IUT
Islamic University of Technology is an educational and research institution in the fields of engineering and technology and technical and vocational education. The students from the Member States of the OIC are provided with scholarship in the form of free Tuition, Boarding, Lodging, Medicare, Games and Sports Facilities. In addition, a monthly pocket allowance is also given. For the 4-Yr degree programmes in Engineering and Computer Science, students are to pay a small portion of the total expenses. All travel expenses to and from IUT must be borne by the students or their nominating authorities. For all admissions, nominations are required from the respective governments of the OIC Member States.
[Islamic University of Technology (IUT)] at Dhaka, Bangladesh is a subsidiary organ of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) representing fifty-six Islamic countries. It was initially established as the Islamic Centre for Technical and Vocational Training and Research (ICTVTR) on the recommendation of the Ninth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM) held in Dakar, Senegal in 1978. The foundation stone of ICTVTR was laid on 27 March 1981 on the 30-acre land donated by the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. It was renamed to "Islamic Institute of Technology" in the twenty-second ICFM held in Casablanka, Kingdom of Morocco in 1994. The current name, Islamic University of Technology, was approved by the twenty-eight ICMF held in Republic of Mali on 25-27 June 2001.
IUT campus is located in a picturesque setup at Gazipur, 30 km north of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It welcomes the Islamic Ummah through its gate of Five Fundamentals of Islam for education, training and research as needed by the OIC Countries. Dhaka is served by an international airport with widely developed air-links and is connected with the rest of the world by satellite telecommunication.
IUT is basically an educational and research institution offering a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate academic programmes of one to four years’ duration conducted in the fields of engineering, computer science and teacher training. It also offers technology courses as needed by the Member States. Seminars and short courses of international standard are arranged regularly by IUT to keep abreast of the latest technological developments. It also undertakes technological and industrial research projects, promotes technical cooperation, exchanges technical know-how and disseminates basic information of development of human resources among the Member States of the OIC. IUT ensures coordination between the objectives of the Institute with other national and regional institutions of the Islamic countries as well as with international institutions. It also undertakes advisory and consultancy services for Governments, International Bodies, Foundations and allied Organizations.
The abbreviation IUT may stand for:
- The Islamic University of Technology in Bangladesh.
- The Isfahan University of Technology in Iran.
- Implementation under test, a term used in technological vulnerability analysis, particularly Protocol evaluation.
- Institut universitaire de technologie in France