Khulna University of Engineering and Technology

Khulna University of Engineering and Technology is a public technological university in Khulna, the principal city of south-western Bangladesh, dedicated to engineering, architecture and applied science.库尔纳工程技术大学是一所公立工程技术大学，位于孟加拉国西南部主要城市库尔纳，专注工程、建筑与应用科学。

Founded in 1967 as Khulna Engineering College, it was reconstituted as Bangladesh Institute of Technology, Khulna, in 1986 and raised to full university status in 2003.该校 1967 年以库尔纳工程学院之名创办，1986 年改组为库尔纳孟加拉国技术学院，2003 年升格为完整大学。

It enrols 7,941 students, including 5,916 undergraduates, and employs 463 academic staff on a 117.48-acre campus, while QS placed it in the 1401+ band for 2027.学校现有 7941 名学生，其中本科生 5916 人，教职人员 463 人，校园占地 117.48 英亩，QS 将其列入 2027 年 1401+ 区间。

Its four faculties, three research institutes and doctoral programmes make it the principal technological university of Khulna Division, with research spanning disaster management, environmental science and power technology.四大学院、三个研究所与博士项目使它成为库尔纳专区的主要工程技术大学，研究覆盖灾害管理、环境科学与动力技术。

History

• The college was established in 1967 to supply engineers for the industrial and river-based economy of Khulna, then the largest urban centre of south-western East Pakistan.学院于 1967 年创办，为当时东巴基斯坦西南部最大城市库尔纳的工业与河运经济培养工程师。
• The 1967 foundation belonged to a decade of engineering-college expansion in East Pakistan that also produced Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology and Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology.1967 年的创办属于东巴基斯坦工程院校扩张的十年，同一时期还产生了孟加拉工程技术大学、拉杰沙希工程技术大学与吉大港工程技术大学。
• N. M. Azam became the first principal in 1969, the year the college began regular teaching with a small faculty drawn from civil, electrical and mechanical engineering.1969 年，N. M. Azam 出任首任校长，同年学院依托土木、电气与机械工程的小规模师资开始常规教学。
• Md. Shamsuddin Ahmed took charge as principal in 1972, the first full year after Bangladesh's independence, when the college resumed a normal academic calendar.1972 年，即孟加拉国独立后的第一个完整年份，Md. Shamsuddin Ahmed 接任校长，学院恢复正常教学秩序。
• Md. Abul Kalam Azad led the college from 1974 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1982, a period in which enrolment in engineering diplomas expanded steadily.Md. Abul Kalam Azad 于 1974 至 1979 年、1980 至 1982 年两度执掌学院，此间工程文凭课程的招生规模稳步扩大。
• M. A. Hannan became principal in 1979 and returned in 1982, serving until the college was renamed, a continuity that shaped its early academic regulations.M. A. Hannan 于 1979 年出任校长，1982 年再次任职直至学院更名，这种延续性塑造了学校早期的教学规章。
• In 1986 the government upgraded the institution to Bangladesh Institute of Technology, Khulna, joining Dhaka, Chittagong and Rajshahi in a national institute system, and Hannan stayed on as its first director until 1997.1986 年，政府将学院升格为库尔纳孟加拉国技术学院，与达卡、吉大港、拉杰沙希的同类院校共同组成国立技术学院体系，Hannan 留任首任院长至 1997 年。
