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Textile and clothing industry is the single source of growth
in Bangladesh's rapidly developing economy. Exports of
textile and garments are the principal source of foreign
exchange earnings. In the financial year 2016-2017, the RMG
sector generated USD 28.14 billion which was 80.7% of the
total earnings in exports and 12.36% of GDP. It is
anticipated that garment export will be doubled in the
coming 10 years. Currently, textile industry accounts for
45% of all industrial employment in the country.
The Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST)
was the first private university in Bangladesh to introduce
B.Sc. in Textile Technology course in 1998.The
program aimed at turning out textile specialists and serving
mainly textile industry. In fall 2011 semester,
University Grants Commission (UGC) approved naming our
bachelor degree as B.Sc. in Textile Engineering. At present
the department has around one thousand students. More than
1800 students of 27 batches have already graduated
from this department; and the graduates are performing with
reputation in many textile and apparel industries,
commercial organizations such as bank, buying houses,
sourcing, testing and certification companies as well as in
different universities as faculty members. A notable number
of our graduates are also enrolled in reputed foreign
universities for post-graduate study and research. Some
graduate have already obtained master's and PhD degrees from
different recognized universities.
From the very
beginning of establishment we have been putting our best
efforts to enrich the Department of Textile Engineering of
AUST with modern laboratory facilities. Over the years, we
have set up yarn manufacturing (spinning), fabric
manufacturing (weaving and knitting), wet processing
(dyeing, printing and finishing), apparel manufacturing,
textile testing, and computer laboratories. At the same
time, we maintain close and collaborative relationships with
the textile and apparel industries and various research
institutes for executing our academic programs and providing
practical education to the students. Seminars and mill
visits are organized on regular basis to update the students
and the faculty members with latest technological
developments. Towards the end of 4-year degree course, we
arrange for our students an 8-week-long industrial training
to bridge the gap between the academia and the industry.
This helps the students develop skills and competencies they
require to be ready for industry.
At present the
department has 27 full-time faculty members; a handsome
number of whom have excellent industrial experience with
postgraduate degrees from different reputed Asian and
European universities. Besides, many distinguished faculty
members from country's top public universities and experts
from reputed textile industries and research institutes are
teaching regularly as invited lecturers. Recently the
department has taken initiative for IEB (Institute of
Engineers, Bangladesh) accreditation of the offered
undergraduate program. Very recently a project submitted by
the department, titled "Introducing Sustainability to the
textile engineering curriculum in Bangladesh" has been
officially selected for funding under the window of
collaboration between AUST (Ahsanullah University of Science
and Technology) and TUD (Technical University of Dresden) by
the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) authority.
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