Noakhali Science and Technology University
{{Short description|Public university in Bangladesh}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = Noakhali Science and Technology University
| native_name = নোয়াখালী বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
| native_name_lang = bn
| other_name = NSTU
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| type = Public
| established = {{Start date and age|2006}}
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| chancellor = {{Current president of Bangladesh}}
| vice_chancellor = Mohammad Ismail
| academic_staff = 403
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| students = 6,437
| undergrad = 5,327
| postgrad = 2,000
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| accreditation = Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB)
| affiliation = University Grants Commission (UGC)
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| state = Noakhali
| country = Bangladesh
| postcode = 3814
| coordinates = {{coord|22|47|31|N|91|06|07|E|region:BD_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| campus = Urban, {{convert|101|acre|ha}}
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| language = English
| colours = Blue and White
| website = {{URL|nstu.edu.bd}}
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Noakhali Science and Technology University ({{langx|bn|নোয়াখালী বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়}}) (known as NSTU) 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 NSTU on 11 October 2003.{{cite news |title=Another science and technology university starts its journey |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/06/13/d506131503119.htm |access-date=28 October 2018 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=13 June 2005}} Earlier, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina took necessary steps to establish this university. At 15 July 2001 her government passed a law in the parliament.{{cite web |title=Noakhali Science and Technology University |url=http://www.sadar.noakhali.gov.bd/site/top_banner/1804c8eb-2147-11e7-8f57-286ed488c766/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9E%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%93-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC |website=Noakhali Sadar Upazila}} 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
NSTU's campus is located in Sonapur, 8 kilometers southwest of Maijdee, over {{convert|101|acre|km2}} covering 93 Salla and 95 Noakhali Mouza. The goal of the university is to be one of the top tier universities in Bangladesh. Presently the campus consists of one 5-storey administrative building, two academic buildings (academic 1 is 5 storied and academic 2 is 10 storied), two male student halls, three female student halls, a 5 storied auditorium, 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 four teacher's and officer's dormitories, one staff dormitories, vice chancellor's building and a mosque as well as a guest house. The construction of NSTU medical centre is also completed. 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. A park called Varsity park is also decorated for students leisure time with different kind of trees, benches and an octagonal cafeteria.
File:Noakhali Science & Technology University(NSTU), A view from lake of NSTU, Nov 2011.jpg
=Landscape=
=Residence halls=
- Vasha Sahid Abdus Salam Hall (ASH)
- Bijoy 24 (July Shahid Smriti Hall)
- Abdul Malek Ukil Hall (MUH)
- Bibi Khadija Hall (BKH)
- Nawab Faizunnesa Chowdhurani Hall (NFH)
List of vice chancellors
Academic facilities
The university has 31 departments under seven faculties and two institutes.{{cite news |title=Faculties |url=https://www.nstu.edu.bd/faculties.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125115556/http://nstu.edu.bd/career/faculties/ |archive-date=25 November 2018 |access-date=25 November 2018 |publisher=NSTU}} The faculties are:
- Faculty of Engineering & Technology
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Biological Science
- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Faculty of Business Administration
- Faculty of Education Sciences
- Faculty of Law
All above courses are undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
The institutes are:
- Institute of Information Technology
- Institute of Information Sciences
The institutes offer undergraduate and diploma level degrees.
| class = "wikitable" |
| style='background: #334075'|Faculty/Institute
!style='background: #334075'|Department !style='background: #334075'|Seat |
|---|
| rowspan=4|Faculty of Engineering & Technology
|[https://www.nstu.edu.bd/department.php?name=cste Computer Science and Telecommunication Engineering (CSTE)] |style="text-align:center;"|46 |
| [https://www.nstu.edu.bd/department.php?name=acce Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (ACCE)]
|style="text-align:center;"|46 |
| [https://www.nstu.edu.bd/department.php?name=ice Information and Communication Engineering (ICE)]
|style="text-align:center;"|46 |
| [https://www.nstu.edu.bd/department.php?name=eee Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE)]
|style="text-align:center;"|30 |
| Institute of Information Technology
|[https://www.nstu.edu.bd/department.php?name=department-of-software-engineering Software Engineering (IIT)] |style="text-align:center;"|35 |
| rowspan=6 |Faculty of Science
|Applied Mathematics |style="text-align:center;"|46 |
| Statistics
|style="text-align:center;"|50 |
| Oceanography
|style="text-align:center;"|37 |
| [https://www.nstu.edu.bd/department.php?name=department-of-chemistry Chemistry]