• The central computer centre opened in 1988 with six IBM desktop computers donated by BEXIMCO, an early sign of the college's turn toward computing education.1988 年，中央计算机中心成立，配备 BEXIMCO 捐赠的六台 IBM 台式机，显示学院较早转向计算机教育。
• G. M. Habibullah served as director from 1997 to 1998, followed by M. A. Samad from 1998 to 2002 and Md. Nausher Ali Moral from 2002 to 2003.G. M. Habibullah 于 1997 至 1998 年任院长，M. A. Samad 于 1998 至 2002 年继任，Md. Nausher Ali Moral 于 2002 至 2003 年接掌。
• In 2003 the institute was converted into Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, one of four BIT campuses elevated that year alongside Dhaka, Chittagong and Rajshahi, and Moral became its first vice-chancellor in an acting capacity.2003 年，学院改制为库尔纳工程技术大学，与达卡、吉大港、拉杰沙希三所技术学院同年升格，Moral 以代理身份成为首任副校长。
• Ehsanul Haque was appointed vice-chancellor in 2004 and served until 2006, when Moral again took interim charge during the search for a successor.Ehsanul Haque 于 2004 年出任副校长至 2006 年，其后由 Moral 在遴选继任者期间再次代理校务。
• The central computer centre became an independent university centre in 2006, moving into a new building and taking charge of the campus network.2006 年，中央计算机中心成为学校独立机构，迁入新楼并接管校园网络。
• Moral was confirmed as vice-chancellor in 2007 and led the new university until 2010, consolidating its four-faculty structure.Moral 于 2007 年正式获任副校长，领导这所新大学至 2010 年，巩固了四大学院架构。
• Muhammed Alamgir, a civil engineer, served as vice-chancellor from 2010 to 2018 and oversaw the expansion of laboratories and residential capacity.土木工程师 Muhammed Alamgir 于 2010 至 2018 年任副校长，任内扩建实验室与住宿容量。
• Quazi Sazzad Hossain held the vice-chancellorship from 2018 to 2022, a term that saw the university strengthen its digital admissions and research administration.Quazi Sazzad Hossain 于 2018 至 2022 年任副校长，任内加强了数字化招生与科研管理。
• Mihir Ranjan Halder became vice-chancellor on 1 September 2022 and served until August 2024, when Mohammad Mashud succeeded him.Mihir Ranjan Halder 于 2022 年 9 月 1 日出任副校长至 2024 年 8 月，随后由 Mohammad Mashud 接任。
• In November 2024 the university renamed Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall as Shaheed Smrity Hall, a change recorded in its hall history.2024 年 11 月，学校将 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman 宿舍更名为 Shaheed Smrity 宿舍，并载入宿舍沿革。
• The vice-chancellorship changed twice in 2025, with Md. Hazrat Ali as interim head from May and Md. Maksud Helali taking office in July.2025 年副校长两度更替，Md. Hazrat Ali 自 5 月起代理，Md. Maksud Helali 于 7 月就任。
• Mohammad Mashud returned as vice-chancellor on 16 March 2026, the fourth change of leadership in less than two years.Mohammad Mashud 于 2026 年 3 月 16 日再度出任副校长，成为不到两年内的第四次领导层更替。
• Across six decades the institution moved from a regional engineering college to a degree-granting university with doctoral programmes and three research institutes.六十年间，学校从地区性工程学院发展为拥有博士项目与三个研究所的学位授予大学。

