Faridpur Polytechnic Institute


Faridpur Polytechnic Institute, often abbreviated as FPI, is a government technical institute in Faridpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest polytechnic institutes in Bangladesh.

History

The institute was established in 1963 as Faridpur Technical Institute. In 1967, it was reformed as Faridpur Polytechnic Institute.

Location

Faridpur Polytechnic Institute is located at Baitul Aman, a neighborhood of Faridpur city in Bangladesh. It is near Baitul Aman campus of the Government Rajendra College, Faridpur.

Academic programs and departments

It offers diploma-level programmes for Diploma-in-Engineering in many different technological areas, each required to study for a 4-year-long curriculum.
Students can participate in:
There is a department for each of the above programmes and a related subject department called as Non-tech. Each department is headed by a chief instructor. So, there are total of seven departments in Faridpur Polytechnic Institute.

Students

As of January 2015, there are 2381 students in 6 departments in the institute. Among them Civil technology has the highest number of students.

Academic staff

The principal is Engr. Md. Anwar Hossain, and the vice principal is Md. Anwarul Kabir
Departments heads include:
Currently there are about 62 teachers in the institute.

Facilities

The institute has necessary facilities to keep up good educational environment. Government and institute authority are always doing their best to improve the existing facilities and adding more to it.

Halls of residence

There 3 dormitories for students. 2 of them for boys and 1 for girls.
There is a library in the institute for the use of students, teachers and staff. The library is kept open during institute hours to enable the students to study. Students can borrow necessary books for a semester without any fees.

Mosque

There is a mosque in the institute.

Directorates

The institute operates under the executive control of the Ministry of Education acting through the Directorate of Technical Education. The academic programmes, curriculams are maintained under the regulation of the Bangladesh Technical Education Board. BTEB function under Directorate of Inspection and Audit, which in turn function under Chief Accounts Office, and it function under MOE.