| |
| [https://www.nstu.edu.bd/department.php?name=department-of-physics Physics]
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| Environmental Science and Disaster Management (ESDM)
|style="text-align:center;"|41 |
| rowspan=9 |Faculty of Biological Science
|Fisheries and Marine Science (FIMS) |style="text-align:center;"|50 |
| Pharmacy
|style="text-align:center;"|46 |
| Microbiology
|style="text-align:center;"|42 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB)
|style="text-align:center;"|37 |
| Food Technology and Nutrition Science (FTNS)
|style="text-align:center;"|27 |
| Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (BGE)
|style="text-align:center;"|37 |
| Agriculture
|style="text-align:center;"|50 |
| Soil, Water & Environmental Sciences (SWES)
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| Zoology
|style="text-align:center;"|27 |
| Institute of Information Sciences
|Information Sciences and Library Management (ISLM) |style="text-align:center;"|37 |
| rowspan=6|Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
|English |style="text-align:center;"|45 |
| Economics
|style="text-align:center;"|58 |
| Political Sciences
|style="text-align:center;"|45 |
| Bangla
|style="text-align:center;"|46 |
| Sociology
|style="text-align:center;"|45 |
| Social Work
|style="text-align:center;"|46 |
| rowspan=3|Faculty of Business Administration
|Business Administration (DBA) |style="text-align:center;"|63 |
| Tourism and Hospitality Management (THM)
|style="text-align:center;"|44 |
| [https://nstu.edu.bd/mis.html Management Information Systems (MIS)]
|style="text-align:center;"|44 |
| rowspan=2|Faculty of Education Sciences
|Education |style="text-align:center;"|45 |
| Educational Administration
|style="text-align:center;"|39 |
| Faculty of Law
|Law |style="text-align:center;"|49 |
Ranking
= 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 (public and private) 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{{cite web |title=Bangladesh |url=http://www.webometrics.info/en/Asia/Bangladesh%20 |website=webometrics.info |access-date=25 November 2018}} 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 ("কোয়েন" in Bengali), is a departmental club from the department of Environmental Science and Disaster Management of the Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU) that is concerned with various environmental issues.{{Cite web |url=http://eshs.nstu.edu.bd |title=ESDM {{!}} NSTU |website=eshs.nstu.edu.bd |access-date=2017-11-24}} It was established in 2014.{{Cite web |url=http://www.youthjournalbd.com/news/youthjournalbd/961 |script-title=bn:কোয়েন-এর প্রথম বার্ষিক সাধারণ সভা অনুষ্ঠিত |website=www.youthjournalbd.com |language=bn |access-date=2017-11-24}}
After one year of establishment, it was officially inaugurated by M Wahiduzzaman, Vice Chancellor of the Noakhali Science and Technology University.{{Cite web |url=http://nstu.edu.bd/index.php/administrative/vice-chancellor?id=129 |title=Noakhali Science and Technology University - Curriculum Vitae of Prof. Dr. M Wahiduzzaman |website=nstu.edu.bd |language=en-gb |access-date=2017-11-24}}
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.doe.gov.bd |title=Department of Environment-Government of the People of Bangladesh {{!}} পরিবেশ অধিদপ্তর-গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার |website=www.doe.gov.bd |language=en |access-date=2017-11-24}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.banglatribune.com/my-campus/news/210865 |script-title=bn:নোবিপ্রবিতে বিশ্ব পরিবেশ দিবস উপলক্ষে ফটোগ্রাফি প্রতিযোগিতা |work=Bangla Tribune |access-date=2017-11-24 |language=bn}}
The Coastal Environment Network (CoEN) 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.youthjournalbd.com/news/youthjournalbd/1227 |script-title=bn:কোয়েনের ২য় বার্ষিক সাধারণ সভা অনুষ্ঠিত |website=www.youthjournalbd.com |language=bn |access-date=2017-11-24}}
Its motto is "Move Towards Sustainable Development".
NSTU MODEL UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION
NSTUMUNA regularly hosts MUN conferences focusing on diplomacy, leadership & negotiations.{{cite news |title=NSTUMUN 2017: Rays of Hope |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/amp/post/205075 |work=Daily Sun |date=11 February 2017}}
Programming Clubs
There are various programming clubs at NSTU that organize competitions, seminars, courses, and competitive programming events. Such CSTE Club,{{Cite web |last=mirror |date=2024-09-26 |title=সিএসটিই ক্লাবের নেতৃত্বে সাইফ-জাবেদ |url=https://dailymirrorofbangladesh.com/?p=56136&fbclid=IwY2xjawG0RZhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfAztTALEDD9tpaOMOXf0vbTqxx-i9Fx8MTTrjkjamWJ3F9_7NEET__pOg_aem_8gPDA7MiFMRlfiUALy1IBw |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=দ্যা মিরর অব বাংলাদেশ |language=en-US}} ICE Programming Club, IT_Club etc.
Other:
Some other organisations such as NSTUDS, Royal Economics Club,{{Cite web |script-title=bn:নোবিপ্রবিতে রয়েল ইকোনোমিক্স ক্লাবের নতুন কমিটি গঠন |url=https://dhakanews71.com/campus/news/20015194 |access-date=2020-12-08 |website=Dhaka News 71 |language=bn}} SILSWA-NSTU, Dhropad, NSTU Adventure Club, Cholo Paltai, CSTE Club, IT_Club etc. are working in the campus and beyond.
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.nstu.edu.bd/ }}
- Department of Microbiology [http://www.microbiology.nstu.edu.bd/]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150518090927/http://www.ugc.gov.bd/university/details.php?code=52 University Grants Commission of Bangladesh]
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