Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology
Profile
- Ownership
- public
- Vice-Chancellor
- Professor Dr. S M Abdur Razzak
- Students
- 6484
- Faculty
- 400
- Annual budget
- ৳1,001,700,000
- Established
- 2003
- District
- Rajshahi
Active academic year underway with 2025-26 intake enrolled; BAETE accreditation secured for three departments; student politics remains contested following April class boycott; Diamond Jubilee and 6th convocation planned for late 2026.
Recent activity
- 2026-04-24 infrastructure University officials inspected a newly constructed male residential hall; completion targeted by April 30 with dining services to follow; expedited from original December 2026 deadline. ↗
- 2026-04-24 accreditation Bangladesh Accreditation and Evaluation Technical Committee (BAETE) granted six-year accreditation to RUET's EEE, CSE, and CE departments at its Sectoral Committee meeting; ME department deferred pending evaluation report. ↗
- 2026-04-28 protest Students boycotted classes and examinations after Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activists burned an anti-politics banner on campus, escalating tensions over the university's August 2024 ban on student politics; students demanded a referendum within 15 days. ↗
- 2026-04-28 international India's Assistant High Commissioner to Bangladesh (Rajshahi post) Manoj Kumar paid a courtesy call on VC Professor Razzak; discussions covered bilateral cooperation in engineering education and research; no formal agreement signed. ↗
- 2026-05-01 accreditation BSS reported BAETE accreditation for RUET's EEE, CSE, and CE departments; BAETE became a full Washington Accord signatory in 2024, giving international recognition to accredited programmes. ↗
- 2026-05-03 academic_council 157th Academic Council meeting resolved to hold RUET's 6th convocation combined with Diamond Jubilee (60-year) celebrations toward end of 2026; last convocation was December 1, 2019. ↗
- 2026-05-04 admission 2025-26 session undergraduate students (1,235 across 14 departments) arrived on campus; orientation held May 9 and classes began May 10; admission test was January 22, 2026 under the CKRUET combined system; 18,277 applied, 15,567 sat the exam. ↗↗
- 2026-05-08 research Programming segment of 'AI for BD Tech Carnival 2026' held at RUET, organized by Artificial Intelligence Bangladesh; over 60 school-level students from Rajshahi competed in Scratch and C/Python problem-solving. ↗
- 2026-05-09 other Orientation program for 1,235 first-year undergraduates held in RUET auditorium; VC Professor Razzak urged students to develop innovation skills and emphasized anti-ragging and anti-bullying campus policies. ↗
Provenance & notes
Student count (6,484) and faculty count (400) from Wikipedia citing institutional data; breakdown: 5,225 undergrad, 1,053 postgrad, 206 doctoral, plus 525 admin staff. Budget figure 100.17 crore BDT (1,001,700,000 BDT) is for 2024-25 from Wikipedia; no 2025-26 RUET-specific budget found in public sources. VC Professor S M Abdur Razzak confirmed as current VC from both RUET official all-VC page and multiple BSS news articles through May 2026; took office October 28, 2024. RUET was NOT included in either the March 16, 2026 (7-university) or May 14, 2026 (11-university) VC reshuffle batches; VC continuity confirmed. Seat count in CKRUET: RUET 1,230, KUET 1,065, CUET 931. BAETE accreditation decision date is April 24, 2026 (Sectoral Committee meeting); ME department accreditation deferred. Campus: 152 acres, Rajshahi city; 8 residential halls (7 male, 1 female). Established year set to 2003 per the Act; institutional predecessor 1964 captured in legal_basis.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajshahi_University_of_Engineering_%26_Technology
- https://www.ruet.ac.bd/all-vice-chancellor
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/385589
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/384133
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/383777
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/383181
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/382387
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/380960
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/385281
- https://www.newagebd.net/post/education/298175/students-group-jcd-face-off-over-student-politics-at-ruet
- https://en.prothomalo.com/youth/education/f4q2r52lof
- https://www.newagebd.net/post/Education/294141/bangladesh-govt-appoints-new-vcs-in-seven-public-univs