Islamic University of Technology

The Islamic University of Technology (IUT) is an international engineering and technology university in Gazipur, Bangladesh, operated as a subsidiary organ of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).伊斯兰理工大学（Islamic University of Technology，简称 IUT）是孟加拉国加济布尔的一所国际工程与技术大学，作为伊斯兰合作组织（OIC）的下属机构运营。

It was proposed at the OIC foreign ministers' conference in Dakar in 1978, began teaching in 1986, and was renamed from the Islamic Institute of Technology to its present title in 2001.学校于 1978 年在达喀尔举行的伊斯兰合作组织外长会议上提出，1986 年开始授课，2001 年由伊斯兰技术学院更名为现名。

IUT admits 720 undergraduates and about 160 postgraduates a year, mostly from OIC member states, and the QS World University Rankings 2027 place it in the 1401+ band.学校每年招收 720 名本科生与约 160 名研究生，学生多来自伊斯兰合作组织成员国，2027 年 QS 世界大学排名将其列入 1401+ 区间。

History

• The project was proposed at the 9th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, held in Dakar, Senegal, on 24-28 April 1978, as a centre for technical and vocational training for the Muslim world.该项目在 1978 年 4 月 24 至 28 日于塞内加尔达喀尔举行的第九届伊斯兰外长会议上提出，定位为服务穆斯林世界的技术与职业培训中心。
• OIC foreign ministers approved the establishment of the centre in Dhaka, and all member states agreed to cooperate on its implementation, with Bangladesh offering the host site.伊斯兰合作组织外长会议批准在达卡设立该中心，各成员国同意合作落实，孟加拉国提供办学用地。
• By June 1979 the Bangladesh government had acquired a 30-acre parcel at Tongi, north of Dhaka, and the first meeting of the Board of Governors was held that same month.到 1979 年 6 月，孟加拉国政府在达卡以北的通吉取得 30 英亩土地，董事会首次会议也于同月举行。
• The foundation stone of the Islamic Centre for Technical and Vocational Training and Research was laid on 27 March 1981 by President Ziaur Rahman, in the presence of Yasser Arafat and OIC Secretary-General Habib Chatty.1981 年 3 月 27 日，总统齐亚·拉赫曼为伊斯兰技术与职业培训研究中心奠基，亚西尔·阿拉法特与伊斯兰合作组织秘书长哈比卜·沙提出席。
• Construction of the campus was completed in 1987 at a cost of US$11 million, and regular courses had begun in December 1986, before the official inauguration.校园建设于 1987 年完成，耗资 1,100 万美元；正式落成之前，常规课程已于 1986 年 12 月开始。
• The centre was formally inaugurated on 14 July 1988 by Hossain Mohammad Ershad, then president of Bangladesh, under its original name ICTVTR.1988 年 7 月 14 日，时任孟加拉国总统侯赛因·穆罕默德·艾尔沙德以原名 ICTVTR 为学校正式揭幕。
• The 22nd Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, held in Casablanca on 10-11 December 1994, renamed the institution the Islamic Institute of Technology, or IIT.1994 年 12 月 10 至 11 日在卡萨布兰卡举行的第 22 届伊斯兰外长会议将其更名为伊斯兰技术学院（IIT）。
• IIT was formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia on 21 September 1995, a year after the name change was approved.更名获批一年后，总理贝古姆·卡莉达·齐亚于 1995 年 9 月 21 日为伊斯兰技术学院正式揭幕。
• The 28th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, held in Bamako, Mali, on 25-29 June 2001, commended IIT's work and decided to rename it the Islamic University of Technology.2001 年 6 月 25 至 29 日在马里巴马科举行的第 28 届伊斯兰外长会议肯定了学院的工作，并决定将其更名为伊斯兰理工大学。
• IUT was formally inaugurated under its new name by Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on 29 November 2001, completing a 23-year path from proposal to university status.2001 年 11 月 29 日，总理卡莉达·齐亚以新校名为学校正式揭幕，完成了从提出设想到获得大学地位的长达 23 年的历程。
• The IUT Debating Society was established in 2002 with the motto Debating for Knowledge Dissemination and has since won national titles and competed at the World Universities Debating Championship.IUT 辩论社成立于 2002 年，以「以辩论传播知识」为宗旨，此后多次获得全国冠军并参加世界大学辩论锦标赛。
• The IUT Alumni Association was formed in 2004 with a thirteen-member executive committee elected by registered graduates and maintains an office on campus.IUT 校友会于 2004 年成立，由注册毕业生选举产生十三人执行委员会，并在校内设有办公室。
• The IUT Photographic Society was founded in 2010, followed by the IUT Model OIC in 2017 and the IUT CAD Society in 2019 with the motto Design to Dictate.IUT 摄影协会于 2010 年成立，随后 IUT 模拟伊斯兰合作组织于 2017 年、IUT 计算机辅助设计协会于 2019 年成立，后者以「设计即主导」为口号。
• The ASME IUT Student Section was initiated by mechanical engineering students in 2021, joining the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to a campus already hosting IEEE and IMechE chapters.美国机械工程师学会 IUT 学生分会于 2021 年由机械工程学生发起，使这所已设有 IEEE 与 IMechE 分会的校园再添一个国际工程组织。
• The ACI IUT Student Chapter began on 4 May 2020, after civil engineering students and faculty applied to the American Concrete Institute in April of that year.美国混凝土学会 IUT 学生分会于 2020 年 5 月 4 日启动，此前土木工程系师生于同年 4 月向该学会提出申请。
• The IEEE IUT Student Branch had been founded in 1999 by electrical and electronic engineering students, making it one of the oldest international student chapters on campus.IEEE IUT 学生分会由电气与电子工程学生于 1999 年创立，是校园历史最悠久的国际学生分会之一。
• IUT completed 36 academic years in 2023, counting from the first regular courses in December 1986, and has since expanded its academic buildings and halls of residence.从 1986 年 12 月首次开设常规课程算起，学校在 2023 年完成第 36 个学年，此后又扩建了教学楼与学生宿舍。
• In the QS World University Rankings 2026 the university was placed in the 1201-1400 band globally and 421-430 in Asia, its best result in the current cycle.在 2026 年 QS 世界大学排名中，学校位列全球 1201—1400 区间、亚洲 421—430 区间，这是其在本轮排名中的最好成绩。
• The QS World University Rankings 2027 place IUT in the 1401+ band, a joint interval shared by 102 institutions at the bottom of the table.2027 年 QS 世界大学排名将学校列入 1401+ 区间，这是榜单末段由 102 所院校并列的区间。

