Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur
Profile
- Ownership
- public
- Vice-Chancellor
- Professor Mohammad Iqbal
- Students
- 3650
- Faculty
- 279
- Annual budget
- ৳886,200,000
- Established
- 2003
- District
- Gazipur
Professor Mohammad Iqbal (8th VC, notified May 14, took charge May 17, 2026 from Mohammad Zoynal Abedin 7th VC) assumed office amid student protests and a violent clash that injured at least 20. The 2025-26 undergraduate admission cycle opened May 2026 with exam scheduled August 2, 2026. DUET was included in the May 14, 2026 government batch that reshuffled 11 university VCs.
Recent activity
- 2026-02-17 policy BNP-Tarique government sworn in; DUET operated under interim administration through October 2024 VC appointment cycle; political organisations had been banned on campus since September 2024.
- 2026-03-27 research QS Asia University Rankings 2026 placed DUET at #486 in Asia and #127 in Southern Asia -- the first QS Asia ranking for DUET. ↗
- 2026-05-10 admission 2025-26 undergraduate admission circular issued (notice dated May 10, 2026); application window May 28 to June 30, 2026 via duetbd.org; fee Tk 950 via Teletalk; exam scheduled August 2, 2026; eligibility restricted to BTEB diploma graduates (2010 or later, minimum 60% or GPA 3.0). ↗↗
- 2026-05-13 accreditation DUET's Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) organised a workshop on using AI tools for engineering programme accreditation; outgoing VC Mohammad Zoynal Abedin stated AI tools had become indispensable for accreditation under the Washington Accord framework; Bangladesh is a recent Washington Accord signatory. ↗
- 2026-05-14 appointment Ministry of Education (Secondary and Higher Education Division) notification appointed Professor Mohammad Iqbal (Industrial and Production Engineering, SUST; PhD Dublin City University 1996-2000; 34 years academic experience; former VC of North East University Bangladesh) as DUET's 8th Vice-Chancellor for a four-year term, with full-time on-campus residency required; notification issued May 14, 2026 as part of a single batch appointing VCs to 11 public universities including BUET. ↗↗↗
- 2026-05-17 violence Clashes erupted on campus between students opposing and supporting the external VC appointment, injuring at least 20 people (including 6 police officers); protesters demanded appointment from internal DUET faculty, arguing DUET's diploma-engineer focus requires a VC familiar with its unique academic structure; Chhatra Dal and Chhatra Shibir traded blame; police deployed tear gas. Later the same afternoon, Professor Mohammad Iqbal formally took charge from outgoing VC Mohammad Zoynal Abedin. ↗↗↗↗
Provenance & notes
verification_status=partial: (1) treasurer and registrar names not found on duet.ac.bd (the website's office pages do not display individual names in the fetched content); set null. (2) student_count 3,650 from Wikipedia (approximately 3,000 UG + 600 PG + 50 PhD); consistent with ECNEC project documents citing 'approximately 3,500 students' as beneficiaries. (3) faculty_count 279 academic staff per Wikipedia 2023 figure. (4) annual_budget_bdt 886,200,000 = BDT 886.2 million for FY 2023-24, per Wikipedia; no FY 2024-25 figure found in press or official sources. (5) vc_since 2026-05-17 is the charge-taking date (confirmed by Daily Star and Prothom Alo); notification issued May 14, 2026 (same batch as BUET and 9 others). (6) Pro-VC Dr. Md. Arefin Kowser confirmed via duet.ac.bd/office/office-of-the-pro-vice-chancellor and press (attended DUET-Betopia MOU signing February 2026); no appointment date found in press. (7) DUET specialization set null (the uni_type 'engineering' already captures it; the diploma-engineer admission restriction is unique but not a subject-matter specialization like 'maritime' or 'textile'). (8) established_year 2003 follows task specification; physical campus relocated to Gazipur in 1983; precursor College of Engineering, Dhaka founded 1980 at Tejgaon. (9) campus_count 2: main (23.42 acres, Gazipur Sadar) and second campus (13 acres, Majhir Khola Road, Gazipur), which opened for academic activities January 2025. (10) QS Asia 2026 ranking #486 sourced from Wikipedia; ranking year confirmed as 2026 release.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka_University_of_Engineering_%26_Technology,_Gazipur
- https://www.duet.ac.bd/about/history
- https://www.duet.ac.bd/office/office-of-the-pro-vice-chancellor/head-message
- https://www.duet.ac.bd/notice/admission-notices
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