Islamic University of Technology

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Islamic University of Technology


Established	27 March 1981, Opened 14 July 1988
Type	International
Chancellor	Secretary General of OIC
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. Dr. Muhammad Fazli Ilahi
Staff	201
Undergraduates	890
Postgraduates	150
Location	Gazipur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Address	Board Bazar, Gazipur-1704
Telephone	9291254-59 PABX Line
Campus	Urban, 30 acres
Website	http://www.iutoic-dhaka.edu

The Islamic University of Technology or IUT (Bengali: ইসলামীক ইউনিভার্সিটি অফ টেকনোলজি) is basically an educational and research institution and currently the only international university in Bangladesh. This is ranked as one of the top 2% technological universities of Bangladesh. The main objective of the university is to help generally in human resource development in Member States of the OIC, particularly in different fields of engineering, technology and technical education. The graduates of this university stand out of other graduates through their depth of knowledge and excellent communication skills. They are upholding the ever-shining image of IUT with ultimate dedication in several sectors of different parts of the world.

[edit] Location and Climate

Five Fundamentals Gate

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^[1]. 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, temperature ranges from a minimum of about 10 degree centigrade in the Winter to an average of 32 degree centigrade 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 woolen materials for the Winter and cotton or lightweight tropical materials for the Summer are used.

[edit] History

Main article: History of Islamic University of Technology

Islamic University of Technology was first known as Islamic Center for Technical and Vocational Training (ICTVTR). It was the time of its birth in the year 1978. 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 Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) agreed to cooperate for the implementation of the project.

The implementation of the establishment 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 March 27, 1981 in the presence of the then president of Palestine late Yasir Arafat and late Mr. 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 July 14, 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 still infrastructure is going on by availing the financing under loan from Islamic Development Bank (IDB) with guarantee provided by the Government of Bangladesh. 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. Her Excellency Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was the Chief Guest on the occasion.

[edit] Administrative structure

The main administrative structure is as like:

Joint General Assembly:
Governing Board:
Executive Committee:
Academic Council:

Some statutory commitees 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.

[edit] Courses

IUT Campus

South hall

North hall

Minar adjacent to the mosque

Lake of IUT

The name, IUT

Front view of IUT halls and student center

[edit] 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)

[edit] Engineering and Technology Programmes

Postgraduate Courses :-
1. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
2. Master of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
3. Master of Mechanical Engineering
4. Master of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
5. Master of Science in Computer Science and Information Technology
6. Master of Science in Computer Science and Applications
7. Postgraduate Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
8. Postgraduate Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
9. Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science and Information Technology
10. 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
1. Electrical and Electronic Engineering (BSc. Engg. EEE)
2. 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)

[edit] Departments

IUT evolves with four 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 Instructor Training and General Studies (ITS)

[edit] Laboratories and Workshops

[edit] Mechanical and Chemical Engineering

Thermodynamics
Internal Combustion Engines
Heat Transfer
Fluid Mechanics and Machinery
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Metrology
Drawing and Design
Machine shop with NC and CNC Machine tools
Fitting
Fabrication and Welding
Foundry
Computer Aided Design
Applied Mechanics and Design
Mechanical Control and Instrumentation
Automotive Workshops
Energy Technology
Chemistry
physics

[edit] Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Electrical Engineering Laboratories :-
1. Electrical Circuits
2. Electrical Machines
3. Power System
4. Electrical Utilization
5. Electrical Workshop
6. Switchgear
Electronic Engineering Laboratories :-
1. Electronics
2. Electronic Workshop
3. Digital Electronics
4. Radio and Television Engineering
5. Microwave and Telecommunication
6. VLSI Circuits
7. Measurement and Instrumentation
8. Control, Microprocessor and Micro-controller Systems
9. Physics

[edit] Computer Science and Information Technology

Micro Computer
Network (Novell, Linux, Windows XP, AIX, SCO, UNIX)
Multi Media
Microprocessor and Computer Hardware
Software Development
Internet and Web development

[edit] Instructor Training and General Studies

Language
Audio-Visual
Photographic Film Processing

[edit] Others

Centres viz.
Computer Centre
Energy and Environment Centre

[edit] Computer Center

There is a Computer Centre in the 1st floor of the academic building with the following facilities :

AIX based IBM RISC 6000 server
Novell Netware 5.1 based server
Windows XP based server
Linux based mail server
Proxy server
DNS 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.

[edit] Admission

[edit] Academics

English, Arabic and French are the official languages of the University for all academic and admission purposes.

[edit] Undergarduate education

[edit] Postgraduate education

[edit] Research and related sponsors

[edit] Library and Documentation Center

Main article: IUT Library and Documentation Center

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 water pool 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 has been developed and installed in the IUT Library. Also the data of projects/thesis/dissertations have been incorporated in the said software namely BookTrax. 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.

[edit] Campus

[edit] Academic Buildings

There is a five storey academic building just beside the building of Library and Cafeteria. Besides that some part of the North Hall is used for academic purposes. A new 5-storeied academy building is being constructed beside the North Hall.

[edit] Halls of residence

Each student of IUT gets a seat alloted to him in the halls of residence. Seperate dorms known as hall accommodation is available inside the IUT campus. Though it is not really mandetory to reside in the campus, most of the students do so. A total of 240 rooms are provided in two Halls of Residence (North Hall and South Hall) with three blocks each: East Block, Middle Block and West Block. Each room has provision for accommodating a maximum of 3 to 4 students. Each student is provided with basic living ingredients from the authority without any cost.

[edit] Civic amenities

South hall cafeteria

IUT has two self-service cafeterias (Central and North) where the students are required to take normal meals and breakfast. This University provides the students with continental breakfast, lunch, evening tea and dinner within about US $ 50 per month per student. The students are now being exempted from paying this cost. However, they may be required to pay the cost partly, if not in full, to account for any shortage in the contribution by the Member States. The Cafeteria is managed by the Cafeteria Committee represented by staff as well as students.

The student's center of IUT is in front of the South hall and is visible from the main gate. Recreational arrangements are available there. The student's center is arranged by a TV room, an indoor Basketball ground, Table Tennis court and Carom board. Daily newspapers are supplied on a regular basis. Arrangements for games and sports are usually in accordance to the preferences of the students of the member countries of OIC. This includes Football, Cricket, Volleyball, Basketball, Tennis, Table Tennis, Carom.

The auditorium is capable for arranging seats for all the students and faculty members of IUT. All the exams held in the auditorium in two shifts.

[edit] Student activities

[edit] Alumni

Main article: IUT Alumni Association

IUT Alumni Association is much more a young organization but looking forward to rise eventually It was formed in the year 2006 in an innaugural ceremony held in IUT Auditorium.

[edit] References

^ IUT Calendar 2004/05 - Islamic University of Technology (OIC); Published by the Department of Research, Extension, Advisory services and Publication (REASP); part: Location and Climate.