Academics

• Teaching is organised into two faculties, Engineering and Science and Technical Education, which together contain six departments and one institute.教学分为工程学部与科学与技术教育学部两个学部，共设六个系与一个研究所。
• The Faculty of Engineering comprises computer science and engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical and production engineering, and civil and environmental engineering.工程学部包括计算机科学与工程、电气与电子工程、机械与生产工程、土木与环境工程四个系。
• The Faculty of Science and Technical Education comprises business and technology management and technical and vocational education, the latter training teachers for technical institutions.科学与技术教育学部包括商业与技术管理系以及技术与职业教育系，后者为技术院校培养师资。
• The Institute of Energy and Environment is a separate research unit within the university, working on renewable energy, energy efficiency and environmental engineering.能源与环境研究所是校内的独立研究单位，研究可再生能源、能源效率与环境工程。
• Undergraduate degrees include BSc Engineering in computer science, electrical and electronic, software, mechanical, civil and industrial and production engineering, plus a BBA and a BSc in technical education.本科学位包括计算机科学、电气与电子、软件、机械、土木、工业与生产工程的工程学士，另有工商管理学士与技术教育学士。
• Postgraduate provision includes MSc Engineering, MEng and PhD programmes in computer science, electrical and electronic, mechanical and civil engineering, and MSc and PhD work in technical education.研究生教育包括计算机科学、电气与电子、机械与土木工程的工程硕士、工程硕士与博士项目，以及技术教育方向的硕士与博士研究。
• IUT admits 720 undergraduates each year, selected from about 8,000 applicants who sit its placement test after screening on secondary and higher-secondary results. Admissions open in March and close by June, and roughly the top tenth of test-takers is accepted.学校每年录取 720 名本科生，申请人先按中学与高中成绩初筛，约 8,000 人参加入学分班考试，最终择优录取。招生于 3 月启动、6 月结束，约有十分之一的考生被录取。
• About 160 graduate students are admitted annually. International candidates are nominated by their governments, while applicants from Bangladesh sit departmental tests and interviews.学校每年录取约 160 名研究生，国际申请人由本国政府提名，孟加拉国申请人则须参加各系考试与面试。
• A nine-member Governing Board, drawn from member states and including the OIC secretary-general and the vice-chancellor ex officio, approves curricula and awards degrees.九人董事会由成员国按地域分配选出，伊斯兰合作组织秘书长与校长为当然成员，负责批准课程与授予学位。
• International students come from more than 50 OIC member states, and the university describes its admissions as highly competitive because places are limited and heavily subsidised.国际学生来自 50 多个伊斯兰合作组织成员国，校方称由于名额有限且资助力度大，招生竞争十分激烈。
• Instruction is in English, the academic year begins in January and is divided into winter and summer semesters, and a bachelor's degree takes four years while a master's takes two. A commencement ceremony closes each academic year for graduating students.教学使用英语，学年于 1 月开始并分为冬季与夏季学期，本科学位需四年、硕士学位需两年。每学年结束时为毕业生举行毕业典礼。
• Every year 720 undergraduate places are allocated across the six departments, with the largest intakes in computer science and electrical and electronic engineering.每年 720 个本科名额分配至六个系，其中计算机科学与电气电子工程的招生规模最大。
• The university is accredited by the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh and recognised by the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, the International Association of Universities and the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World.学校获孟加拉国大学拨款委员会认证，并获孟加拉国工程师学会、国际大学协会与伊斯兰世界大学联合会承认。
• Its business programmes hold AACSB accreditation, an unusual distinction for a South Asian engineering university and a sign of its management school's separate development.其商科项目持有 AACSB 认证，这对南亚工程类大学而言颇为少见，也反映其管理学科的相对独立发展。
• The library occupies the first floor of the library and cafeteria building, overlooks the lake on two sides and divides its holdings into general and research and reference sections.图书馆位于图书馆兼食堂楼二层，两侧临湖，馆藏分为综合与科研参考两部分。
• Library holdings concentrate on engineering, technical and vocational subjects, with printed and online journals, a barcode circulation system and an online public catalogue.馆藏集中于工程、技术与职业学科，订阅纸质与在线期刊，采用条码借阅系统并提供联机公共目录。
• Three academic buildings, three workshops and a network of laboratories support teaching, covering manufacturing, electronics, materials, energy and environmental testing.三栋教学楼、三个工坊与一组实验室支撑教学，覆盖制造、电子、材料、能源与环境检测。
• OIC member states fund the university through an endowment and allocations, and students nominated by member states receive tuition waivers and free accommodation.伊斯兰合作组织成员国通过捐赠基金与摊款资助学校，成员国提名的学生可获得学费减免与免费住宿。
• The curriculum combines engineering with technical teacher training, a dual mission inherited from the institution's origins as a centre for vocational training and research.课程把工程技术与技术师资培训结合起来，这一双重使命继承自学校作为职业培训与研究中心的起源。

