Planning and Development Committee, Research Committee, Selection Committee, Students' Welfare Committee, Syllabus Committee etc.
Admission
Academics
English, Arabic and French are the official languages of the University for all academic and admission purposes.
Courses
Instructor Training Programmes
- Master of Science in Technical Education (M.Sc. TE)
- Post-Graduate Diploma in Technical Education (PGDTE)
- Bachelor of Science in Technical Education (B.Sc. TE)
- Diploma in Technical Education (DTE)
Engineering and Technology Programmes
- Postgraduate Courses :-
- Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
- Master of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Master of Mechanical Engineering
- Master of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Master of Science in Computer Science and Information Technology
- Master of Science in Computer Science and Applications
- Postgraduate Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
- Postgraduate Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science and Information Technology
- Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science and Applications
- Four Year Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Information Technology (BSc. CIT)
- Four Year Bachelor of Science in
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering (BSc. Engg. EEE)
- Mechanical Engineering (B.Sc. Engg. ME)
- Higher Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (HDEE)
- Higher Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (HDME)
- Higher Diploma in Computer Science and Information Technology (HDCIT)
Instructor Training and General Studies
- Language
- Audio-Visual
- Photographic Film Processing
Others
- Centres viz.
- Computer Centre
- Energy and Environment Centre
Computer Centre
There is a Computer Centre in the 1st floor of the academic building. It maintains e-mail account for every student and faculty member of IUT. It is equipped with the following facilities :
- AIX based IBM RISC 6000 server
- Novell Netware 5.1 based server
- Windows XP based server
- Linux based mail server
- SCO Unix based ZENITH server
- 140 Microcomputers of various types
- IBM and IBM PC capabilities
- VSAT
- Campus wide Optical Fiber Network Backbone
- 128 kbit/s uplink speed and 512 kbit/s downlink speed using dedicated connection of VSAT
A campus wide network with Novell Netware 5.1 and Unix Ware 2 has been installed connecting computers in the centre and other computers in departments, Library and Offices of the University. Online Internet facilities are also available for the students, staffs and teachers.
Library and Documentation Centre
The students spend a lot of their time at IUT Library and Documentation Centre. It is located in the first floor of the Library/Cafeteria Building overlooking a lake both on the eastern and western sides. The library has a present floor area of 1300 sq. meter with a shelf space of 52,000 books. The library is divided into two sections, General and Research/Reference. To conduct the IUT Library service, a customized software was developed and installed earlier in the IUT Library. But recently the CIT (Computer Science and Information Technology) department developed a new software for library management which is accessible through both computers and cell phones. Also the data of projects/thesis/dissertations have been incorporated in the said software. Now the faculty members and the students may search their desired books/dissertation from OPAC (on-line Public Access Catalogue). Local Area Network (LAN) also established in the IUT Campus. At present there are 26200 books on engineering, technical and vocational subjects. 20 technical journals are being subscribed from abroad annually. It is an open shelf library. Books are issued to the students and staff for home use. It is open from 8.00 am to 10.00 pm on all working days. Library is also open on one weekend between 2-00 pm. to 10 pm.
To conduct the IUT Library service, a customized software has been developed and installed in the IUT Library. Around twenty-six thousand records of books have been input. Also the data of projects, theses and dissertations have been incorporated in the said software namely BookTrax. The Library is also in a process to computerize its other information resources. Now the faculty members and the students may search their desired books/dissertation from OPAC (on-line Public Access Catalogue). Local Area Network (LA
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