Academics

• Teaching is organised into four faculties and 20 departments, 16 of which admit undergraduates across civil, electrical, mechanical and interdisciplinary engineering.教学由四大学院、20 个系组成，其中 16 个系招收土木、电气、机械与交叉工程方向的本科生。
• The Faculty of Civil Engineering contains civil engineering, urban and regional planning, building engineering and construction management, and architecture.土木工程学院下设土木工程、城市与区域规划、建筑工程与施工管理、建筑学四个系。
• The Faculty of Science and Humanities covers mathematics, chemistry, physics, and humanities and business, providing the foundational courses for every engineering programme.理学与人文学院涵盖数学、化学、物理、人文与商务四个系，为所有工程专业提供基础课程。
• The Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering comprises electrical and electronic engineering, computer science and engineering, electronics and communication engineering, biomedical engineering and materials science and engineering.电气与电子工程学院由电气与电子工程、计算机科学与工程、电子与通信工程、生物医学工程、材料科学与工程五个系组成。
• The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is the largest, with mechanical, industrial and production, leather, textile, energy science, chemical and mechatronics engineering departments.机械工程学院规模最大，设机械、工业与生产、皮革、纺织、能源科学、化学与机电一体化工程等系。
• The Department of Industrial Engineering and Management awards the industrial and production engineering degree, a programme that combines manufacturing systems with operations management.工业工程与管理系授予工业与生产工程学位，该专业把制造系统与运营管理结合起来。
• The Department of Architecture and the Department of Urban and Regional Planning give the university a design and planning dimension that complements its civil, electrical and mechanical engineering cores.建筑学系与城市和区域规划系为学校带来设计与规划维度，与土木、电气、机械工程等核心学科互补。
• Three institutes support advanced work: information and communication technology, disaster management, and environment and power technology.三个研究所支撑前沿研究，分别研究信息与通信技术、灾害管理、环境与动力技术。
• The university publishes the Journal of Engineering Science, an in-house periodical for faculty and postgraduate research in engineering and applied sciences.学校出版《工程科学杂志》，作为教师与研究生发表工程及应用科学研究成果的校内期刊。
• UGC figures for 2022 record 7,941 students, of whom 5,916 are undergraduates, 1,809 postgraduates, 153 doctoral candidates and 63 in other categories.孟加拉国大学拨款委员会 2022 年数据显示，全校 7941 名学生中有本科生 5916 人、研究生 1809 人、博士生 153 人、其他类别 63 人。
• The same returns list 463 academic staff and 699 administrative staff, a ratio of roughly 17 students per teacher.同一份统计列出教职人员 463 人、行政人员 699 人，师生比约为 17 比 1。
• Admission is competitive: about 1,065 undergraduate seats are offered each year and roughly 10,000 candidates are invited to a written test.招生竞争激烈，每年提供约 1065 个本科名额，约 10000 名考生获邀参加笔试。
• Candidates are shortlisted on higher secondary grades in physics, chemistry, mathematics and English, and places are awarded on test merit.考生先按高中物理、化学、数学与英语成绩初筛，再依笔试成绩择优录取。
• Five seats are reserved for students from small ethnic groups, who sit the same test, and a separate channel admits international students.学校为小族群学生保留五个名额，他们须参加同一考试，国际学生则走单独招生通道。
• Students are admitted directly to one of 16 engineering tracks and may not change their major once the first weeks of classes have passed.学生入学即进入 16 个工程专业之一，开课数周后不得再更改主修。
• The central library holds 50,635 books, journals and periodicals, divided into a general lending section and a reference reading section, and each department keeps a rent-based textbook library for its students.中央图书馆藏有 50635 册图书、期刊与连续出版物，分为普通借阅与参考阅览两部分，各系另设低价租借的教材书库。
• A library automation project completed under the Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project gave the collection an online catalogue and circulation control, and new books and journals are added every year.在高等教育质量提升项目支持下完成的图书馆自动化工程，为馆藏建立了在线目录与借阅管理，学校每年还持续购入新书与期刊。
• The central computer centre runs a 256 Mbit/s link through BTCL and BdREN, with five servers for mail, proxy and databases and a firewall for campus security.中央计算机中心通过 BTCL 与 BdREN 接入 256 兆比特每秒线路，配有邮件、代理与数据库等五台服务器及防火墙。

