RUET

Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology

রাজশাহী প্রকৌশল ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (Rājśāhī Prakauśal ō Prayukti Biśbabidyālay.)
Logo of the Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology
Former names	1964: Rajshahi Engineering College (REC) 1986: Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT), Rajshahi
Motto	ঐশী জ্যোতিই আমাদের পথ প্রদর্শক (aiśī jyōtii āmādēra patha pradarśaka)
Motto in English	Heaven's Light is Our Guide
Type	Public University
Established	1964 (1964)
Chancellor	President of Bangladesh
Vice-Chancellor	Mohd. Rafiqul Alam Beg
Academic staff	254
Administrative staff	389 (2014)
Students	3654
Undergraduates	3225
Postgraduates	353
Doctoral students	76
Location	Rajshahi, Bangladesh 24°21′49″N 88°37′41″E / 24.3635°N 88.6280°E / 24.3635; 88.6280Coordinates: 24°21′49″N 88°37′41″E / 24.3635°N 88.6280°E / 24.3635; 88.6280
Campus	Urban, 152 acres (0.61 km²)
Language	English
Website	ruet.ac.bd

Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, commonly known as RUET, is one of the seventeen PhD granting public research universities in Bangladesh. It is one of the five prestigious public universities in the country that specializes in the field of engineering (Other four ones are named as BUET, CUET, DUET and KUET).

RUET was founded in 1964 as Rajshahi Engineering College with a limited number of students. It was then changed to Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT) in 1986 and was finally renamed Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET) in 2003.

At present, more than 3000 students are pursuing their higher study in this green campus including under-graduate and post-graduate with over 250 prominent faculty members in diverse field of expertise. The medium of instruction and necessary assessment of this university is English.

Before the independence of Bangladesh, the then Government of Pakistan, to meet the increasing demand of professional engineers for the national development, established Rajshahi Engineering College in 1964 as a faculty of engineering under the University of Rajshahi. It was the second engineering college established in the then East Pakistan (The first one was Ahsanullah Engineering College: now BUET).

Rajshahi Engineering College ( was commonly known as REC) started its journey with only three departments: Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering and Civil Engineering, offering bachelor's degree programs only. It accepted its first class of 120 students in the academic session of 1964/65 and the second class of like number in the academic session of 1965/66. The teaching faculty consisted of 19 faculty members at that time.