Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Profile
- Ownership
- public
- Vice-Chancellor
- Professor Dr. Eqramul Hoque
- Students
- 11000
- Faculty
- 600
- Annual budget
- ৳22,930,000,000
- Established
- 1962
- District
- Dhaka
New VC Dr. Eqramul Hoque appointed May 14, 2026 (16th VC); student politics ban extended September 2024 under BUET academic council rules prohibiting membership in any political organisation; campus politics-free status maintained post-July 2024 uprising.
Recent activity
- 2026-02-08 policy BUET Syndicate (549th session, February 5) formally renamed the Central Library as 'Shaheed Abrar Fahad Library' and renamed Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall as 'Shadhinota Hall'; orders signed by Registrar Professor Dr. N.M. Golam Zakaria. ↗↗
- 2026-05-14 appointment Ministry of Education notification appointed Professor (Grade-1) Dr. Eqramul Hoque (Civil Engineering, geotechnical engineering specialist, BSc 1989, PhD University of Tokyo 1996) as BUET's 16th Vice-Chancellor, replacing Professor Dr. Abu Borhan Mohammad Badruzzaman who had served since September 12, 2024; part of a single-notification batch appointing VCs to 11 public universities. ↗↗↗↗
Provenance & notes
verification_status=partial: (1) pro_vice_chancellor status uncertain -- Dr. Abdul Hasib Chowdhury was appointed September 12, 2024 under outgoing VC Badruzzaman; no press confirmation that he continues or was replaced alongside the May 14, 2026 VC change; set with caveat. (2) treasurer field null -- no verifiable name found in any primary source. (3) student_count ~11,000 is a rounded estimate consistent with Wikipedia (~9,234 as of February 2020) adjusted for growth; institution size well-established but exact current figure unavailable. (4) faculty_count ~600 per QS/TopUniversities data point; Wikipedia cites 579 as of February 2020. (5) annual_budget_bdt 22,930,000,000 = BDT 229.30 crore for FY 2024-25 from Wikipedia citing BUET budget data; ~USD 19M. (6) Abrar Fahad context: murdered October 7, 2019 by BCL members in Sher-e-Bangla Hall; 20 students sentenced to death, 5 to life imprisonment (December 8, 2021 Dhaka court); Shaheed Abrar Fahad Avenue (renamed from Bangabandhu Avenue, March 2025); 'Eight Pillars Against Aggression' memorial at Palashi intersection inaugurated October 7, 2025; October 7 declared national memorial day. (7) BUET established_year 1962 is when university status was conferred; predecessors: Dacca Survey School 1876, Ahsanullah School 1908.
Sources
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_University_of_Engineering_and_Technology
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