Campus

• The campus lies at Fulbarigate on KUET Road in the north-west of Khulna, about 15 kilometres from the city's zero point, with the postal code 9203.校园位于库尔纳西北部 KUET 路的 Fulbarigate，距城市零点约 15 公里，邮政编码 9203。
• The 117.48-acre site is divided into student housing, staff housing, an academic zone and a cultural and recreational zone, arranged in a square to shorten walking distances.117.48 英亩的校园分为学生宿舍区、教职工宿舍区、教学区以及文化休闲区，整体呈方形布局以缩短步行距离。
• The academic zone is a continuous complex of departmental buildings, each with its own courtyard, heavy laboratories on the ground floor and classrooms and project rooms above.教学区由各系馆连成一体，每座系馆都有内院，重型实验室设于底层，教室与项目室位于上层。
• Teaching staff have individual offices beside their laboratories, a layout intended to keep experiment, instruction and supervision within a few steps of one another.每位教师在其实验室旁拥有独立办公室，这一布局让实验、教学与指导彼此相距仅数步。
• The two-storey medical centre provides free primary care through eight full-time MBBS doctors, two nurses, a medical technologist and two support staff, and sends complicated cases to specialists by ambulance.两层高的医疗中心由 8 名全职医学学士医生、2 名护士、1 名医疗技师与 2 名辅助人员提供免费初级诊疗，并用救护车把疑难病例转送专科医生。
• Every hall provides a library, prayer room, television and recreation room with daily newspapers and magazines, and Amar Ekushey Hall has two dining rooms.每座宿舍都设有图书室、祈祷室、电视与休闲室并供应日报杂志，Amar Ekushey 宿舍还拥有两个餐厅。
• Seven residential halls house the student body, one for women and six for men, each run by a provost and one or more assistant provosts.七座学生宿舍承担住宿，其中女生宿舍一座、男生宿舍六座，每座由一名舍监与若干副舍监管理。
• The halls are named for the Language Movement, the mystic Lalon, the Sufi saint Khan Jahan Ali, Bengal's first prime minister A. K. Fazlul Huq, BUET's first vice-chancellor M. A. Rashid and the reformer Begum Rokeya.宿舍分别纪念语言运动、神秘诗人 Lalon、苏菲圣者 Khan Jahan Ali、孟加拉首任总理 A. K. Fazlul Huq、孟加拉工程技术大学首任副校长 M. A. Rashid 与改革者 Begum Rokeya。
• A university shuttle bus links the campus with Khulna city for students and staff, with extra weekend services for shopping and recreation.学校班车连接校园与库尔纳市区，供师生通勤，周末另加班次满足购物与休闲需求。
• A large playground on the eastern edge hosts annual athletics and cricket and football matches, while a tennis court and a gymnasium serve daily recreation.校园东缘的大型操场承办年度田径赛与板球、足球比赛，网球场与体育馆则供日常锻炼。
• Khulna stands on the Rupsha and Bhairab rivers and is the gateway to the Sundarbans, so the campus combines a quiet suburban setting with access to a major river port and to Khulna University, the city's general university.库尔纳位于鲁普萨河与拜拉布河畔，是通往孙德尔本斯的门户，校园因此兼具安静郊区环境与大河港口及库尔纳大学的便利。

