Noakhali Science and Technology University


Noakhali Science and Technology University is a public university in the coastal terrain Noakhali of Bangladesh. It is the 27th public university and fifth science and technology university in Bangladesh. Its foundation stone was laid on 11 October 2003 and academic activities started on 22 June 2006.

History

Former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia laid the foundation stone of Noakhali Science and Technology University on 11 October 2003. Earlier the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina takes necessary steps to established this university. At 15 July 2001 her government passed a law in the parliament. Its construction work was formally inaugurated on 24 March 2005. Finally, it started its academic activities on 22 June 2006. It is the fifth of 12 such universities the government decided in 1997 to establish in the 12 erstwhile greater districts where there was no university.

Campus

Noakhali University of Science and Technology stands on Sonapur, 8 kilometers southwest of Maijdee. It has a land area of covering 93 Salla and 95 Noakhali Mouza. The construction of the university is not yet completed. Presently the campus consists of one 5 storied administrative building, two academic buildings, three male student halls, two female student halls, a 5 storied auditorium and TSC building, one 4 storied library building. The well furnished central library equipped with online library facilities has 10,000 printed books and 1500 printed journals apart from numerous e-books and e-journals. It has also three teacher's and officer's dormitories, one staff dormitories, vice chancellor's building and a mosque as well as a guest house. There are two sport field and two big ponds in the campus area. It has a canteen for students called NSTU cafeteria. It has also a martyr monument like a fountain pen and a sculpture of liberation war. It has also a portraiture of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. A park called Varsity park is also decorated for students leisure time with different kind of trees, benches and an octagonal cafeteria.

Landscape

The landscape is particular because of thin population and thin plantation. The area is saline and not fertile. Trees are recent and not as robust as they should be. Tall trees do not mark the horizon. Ponds appear in large numbers, but most of them dry up during summer. Poor harvest and low vegetation is related to non-availability of nutrients in the sandy soil. Low- or high-tech methods, including indigenous measures, may turn these arid fields to rich farmlands. It may be appropriate for this university to watch these on academic foundations.
The site of the university is part of a vast Char that stretches on the south to Char Jabbar, Char Bata, Char Wapda and Char Clark before it reaches the feebly flowing Bhulua River. Like the district itself, Sonapur has a long history of erosion and accretion caused by the mighty Meghna on the west and the Bay of Bengal on the south.

Vice chancellors

Residence halls

  1. Vasha Sahid Abdus Salam Hall
  2. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall
  3. Abdul Malek Ukil Hall
  4. Bibi Khadija Hall
  5. Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunesa Mujib Hall

    Academic facilities

The university has 25 departments under six faculties and two institutes. The faculties are:
All above courses are undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
The institutes are:
The institutes offer undergraduate and diploma level degrees.
The 28 departments under six faculties:

Faculty of Engineering & Technology

Bangladesh ranking

In the local universities ranking, Noakhali Science and Technology University was placed as 14th overall and multi-disciplinary category out of 136 ranked universities and also placed as 2nd science and technology university out of 09 in 2016 while in 2006.

Web ranking

In 2018, the NSTU was placed as 6271 into the top list of World Universities and placed as 621 into the top list of "South Asian Universities" in the ranking carried out by the web ranking.

International ranking

In 2011–2012, the Noakhali Science and Technology University made it into the list of "Top World Universities" in the ranking carried out by the ranking agency Times Higher Education and Quacquarelli Symonds, UK. Out of over 30,000 universities around the world, NSTU was placed as 11203.

Co-curricular activities

Coastal Environment Network

Coastal Environment Network, also known as , is a departmental club from the department of Environmental Science and Disaster Management of the Noakhali Science and Technology University that is concerned with various environmental issues. It was established in 2014.
After one year of establishment, it was officially inaugurated by Professor Dr. M Wahiduzzaman, Vice Chancellor of the Noakhali Science and Technology University.
The club has celebrated many environmentally days with the coordination of the Department of Environment including World Environment Day. It also organizes various environmental workshops, Olympiads, and programs concerning the recent environmental issues.
The Coastal Environment Network facilitates networking among environmental organizations and others who share its mandate to protect the Earth and promote ecologically sound ways of life. The CoEN works directly with concerned citizens and organizations striving to protect, preserve, and restore the environment.
Its motto is "Move Towards Sustainable Development".