http://www.kuet.ac.bd/

The Khulna University of Engineering & Technology has an objective of achieving excellence in higher education, research, and development in the field of engineering and technology. This university was founded in 1967 as the Khulna Engineering College and Prof. Dr. M N Azom was appointed as the project director of this initiative. The college started its academic program on 3rd June 1974 in affiliation with Rajshahi University and Prof. Abul Kalam Azad was appointed as the first principal of the college. In the beginning it started with a few teachers but is now home to thousands of students and teachers. During its early years, there was no place for academic and administrational freedom. So several academic and administrational problems were there. Thus, all the teachers and students made an appeal to the government for upgrading the whole system according to the structure of the renowned Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). On the basis of their appeal it was converted to an autonomous institution called Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT), Khulna in July 1986 through an ordinance of the Government of Bangladesh with a view to providing more opportunity and autonomy for the improvement of the quality of higher education. The institution was converted into Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET) on September 1, 2003 as a public university. Among other 4 Public Engineering University of Bangladesh; KUET is ranked as No. 2 after BUET. For 34 years now KUET has been a leading engineering university of Bangladesh. The campus is situated at Fulbarigate, 11km North from the Khulna city and beside the Khulna Dhaka highway. The university campus sprawls over an area of 101 acres. Tastefully laid out with beautiful plantation and with buildings of various nature and stature, the campus presents a spectacle of harmony in architecture and natural beauty. The campus is fully residential providing a comfortable social life. It provides several essential amenities for community living including mosque, medical center, shopping center, bank, post office, auditorium and playground. Currently there are 8 Engineering departments and 4 other relevant departments with more than 2000 students. The Engineering departments are Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management. Two new departments have been introduced in the post graduate level in May 2007. They are the Department of Energy technology and Department of Bio-Medical Engineering.