Jashore University of Science and Technology
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 2007 |
| Chancellor | President Abdul Hamid |
| Vice-Chancellor | M. Anwar Hossain |
| Dean | Biplob Kumar Biswas(Faculty of Engineering & Technology) Iqbal Kabir Jahid (Faculty of Biological Science & Technology) |
| Registrar | Engr. Md. Ahsan Habib |
Academic staff | 84 |
Administrative staff | 108 |
| Students | 3,000[1] |
| Location | Jessore Sadar , 7408 , Bangladesh |
| Website | just |
Jessore University of Science and Technology (Template:Lang-bn) also known as JUST (Template:Lang-bn) is a government-financed public university in Bangladesh.[2] This is the fourth public university in Khulna Division and the first public university in Jessore. It was established in 2007 and started four-year undergraduate courses from the 2009–2010 session.
History
Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST) started functioning from the 2009–2010 session. The class of the first batch of the students began on 10 June 2009.[3] The first four departments were Computer Science & Engineering (CSE), Environmental Science & Technology (EST), Microbiology (MB), and Fisheries and Marine Bioscience (FMB).
In 2009, JUST added Nutrition & Food Technology (NFT), Industrial & Production Engineering (IPE), Chemical Engineering (ChE), Petroleum & Mining Engineering (PME), and Genetic Engineering & Bio-technology (GEBT). In 2010, Pharmacy was added. In 2012 Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) and Physical Education and Sports Science (PESS) were added.
In 2013 four new departments started: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics & Statistics, and English. Accounting and Information Systems, Agro Product Processing Technology were started from the academic year 2015–16. In the academic year 2016–2017, one new department called Biomedical Engineering (BME) began.
Location
Jessore University of Science and Technology is located at Jessore Sadar. Post Code: Jessore-7408.
Faculty and departments
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
- Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)[1]
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)[2]
- Industrial & Production Engineering (IPE)[3]
- Petroleum & Mining Engineering (PME)[4]
- Chemical Engineering (ChE)[5]
- Biomedical Engineering (BME)[6]
- Textile Engineering (TE)
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Faculty of Biological Science and Technology
- Microbiology(MB)
- Fisheries & Marine Bioscience (FMB)
- Genetic engineering & Biotechnology(GEBT)
- Pharmacy( B.Pharm professional)
Faculty of Arts and Social Science
Faculty of Health Science
- Physical Education & Sports Science (PESS)
- Nursing Science (NS) (to be launched)
Faculty of Science
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
Faculty of Business Studies
- Accounting & Information Systems (AIS)
MS programs
- MSc Engg. in Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)
- MSc.Engg. in Chemical Engineering(Ch.E)
- MS in Environmental Science & Technology (EST)
- MS in Microbiology (MB)
- MS in Fisheries & Marine Bio-science (FMB)
- MS in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (GEBT)
Academic
Academic calendar
The academic year and session is generally divided into two semesters. One semester is composed of 18.4 weeks and each week consists of 5 working days. The session usually starts after completion of the second semester. A full-time undergraduate course consists of four sessions or eight semesters. A regular examination is held at the end of each semester besides class tests for continuous assessment of progress.
Academic building
A seven-storied academic building is in the middle-southern portion of JUST campus. All the department offices, classrooms and laboratories are in this building. The departments under the faculty of Engineering and Technology occupy the ground, first and second (partial) floors. The departments under the Biological Science and Technology are found at the second and third (partial) floors and departments under the faulty of Applied Science and Technology and Physical Education Language and Ethical Studies are on the third floor of academic building.[1]
Admission and total seats
There are 710 seats available for undergraduate admission.[4]
| Dept. | Seat | Dept. | Seat | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSE | 50 | NFT | 40 | |
| EST | 45 | Pharm | 40 | |
| MB | 40 | EEE | 35 | |
| FMB | 40 | PESS | 40 | |
| ChE | 40 | Math | 30 | |
| GEBT | 40 | Chem | 30 | |
| IPE | 40 | PHY | 30 | |
| PME | 35 | Eng | 40 | |
| APPT | 30 | BBA | 40 | |
| BME | 30 |
A total 42 additional seats are reserved for the students under the categories of son/daughter of Freedom Fighter (30 seats), Indigenous (6 seats) and Disabled (6 seats). For these seats, a student needs to provide proof by using their related certificate to authority. Once the certificate is received in the mentioned period, after verification, the student will be considered for the reserved seats.
Conference
JUST has organised many international and national conferences on the JUST campus. In 2012, an international conference named "Green Chemistry" was organised on campus.
Facilities
Residence halls
Shaheed Moshiur Rahman Hall
This is a five stored building with 500 students capacity. There are many facilities available for the residential students like other public universities in Bangladesh such as- TV room, Reading room, gymnasium, Canteen. The hall has the facilities of photocopy, Print and laundry for the residential students. The students and the organising committee organise different game competition time to time.
Sheikh Hasina Student Hall
This is also a five stored building with 500 students capacity for the female students only.There are many facilities available for the residential students like other public universities in Bangladesh such as- TV room, Reading room, gymnasium, Canteen. The hall has the facilities of photocopy, Print and laundry for the residential students. The students and the organising committee organise different game competition time to time.
Central Library
Jessore University of Science and Technology has six(06) storied library building. Currently, there are approximately 30,000 books and 100 journals are available for both students and faculty members. Most of the books are academic. But beside this there are many comedy, history, literature and religion related books. New books are being added to the collection every month. Students or faculty members can study or borrow desired book/s from here. The library is open from 9 am to 8 pm for Saturday to Wednesday.
TSC and cafeteria
This is a two-storied building, located at west-eastern corner of JUST campus. Cafeteria is at ground floor and TSC at 1st floor. Foods are available here for both the students and staff of JUST on 24/7 basis. The food supplies come from a charity organisation called Jagannath foundation.
Dormitory and tower
The JUST dormitory is located at south-eastern corner of JUST campus. This five-storied dormitory, available for the faculty members and administrative staff of JUST. There is also a 10 storied tower for the faculty members and administrative staff of the university.
Central mosque
The central mosque is located at the west side of the JUST campus for the prayers of the Muslims students and staffs of JUST.
Auditorium
A beautiful auditorium is located at the ground floor of the academic building. Special events like seminars, conferences, cultural programs, discussion, meetings etc. generally take place here.
VC's bungalow
This building is located at the middle-eastern portion of the JUST campus. This building is for accommodation of the vice-chancellor of the JUST.
Medical centre, bank and post office
The medical centre is temporarily placed at the ground floor of the administrative building. A branch of the official bank of JUST "Agrani Bank Limited" is located at the ground floor of the JUST Administrative building. ATM booth of Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) is also available in JUST campus for online banking facilities for both students and personnel of JUST. The Post Office of JUST branch of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is also available in JUST campus and located at the ground floor of JUST Administrative building.
Student counselling and guidance
The Students Counselling and guidance service is an integral part of the academic programs of students of the teaching departments and institutes of the university. It aims at helping students to adjust to campus life, effectively pursue curricular as well as co-curricular activities, develop their abilities for making wise choices and plans, and solve individual problems through counselling.
Health service and transport
At JUST there have enough doctor facilities. There have also transport facilities for the teachers and students.
Student organisations
GRE Club
References
- ^ a b http://www.just.edu.bd
- ^ "Jessore University of Science & Technology". University Grants Commission.
- ^ "JUST starts journey". The Daily Star. 11 June 2009.
- ^ http://www.just.edu.bd/index.php/admission