Overview

The Department of English at SUST started operating in 2000. At present, the department offers four-year Bachelor’s and one-year Master’s programme. The Department has a limited seat of 71 students (BA) in each intake. Approximately more than 500 students have so far been graduated from this department, and they are working in different sectors like teaching, editing, banking, print and electronic media, government positions, business, and so on. The department has 17 faculty members, 1 officer, and 3 general employees at present. The number of currently enrolled students in undergraduate and postgraduate levels is around 400. Mission: Department of English, SUST, offers a wide range of courses focusing on English studies with particular emphasis on literature, culture, language and applied linguistics. It inculcates students with humane qualities to shape up themselves as competent and resourceful citizens. We nurture them for combating challenges and help them avail the opportunities to explore new dimensions of modern civilization. The department provides an encouraging academic atmosphere to ensure interactive and innovative teaching-learning strategies. Therefore, the department facilitates students: o to be equipped with communication skills in English language; o to strengthen their ability to analyze all forms of literary expressions; o to apply critical literary theories for interpreting the texts; and o to build knowledge of the content and methods of TESOL and applied linguistics to pursue advanced research on English studies. Vision: Department of English envisions providing an appropriate teaching, learning and research environment to the students to enhance their critical thinking ability. In addition to developing as professional expertise, our students will be nourished with a sense of being a part of a larger community. The department will be a center for cultivating moral and ethical values. Therefore, the visions of the department are: o to envision the department as a center for excellence; o to produce graduates with exquisite values, manners and intellectuality; o to endow the students with professional expertise; and o to build the department as a research hub to generate new knowledge.

Full time Part time Headcount FTE
Faculty Statistics
1.1 Number of academic staff
1.2 Number of academic staff of international/overseas origin
1.3 Number of academic staff that are female
1.4 Number of faculty staff with PhD
Research Staff Statistics
2 Number of research staff
Students Statistics
3.1 Number of students
3.2 Number of students that are female
3.3 Number of bachelors/undergraduate students
3.4 Number of undergraduate students of international/overseas origin
3.5 Number of masters students
3.6 Number of masters students of international/overseas origin
3.7 Number of doctorate students
3.8 Number of doctorate students of international/overseas origin

Degrees Awarded
4.1 Number of undergraduate degrees awarded
4.2 Number of master’s degrees awarded
4.3 Number of doctorates awarded
Tuition Fees
5.1 Average annual tuition fees for an undergraduate program (BDT) 9000
5.2 Average annual tuition fees for an international undergraduate program (BDT) 17500
5.3 Average annual tuition fees for postgraduate programs – Master’s (BDT) 6000
5.4 Average annual tuition fees for postgraduate programs – PhD (BDT) 20000
5.5 Average annual tuition fees for international postgraduate programs (Master’s & PhD) – SAARC countries (USD) 500
5.6 Average annual tuition fees for international postgraduate programs (Master’s & PhD) – non-SAARC countries (USD) 1200
Exchange Student Statistics
6.1 Number of undergraduate exchange students – Inbound
6.2 Number of undergraduate exchange students – Outbound
6.3 Number of graduate/postgraduate exchange students - Inbound
6.4 Number of graduate/postgraduate exchange students - Outbound
Institutional Income
7.1 Research income
7.2 Research income from industry and commerce
Total (7.1 + 7.2)