BUET was established as a survey academy for surve...

BUET was established as a survey academy for surveyors in the late nineteenth century. In 18 the then British Raj started an institution called Dhaka Survey School. The purpose was to impart technical education to the government employees of British India at that time. In 1905, the then Khwaja Ahsanullah of Dhaka became interested in the school and donated Rs. 1.12 lakh to the school for the advancement of Muslim education. Thanks to his generous donations, it later expanded into a self-contained engineering school, and in recognition of this, the school was renamed Ahsanullah Engineering School in 1906. Ahsanullah Engineering School started offering three-year diploma courses in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Initially, the school was housed in a rented building. In 1908, a government initiative was taken to construct its own building near Shahidullah Hall of Dhaka University. A high chimney of this place used to carry this memory even a few days ago. In 1920 it was moved to its present location.

Initially the school was attached to Dhaka College. Later it was managed under the Director of Public Education. Mr. Anderson's first principal was appointed. Then in 1932 Mr. B. C. Gupta and Mr. Hakim Ali were appointed principals in 1938. [2] [3] [4]

Editing of World War II

After the Second World War, the then government adopted a comprehensive plan for the industrialization of Bengal. At that time there was a lack of skilled manpower in the area. A committee appointed by the then government set up an engineering college in Dhaka for 120 students in 4-year degree courses in mechanical, electrical, chemical and agricultural engineering and transferred the school to the then Palashi Barra to enroll 480 students in 4-year diploma courses in pur, mechanical and electrical engineering. Recommended. In May 1948, the government decided to set up an engineering college in Dhaka and examinations were held for admission of students at the present Bengal Engineering College at Shibpur in West Bengal and Ahsanullah Engineering School in Dhaka. [2]

Partition of the country

As a result of the partition of 1947, all but a handful of teachers of Ahsanullah Engineering School moved to India and 5 teachers from India joined the school. In August 1947, it was upgraded to Ahsanullah Engineering College as the Faculty of Engineering under Dhaka University. Mr. Hakim Ali was appointed Principal.

The college was approved by the then East Pakistan government in February 1947 and was awarded a four-year Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering and Textile Engineering and a three-year Diploma in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Begins to do. Eventually, however, metallurgical engineering was included instead of agriculture and textiles. In 1958, the semester system was introduced in the college and new curriculum was approved. In 1956, the number of seats in degree courses was increased from 120 to 240. In 1958, the diploma course was discontinued from the college.

In 1951, T. H. Matthew and Dr. in 1954. M. A. Rashid became the principal of the college. During this time a joint management agreement was signed with the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now University) and Ahsanullah College, so that professors from there came to this country and played an important role in improving the quality of teaching, laboratory and curriculum. Some teachers in Texas for postgraduate studies to improve the quality of teachers. & M. Was sent to college. During this time the Asia Foundation donated some necessary books to the library and the practice of rental library was introduced. While in college, there were only two dormitories for students: Main Hostel (now Dr. M. A. Rashid Bhavan) and South Hostel (now Nazrul Islam Hall).