Bangladesh University of Textiles, commonly referred to as BUTEX, is a public university in Bangladesh, situated in Tejgaon, Dhaka. It is the only public university in Bangladesh to teach textile engineering. The institution established education which sustains the entrepreneurship and industrialisation in the RMG industry of Bangladesh.^[1]

This institution has eight (8) government textile engineering affiliated colleges, each of which is textile based institutes of technology.^[2] The colleges are centrally regulated by the university while funding is provisioned under a bilateral Memorandum of understanding signed between Ministry of Education, Bangladesh and Department of Textiles, Bangladesh.^[3]

The university itself offers academic and professional degrees in various fields of textile technology, advanced international business and marketing strategies and in several other disciplines on both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

History

The institution was originally established in 1921 as a weaving school at Narinda, Dhaka, during the British colonial rule, to provide specialized technical education in the fields of textile by offering artisan-level courses. It used to go by the name "British Weaving School". A while later, it took the name "East Bengal Textile Institute" only to offer diploma courses in textile manufacturing process. In 1957, The institute was transferred to its present campus at Tejgaon Industrial Area and set its foundation stone by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In 1960, it started academic activities renamed as "East Pakistan Textile Institute".^[4]

In the post-liberation era of Bangladesh, in 1971, the institute was renamed as "Bangladesh Textile Institute". Afterward, in 1978, the institute launched a four-year period bachelor's degree program in textile technology in affiliation with University of Dhaka and re-branded itself as "College of Textile Engineering and Technology". Initially, intake was only 60 per year and more than 4,800 textile engineers and technologists have graduated from this institution since the introduction of bachelor's degree course.^[4]

The envolved college of textile engineering and technology was run under the administrative control of the Bangladesh education ministry through Directorate of Technical Education which offered Bachelor of Science in textile technology and in textile management courses as a constituent college of the University of Dhaka.

The Government of Bangladesh took initiatives to upgrade the College of Textile Engineering and Technology into a full-fledged university. After receiving a formal consent from the President of Bangladesh to fulfill that purpose, the "Bangladesh Textile University Act, 2010" (Act no. 49, 2010) was passed by the Bangladesh national assembly on 5 October 2010. The act was made effective from 22 December 2010 as per SRO No. 395-law/2010 date 20 December 2010 of the Ministry of Education, Bangladesh.

The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, officially inaugurated the revamped institution with its present naming scheme on 15 March in next year.^[5]

Campus life

Student activities

Several student run organizations or clubs in the institution allow its members and participants to engage in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.^[6] The university administration permits their formation, provides them with necessary funding and associates a selected portion of them with faculty guidance. Some of the clubs are branches of large organizations expanding their countrywide and sometimes, global network, among youths.

Student residences

There are 4 halls to provide public residence for the regular students.^[7] Administrative head in charge of a dormitory is its provost, who is elected from among the institution faculty, and is granted the duty for a two-year time period.

They are listed below:

Each of these facilities are named after eminent historical figures of Bangladesh, only except being the Sheikh Hasina Hall.

Sports facilities

The institution has a centrally located playground inside of the campus for its students and the faculty. There are two other separate playgrounds, one of which is located at the premises of the Shahid Aziz Hall (indoor sports), while the other is at the G.M.A.G. Osmani Hall — being the largest playground of them all.^[8]

Notable alumni

• Mozaffar Hossain; was elected member of parliament (M.P.) for the Jamalpur-5 constituency in 2018, Bangladesh Government.^[9]

Affiliated institutes and colleges

There are 10 institutions (9 colleges and 1 institute) under the affiliation of Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX).

BSc. in Textile Public Engineering Colleges

The most decorated 9 affiliated textile engineering college are as:

Future Textile Public Engineering Colleges

There are four more on going project of affiliated colleges are:

1. Sheikh Russel Textile Engineering College, Sylhet (On Going Project)
2. Sheikh Hasina Textile Engineering College, Shibchor (Waiting for Govt. Approval)
3. Kapasia Textile Engineering College, Gazipur (Project In Process)
4. Shaheed Syed Nazrul Islam Textile Engineering College, Kishoregonj (Project In Process)

Bangabandhu Textile Engineering College

Bangabandhu Textile Engineering College (BTEC) is a textile based research college located in Kalihati, Tangail. The institution was established in 2007. BTEC offers a four-year bachelor's degree program in textile engineering.

Bangladesh Handloom Education and Training Institute

Bangladesh Handloom Education and Training Institute (BHETI) is a technical training institute controlled by Bangladesh Handloom Board and maintained by Ministry of Textiles and Jute, under the academic supervision of BUTEX.^[11]