Reputation

• QS World University Rankings 2027 places KUET in the 1401+ band, the open-ended final group shared by the lowest-ranked listed institutions, which contains 102 universities in this edition.2027 年 QS 世界大学排名将库尔纳工程技术大学列入 1401+ 区间，这是榜单末端院校共享的开放式分组，本版共含 102 所高校。
• In the 2025 QS tables the university stood at 1201-1400 worldwide, 401-410 in Asia and 107th in Southern Asia, a regional profile built on engineering teaching.在 2025 年 QS 榜单中，该校位列世界 1201 至 1400 名、亚洲 401 至 410 名、南亚第 107 名，其区域地位建立在工程教学之上。
• KUET is not listed in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, although it appeared at 1001-1200 in the 2025 edition and at 401-500 in Asia in 2023.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名，但曾于 2025 年位列 1001 至 1200 名，并于 2023 年位列亚洲 401 至 500 名。
• Its engineering subject ranking in the same system reached 801-1000 in 2025, the strongest subject position the university has recorded.在同一评级体系的 2025 年工程学科排名中，该校进入 801 至 1000 名，是其取得的最佳学科位次。
• The 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities list includes KUET but gives it no numerical rank, placing it in the unranked category used for institutions that fall below the published cut-off.2026 至 2027 年度 U.S. News 全球最佳大学榜单收录了该校，但未给出具体名次，将其列入未达公布门槛院校所用的未排名类别。
• The university does not appear in the main table of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, which selects on highly cited research output.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，该榜依据高被引科研产出遴选。
• At the 2024 ICPC World Finals in Kazakhstan, a KUET team drawn from computer science and industrial engineering received an honourable mention.在 2024 年于哈萨克斯坦举行的国际大学生程序设计竞赛世界总决赛上，由计算机与工业工程学生组成的库尔纳工程技术大学队获得荣誉提名。
• Team Mohakash, a joint KUET and BAUET group, won the Best Mission Concept category at the NASA Space Apps Challenge in 2021.由库尔纳工程技术大学与孟加拉国农业大学学生组成的 Mohakash 队于 2021 年在 NASA Space Apps 挑战赛中夺得最佳任务构想奖。
• Three KUET teachers were included in Stanford University's list of the world's top two per cent of scientists published in 2024, a marker of citation impact.2024 年斯坦福大学发布的全球前 2% 科学家名单中收录了该校三名教师，显示其引用影响力。
• Its degrees are recognised by the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh, the Institute of Architects Bangladesh and the Institution of Textile Engineers and Technologists.该校学位获得孟加拉国工程师学会、孟加拉国建筑师学会以及纺织工程师与技术专家学会的认可。

Student life

• The university motto, প্রভু! আমায় জ্ঞান দাও, translates as Oh Lord, bestow me with knowledge, and is used on official documents and ceremony backdrops.校训「প্রভু! আমায় জ্ঞান দাও」意为「主啊，请赐我知识」，出现在学校正式文件与典礼背景上。
• Each hall is led by a provost and assistant provosts, with elected student bodies handling mess accounts, sports and cultural programmes.每座宿舍由舍监与副舍监领导，学生自治组织负责伙食账目、体育与文化活动。
• Rooms usually hold four students, except for two-seat rooms in Amar Ekushey Hall reserved for postgraduate students, and halls provide prepaid monthly lunch and dinner.宿舍房间一般为四人一间，Amar Ekushey 宿舍设有供研究生使用的双人间，各舍提供按月预付的午餐与晚餐。
• The mess system is run hall by hall, with monthly prepaid meals and student-managed accounts, while the two dining rooms of Amar Ekushey Hall serve its larger resident population.伙食体系按宿舍独立运行，按月预付并由学生参与账目管理，Amar Ekushey 宿舍的两个餐厅服务其较大的住宿群体。
• Hall life carries the university's memorial culture: Amar Ekushey recalls the 1952 Language Movement, while Shaheed Smrity, renamed in November 2024, commemorates martyrs.宿舍生活承载学校的纪念文化：Amar Ekushey 纪念 1952 年语言运动，2024 年 11 月更名的 Shaheed Smrity 则缅怀烈士。
• The annual athletics meeting is held on the eastern playground, which also stages inter-departmental cricket and football and is open to students throughout the year.年度田径运动会在东侧操场举行，该场地还承办系际板球与足球赛，全年向学生开放。
• Scholarships include the KUET Excellence award, the Arif Ahmed and Dr. Naseem Uddin funds, the KUETian@Qatar scheme and the KCC FSM programme for needy students.奖学金包括库尔纳工程技术大学卓越奖、Arif Ahmed 与 Dr. Naseem Uddin 基金、KUETian@Qatar 计划以及面向贫困生的 KCC FSM 项目。
• External support comes from Erasmus Mundus, the Prime Minister's Research and Higher Education Fund for doctoral students, and Indian and New Zealand Commonwealth awards offered in 2019, while teaching assistantships and fellowships support graduate study.外部资助来自 Erasmus Mundus、面向博士生的总理研究与高等教育基金，以及 2019 年提供的印度与新西兰联邦奖学金，教学助理岗位与研究员基金则支持研究生学习。
• The admission test each year brings about 10,000 candidates to campus for a single competitive examination, a recurring event in the university calendar.每年的招生考试把约 10000 名考生带到校园参加一场竞争性笔试，成为校历上的固定事件。

