Islamic University of Technology 6.11

Islamic University of Technology is an educational and research institution in Bangladesh run and funded by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation . The main objective of IUT is to contribute in developing the human resources of the member states of the OIC, particularly in the fields of engineering, technology and technical education. IUT receives direct endowment from OIC member countries and offers scholarships to its students in the form of free tuition, boarding, lodging and medicare. The aesthetic campus was designed by Turkish architect Pamir Mehmet, an MIT graduate.AccreditationIUT has been granted membership of International Association of Universities (IAU), Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW), and Association of the Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP). Graduates are offered memberships by the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB).Location and climateIUT is at Board Bazar, Gazipur, about north of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh.HistoryIslamic University of Technology, established in 1978, was first known as Islamic Center for Technical, Vocational Training and Research . It was proposed in the 9th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers held in Dakar, Republic of Senegal on 24–28 April 1978. The establishment of IUT in Dhaka, Bangladesh was then approved by the foreign ministers. All the members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference agreed to co-operate for the implementation of the project.