Campus

• The campus occupies 30 acres at Tongi in Gazipur district, about 20 kilometres north of central Dhaka, and was designed by the Turkish architect Mehmet Doruk Pamir, a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.校园位于加济布尔县通吉，占地 30 英亩，距达卡市中心约 20 公里，由麻省理工学院毕业的土耳其建筑师梅赫梅特·多鲁克·帕米尔设计。
• The site was chosen in 1979 for its road and rail links to Dhaka and for the flat land beside a lake, which gives the campus its two-sided waterfront library view.校址于 1979 年选定，看重其连接达卡的公路与铁路，以及湖畔的平坦地形，这使图书馆拥有两侧临水的景观。
• Three academic buildings house the six departments, while three workshops, a central administrative building and a separate library and cafeteria block complete the teaching core.三栋教学楼容纳六个系，三个工坊、一栋中央行政楼以及独立的图书馆兼食堂楼构成教学核心区。
• The auditorium seats about 600 people and hosts convocations, seminars, cultural functions and examinations, with a stage, green room, guest room, conference room and film projection facilities.礼堂可容纳约 600 人，设有舞台、演员休息室、贵宾室、会议室与电影放映设施，用于毕业典礼、研讨会、文化活动与考试。
• Three halls of residence accommodate students on campus: the North Hall and South Hall for men and a Female Hall, each room furnished for up to four students and served by common facilities buildings.校内有三个学生宿舍区：男生北楼与南楼以及女生宿舍楼，每间宿舍可住四名学生，并配有公共设施楼。
• Each hall is headed by a provost drawn from the senior faculty and assisted by assistant provosts, a system that places residential discipline under academic staff rather than separate administrators.每栋宿舍由资深教师出任舍监，并配备副舍监，这一制度把住宿管理交由教师而非独立行政人员负责。
• Three self-service cafeterias, named Central, North and Female, serve breakfast, lunch, evening snacks and dinner under a cafeteria committee of faculty, students and staff.中央、北区与女生三座自助食堂供应早餐、午餐、晚间点心与晚餐，由教师、学生与行政人员组成的食堂委员会管理。
• Two student centres provide television and newspaper rooms, indoor games, board games, chess and table tennis, supplementing the gymnasium and fitness centre.两座学生中心设有电视室、阅报室与室内游戏室，并提供棋类与乒乓球设施，与体育馆和健身中心互为补充。
• A two-storey mosque with an adjacent minaret stands at the heart of the campus and opens to the public for Friday prayers, serving both students and the surrounding community.一座两层清真寺与相邻的宣礼塔位于校园中心，主麻日向公众开放，服务学生与周边社区。
• Sports facilities include a gymnasium with an indoor basketball court, a fitness centre, football and volleyball grounds, basketball and tennis courts, a cricket practice pitch and badminton courts.体育设施包括带室内篮球馆的体育馆、健身中心、足球场、排球场、篮球场、网球场、板球练习场与羽毛球场。