Notable people

• N. M. Azam, the first principal from 1969 to 1972, established the college's initial academic departments and its first examination rules.N. M. Azam 于 1969 至 1972 年任首任校长，建立了学院最初的系科与考试规章。
• M. A. Hannan led the institution as principal and then as first director of BIT Khulna from 1986 to 1997, guiding its transition to an institute.M. A. Hannan 先任校长，后于 1986 至 1997 年任库尔纳孟加拉国技术学院首任院长，主导学院升格。
• Md. Nausher Ali Moral was the last director of BIT Khulna and the first vice-chancellor of KUET, serving in acting and substantive roles from 2003 to 2010.Md. Nausher Ali Moral 是库尔纳孟加拉国技术学院末任院长，也是库尔纳工程技术大学首任副校长，2003 至 2010 年间以代理与正式身份主政。
• Ehsanul Haque served as vice-chancellor from 2004 to 2006, a period when the new university consolidated its four faculties and degree programmes.Ehsanul Haque 于 2004 至 2006 年任副校长，此间新大学整合了四大学院与学位项目。
• Muhammed Alamgir, a professor of civil engineering, was vice-chancellor from 2010 to 2018 and is associated with the campus's laboratory and hall expansion.土木工程教授 Muhammed Alamgir 于 2010 至 2018 年任副校长，参与推动校园实验室与宿舍扩建。
• Quazi Sazzad Hossain, vice-chancellor from 2018 to 2022, later became a professor in the civil engineering department and an alumnus of the university.Quazi Sazzad Hossain 于 2018 至 2022 年任副校长，后任土木工程系教授，也是该校校友。
• Mihir Ranjan Halder led the university from September 2022 to August 2024, and Mohammad Mashud held the post from September 2024 to April 2025.Mihir Ranjan Halder 于 2022 年 9 月至 2024 年 8 月领导学校，Mohammad Mashud 于 2024 年 9 月至 2025 年 4 月接任。
• Md. Maksud Helali served as vice-chancellor from July 2025 to March 2026, when Mashud began his second term.Md. Maksud Helali 于 2025 年 7 月至 2026 年 3 月任副校长，随后 Mashud 开始第二任期。
• Tanbin Islam Siyam, a member of the Avro Keyboard development team, received the Ekushey Padak in 2025 for contributions to Bengali computing.Tanbin Islam Siyam 是 Avro 键盘开发团队成员，因对孟加拉语计算技术的贡献于 2025 年获颁 Ekushey Padak 奖。
• Iqbal Hussain Khan and Md. Delwar Hossain, both graduates, entered the Bangladesh foreign service and served in diplomatic missions abroad.Iqbal Hussain Khan 与 Md. Delwar Hossain 均为该校毕业生，进入孟加拉国外交系统并在驻外使团任职。
• The roll of principals and vice-chancellors also includes Md. Shamsuddin Ahmed, Md. Abul Kalam Azad, G. M. Habibullah and M. A. Samad, who led the college through its institute years.历任校长与副校长还包括 Md. Shamsuddin Ahmed、Md. Abul Kalam Azad、G. M. Habibullah 与 M. A. Samad，他们带领学院走过技术学院时期。
• Md. Hazrat Ali served as interim vice-chancellor from 1 to 22 May 2025, bridging the terms of Mashud and Helali during a contested leadership transition.Md. Hazrat Ali 于 2025 年 5 月 1 日至 22 日代理副校长，在 Mashud 与 Helali 两任之间维持校务衔接。
• The university's public identity rests less on individual fame than on a regional alumni network of engineers in Bangladeshi public works, power, textiles and universities.该校的公众形象与其说依赖个别名人，不如说依托遍布孟加拉国公共工程、电力、纺织与高校的工程校友网络。