National Institute of Textile Engineering and Research
National Institute of Textile Engineering and Research (Bengali: ন্যাশনাল ইনস্টিটিউট অফ টেক্সটাইল ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং এন্ড রিসার্চ) is also known as NITER. Located in Savar, Dhaka District, it is one of the largest undergraduate textile engineering campus in Bangladesh. It offers the Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree in textile engineering, industrial and production engineering, fashion design and apparel engineering, computer science engineering and electrical and electronic engineering in co-ordination with the University of Dhaka. Furthermore it starts M.Sc. in Textile Engineering course under the Faculty of Engineering & Technology and MBA in Textile & Apparel Value Chain under the faculty of Business Studies of the University of Dhaka.
ন্যাশনাল ইনস্টিটিউট অফ টেক্সটাইল ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং এন্ড রিসার্চ - নিটার | |
Other name | NITER |
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Former name | Textile Industry Development Center (TIDC), NITTRAD |
Type | Public–private partnership, Coeducational |
Established | 1979 | as TIDC and Transformed to current form in 2009
Founder | Government of Bangladesh |
Academic affiliation | University of Dhaka |
Chancellor | Mohammad Abdul Hamid |
Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman |
Dean | Prof. Dr. Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu |
Director | Professor Dr. Mohammad Junaebur Rashid |
Academic staff | 106 |
Students | 1712 |
Undergraduates | 1609 |
Postgraduates | 103 |
Address | Nayarhat, Kohinoor Gate , Savar , Dhaka District , 1350 , Bangladesh 23.9157°N 90.2356°E |
Campus | Urban 17.7 acres (7.2 ha) |
Language | English |
Website | www |
The institute is a partnership between the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) and the Ministry of Textiles and Jute, Govt. of Bangladesh. It is a public-private partnership education and research organization and a constituent institute of the University of Dhaka.