Reputation

• The QS World University Rankings 2027 place IUT in the 1401+ band, a joint interval at the bottom of the table covering 102 institutions.2027 年 QS 世界大学排名将学校列入 1401+ 区间，这是榜单末段覆盖 102 所院校的并列区间。^[1]
• In the 2026 edition QS ranked it 1201-1400 in the world and 421-430 in Asia, the strongest showing in its recent record.在 2026 年版排名中，QS 将其列为全球 1201—1400、亚洲 421—430，这是其近年最好表现。
• IUT does not appear in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, so it holds no position in that table.学校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名，因此在该榜单中没有名次。
• It is also absent from the U.S. News Best Global Universities list for 2026-2027 and from the main table of the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026.学校同样未进入 2026—2027 年度 U.S. News 全球大学榜单，也未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。
• As an OIC subsidiary organ, IUT is one of the organisation's specialised higher education institutions and draws its governing board, funding and student body from member states.作为伊斯兰合作组织的下属机构，该校是该组织专门高等教育机构之一，其董事会、经费与生源均来自成员国。
• Its engineering programmes are recognised by the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, and its business school holds AACSB accreditation, two credentials that shape graduate employment.其工程专业获孟加拉国工程师学会承认，商学院持有 AACSB 认证，这两项资质直接影响毕业生就业。
• Admission selectivity is measurable: about 8,000 candidates sit the placement test for 720 places, an acceptance rate of roughly nine per cent of tested applicants.招生筛选程度可以量化：约 8,000 名考生竞争 720 个名额，录取率约为参加考试者的 9%。
• Its graduates include a Cambridge nanoengineering professor, a Nokia Bell Labs research director and a former chief executive of Walton, Bangladesh's largest electronics company.其毕业生包括剑桥大学纳米工程教授、诺基亚贝尔实验室研究总监，以及孟加拉国最大电子企业沃尔顿的前首席执行官。
• The university's research output is modest by global standards, and its reputation rests on teaching quality, OIC scholarships and the international composition of its student body.按全球标准衡量，学校科研产出有限，其声誉主要建立在教学质量、伊斯兰合作组织奖学金与学生构成的国际化之上。

Student life

• IUT has no formal Latin motto. Its identity is expressed through its OIC mandate to train engineers and technical teachers for the Muslim world, stated in its founding documents.学校没有正式的拉丁文校训，其身份通过建校文件中所载的伊斯兰合作组织使命表达，即为穆斯林世界培养工程师与技术教师。
• Residential life centres on the three halls, where provosts, assistant provosts and student prefects manage study hours, dining and inter-hall competitions.住宿生活以三个宿舍区为中心，舍监、副舍监与学生楼长负责管理学习时间、餐饮与宿舍间竞赛。
• The IUT Debating Society, founded in 2002, is one of Bangladesh's most successful university debating clubs and has represented the country at the World Universities Debating Championship.IUT 辩论社成立于 2002 年，是孟加拉国最成功的大学辩论社团之一，曾代表国家参加世界大学辩论锦标赛。
• The IUT Computer Society, formed in 2008, runs programming classes, contests and app-development workshops, and feeds teams into national collegiate programming competitions.IUT 计算机学会成立于 2008 年，举办编程课程、竞赛与应用开发工作坊，并向全国高校编程竞赛输送队伍。
• The IUT Career and Business Society runs an annual career fair, grooming sessions and networking events that prepare students for professional employment.IUT 职业与商业协会每年举办招聘会、职业形象培训与交流活动，为学生进入职场做准备。
• Smaller societies range from the Photographic Society (2010) and the CAD Society (2019) to the Model OIC (2017), the Robotics Society and the Al-Biruni Society of Scientific Studies.较小的社团包括摄影协会（2010）、计算机辅助设计协会（2019）、模拟伊斯兰合作组织（2017）、机器人协会与阿尔·比鲁尼科学研究会。
• International chapters of IEEE (1999), IMechE, ASME (2021) and ACI (2020) give students professional networks and annual design and concrete competitions.IEEE（1999）、IMechE、ASME（2021）与 ACI（2020）的国际学生分会为学生提供专业网络以及年度设计与混凝土竞赛机会。
• Each year the six departments organise four technology festivals, one business festival and one general competition, opening the campus to students from other Bangladeshi universities.六个系每年举办四场科技节、一场商业节与一场综合竞赛，并向孟加拉国其他高校的学生开放校园。
• The annual athletics competition, the lakeside mosque and the three cafeterias anchor daily life, while weekends bring students into Tongi and Dhaka for markets, cinemas and family visits.年度田径赛、湖畔清真寺与三座食堂构成日常生活，周末学生则前往通吉与达卡逛市场、看电影或探亲。

