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.

National Institute of Textile Engineering and Research - NITER
ন্যাশনাল ইনস্টিটিউট অফ টেক্সটাইল ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং এন্ড রিসার্চ - নিটার
Other name
NITER
Former name
Textile Industry Development Center (TIDC), NITTRAD
TypePublic–private partnership, Coeducational
Established1979 (1979) as TIDC and Transformed to current form in 2009
FounderGovernment of Bangladesh
Academic affiliation
University of Dhaka
ChancellorMohammad Abdul Hamid
Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman
DeanProf. Dr. Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu
DirectorProfessor Dr. Mohammad Junaebur Rashid
Academic staff
106
Students1712
Undergraduates1609
Postgraduates103
Address
Nayarhat, Kohinoor Gate
,
Savar
,
Dhaka District
,
1350
,
Bangladesh

23.9157°N 90.2356°E / 23.9157; 90.2356
CampusUrban 17.7 acres (7.2 ha)
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.niter.edu.bd

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.

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