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 education which sustains the entrepreneurship and industrialisation in the RMG industry of Bangladesh.
This institution has nine (9) government textile engineering affiliated colleges, each of which is textile based institutes of technology. The colleges are centrally regulated by the university while funding is provisioned under a bilateral Memorandum of understanding signed between Ministry of Education, Bangladesh and Department of Textiles, Bangladesh.
The university itself offers academic and professional degrees in various fields of textile technology, advanced international business and marketing strategies and in several other disciplines on both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
History
The institution was originally established in 1921 as a weaving school at Narinda, Dhaka, during the British colonial rule, to provide specialized technical education in the fields of textile by offering artisan-level courses. It used to go by the name "British Weaving School". A while later, it took the name "East Bengal Textile Institute" only to offer diploma courses in textile manufacturing process. In 1957, The institute was transferred to its present campus at Tejgaon Industrial Area and set its foundation stone by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In 1960, it started academic activities renamed as "East Pakistan Textile Institute".
In the post-liberation era of Bangladesh, in 1971, the institute was renamed as "Bangladesh Textile Institute". Afterward, in 1978, the institute launched a four-year period bachelor's degree program in textile technology in affiliation with University of Dhaka and re-branded itself as "College of Textile Engineering and Technology". Initially, intake was only 60 per year and more than 4,800 textile engineers and technologists have graduated from this institution since the introduction of bachelor's degree course.
The college of textile engineering and technology was run under the administrative control of the Bangladesh education ministry through Directorate of Technical Education which offered Bachelor of Science in textile technology and in textile management courses as a constituent college of the University of Dhaka.
The government of Bangladesh took initiatives to upgrade the College of Textile Engineering and Technology into a full-fledged university. After receiving a formal consent from the President of Bangladesh to fulfill that purpose, the "Bangladesh Textile University Act, 2010" (Act no. 49, 2010) was passed by the Bangladesh national assembly on 5 October 2010. The act was made effective from 22 December 2010 as per SRO No. 395-law/2010 date 20 December 2010 of the Ministry of Education, Bangladesh.
The then-prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, officially inaugurated the revamped institution with its present naming scheme the following year on 15 March.
Campus life
Student activities Several student run organizations or clubs in the institution allow its members and participants to engage in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The university administration permits their formation, provides them with necessary funding and associates a selected portion of them with faculty guidance. Some of the clubs are branches of large organizations expanding their countrywide and sometimes, global network, among youths.
Student residences
There are 4 halls to provide public residence for the regular students. Administrative head in charge of a dormitory is its provost, who is elected from among the institution faculty, and is granted the duty for a two-year time period.
They are listed below: +Hall NameSeatProvostShahid Aziz Hall245Md. Emdad SarkerM.A.G. Osmani Hall296Md. SayduzzamanSyed Nazrul Islam Hall216Mahbubor RahmanSheikh Hasina Hall164Hasina Akter Each of these facilities are named after eminent historical figures of Bangladesh, only exception being the Sheikh Hasina Hall.
Sports facilities
The institution has a centrally located playground inside of the campus for its students and the faculty. There are two other separate playgrounds, one of which is located at the premises of the Shahid Aziz Hall (indoor sports), while the other is at the G.M.A.G. Osmani Hall — being the largest playground of them all.
Textile Talent Hunt Textile Talent Hunt (TTH) is a talent grooming competition held in Bangladesh. Bangladesh's first ever competition for textile manufacturing students. It targets undergraduate students studying textile, garments, fashion, and related disciplines. The competition is organized by Textile Today, in collaboration with the Bangladesh University of Textiles.
Notable alumni Mozaffar Hossain was elected member of parliament (M.P.) for the Jamalpur-5 constituency in 2018. Md. Abul Kashem was the chairman of the Bangladesh Technical Education Board from 2009 to 2014.
Affiliated institutes and colleges There are 10 institutions (9 colleges and 1 institute) under the affiliation of Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX).
BSc. in Textile Public Engineering Colleges The most decorated 9 affiliated textile engineering college are as:
CollegesAcronymFoundedAffiliationLocationDivisionSpecializationPh.D. grantingWebsiteTextile Engineering College, NoakhaliTECN2006BUTEXBegumganj Upazila, Noakhali DistrictChittagong DivisionTextile EngineeringNolink Textile Engineering College, ChittagongCTEC2006BUTEXZorargonj, Mirsharai Upazila, ChittagongChittagong DivisionTextile EngineeringNolinkPabna Textile Engineering CollegePTEC2006BUTEXPabnaRajshahi DivisionTextile EngineeringNolinkBarishal Textile Engineering CollegeBTEC2010BUTEXBarisalBarisal DivisionTextile EngineeringNolinkJhenaidah Textile Engineering College, JhenaidahJTEC2016BUTEXJhenaidahKhulna DivisionTextile EngineeringNolinkRangpur Textile Engineering CollegeRTEC2018BUTEXTukuriya, Pirganj Upazila, RangpurRangpur DivisionTextile EngineeringNolinkGopalganj Textile Engineering CollegeGTEC2021BUTEXGopalgang, DhakaDhaka DivisionTextile EngineeringNolinkJamalpur Textile Engineering CollegeJTEC2022BUTEXBhabki Bazar, Melandaha Upzila, Jamalpur DistrictMymensigh DivisionTextile EngineeringNolinkMadaripur Textile Engineering CollegeMTECBUTEXMadaripur, DhakaDhaka DivisionTextile EngineeringNoSylhet Textile Engineering CollegeSTEC2025BUTEXSylhet, DhakaSylhet DivisionTextile EngineeringNo
Tangail Textile Engineering College Tangail Textile Engineering College (TTEC) is a textile based research college located in Kalihati, Tangail. The institution was established in 2007. BTEC offers a four-year bachelor's degree program in textile engineering.
Narsingdi Textile Engineering College
Narsingdi Textile Engineering College(NTEC) is a controlled by Bangladesh Handloom Board and maintained by Ministry of Textiles and Jute, under the academic supervision of BUTEX.
See also Textile schools in Bangladesh Tangail Textile Engineering College Universities in Bangladesh List of universities in Bangladesh University Grants Commission (Bangladesh)
References
External links
Professor Md. Abul Kashem BUTEX VC
Textile Based Magazine PM Opens First Textile University ePathagar.com