Notable people

• Ziaur Rahman, president of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981, laid the foundation stone on 27 March 1981 and is remembered as the project's political patron in its host country.齐亚·拉赫曼于 1977 至 1981 年任孟加拉国总统，1981 年 3 月 27 日为学校奠基，被视为项目在东道国的政治推动者。
• Habib Chatty, secretary-general of the OIC from 1979 to 1984, attended the foundation ceremony and helped mobilise member-state funding for the centre.哈比卜·沙提于 1979 至 1984 年任伊斯兰合作组织秘书长，出席奠基仪式并协助为该校筹集成员国资金。
• Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, attended the 1981 foundation ceremony, a sign of the project's standing in the wider Muslim world.巴勒斯坦解放组织主席亚西尔·阿拉法特出席了 1981 年的奠基仪式，显示该项目在更广泛穆斯林世界中的地位。
• Hossain Mohammad Ershad, president of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990, inaugurated the completed campus on 14 July 1988 under its original name ICTVTR.侯赛因·穆罕默德·艾尔沙德于 1983 至 1990 年任孟加拉国总统，1988 年 7 月 14 日以原名 ICTVTR 为落成校园揭幕。
• Begum Khaleda Zia, prime minister of Bangladesh in 1991-1996 and 2001-2006, inaugurated both the Islamic Institute of Technology in 1995 and IUT in 2001.贝古姆·卡莉达·齐亚于 1991 至 1996 年与 2001 至 2006 年任孟加拉国总理，先后为 1995 年的伊斯兰技术学院与 2001 年的伊斯兰理工大学揭幕。
• Mehmet Doruk Pamir, a Turkish architect trained at MIT, designed the Tongi campus, giving it a lake-facing plan and a library that opens to water on two sides.梅赫梅特·多鲁克·帕米尔是麻省理工学院培养的土耳其建筑师，设计了通吉校区，使其平面面向湖泊，图书馆两侧临水。
• Tawfique Hasan, professor of nanoengineering at the University of Cambridge, is an alumnus and one of the university's most cited graduates in materials and device research.陶菲克·哈桑是剑桥大学纳米工程教授，也是该校在材料与器件研究领域被引最多的校友之一。
• Golam Morshed, former managing director and chief executive of Walton, represents the business alumni who moved from engineering training into Bangladesh's electronics industry.戈拉姆·莫尔谢德是沃尔顿公司前董事总经理兼首席执行官，代表从工程训练进入孟加拉国电子产业的商界校友。
• Mohammad Mehedi Hassan, professor in the College of Computer and Information Sciences at King Saud University, is an alumnus working in cloud and big-data research.穆罕默德·迈赫迪·哈桑是沙特国王大学计算机与信息科学学院教授，从事云计算与大数据研究的校友。
• Fahim Kawsar, director and research lead in pervasive systems at Nokia Bell Labs in Cambridge, is another graduate who has stayed in industrial research.法希姆·卡夫萨尔是诺基亚贝尔实验室剑桥分部普适系统研究总监，是另一位留在产业研究领域的毕业生。
• Ashfaque Ahmed Chowdhury, a senior academic and engineering researcher at Central Queensland University in Australia, represents the academic path taken by many IUT graduates.阿什法克·艾哈迈德·乔杜里是澳大利亚中央昆士兰大学的资深学者与工程研究人员，代表许多 IUT 毕业生选择的学术道路。
• Md Mamun Bin Ibne Reaz, a professor of electrical engineering, became vice-chancellor in June 2026 after M. Rafiqul Islam's term, continuing the line of engineering academics at the head of the university.电气工程教授 Md Mamun Bin Ibne Reaz 在 M. Rafiqul Islam 任期结束后于 2026 年 6 月出任校长，延续了由工程学者执掌学校的传统。