Overview

The Department of Food Engineering & Tea Technology at Shahjalal University of Science & Technology is the first of its kind in Bangladesh. The department started its academic functioning during the session 2004-05 as “Tea Technology”, and later, in 2006, the name was changed to “Food & Tea Technology” and finally, in 2010, it became a full-fledged engineering department as “Food Engineering & Tea Technology” with the most contemporary and an innovative curriculum to meet the ever increasing demands of the manpower equipped with comprehensive and cutting-edge knowledge in the field of food engineering and tea technology. The department is uniquely equipped to train up the students through academic and professional orientations to take appropriate and realistic approaches in planning, operating, managing and developing the nation’s agro-industries as well as other allied agencies. The department is also dynamic with changing activities and programs to meet the rapid technological developments in food and tea science with allied applied sciences focusing on food processing and safety management and production of tea from farm to table. The courses of the department are designed on the perception of food for health, and thereby they guarantee food product diversification for consumer satisfaction. The course curriculum is continuously reviewed and updated with latest course contents. Undergraduate students are bound to undergo a month-long training program on “Quality Control and Unit Operations in Food Industry” in the Training Institute for Chemical Industries (TICI) which is the central training Institute of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC). In addition, they have to participate in industrial attachment for two-week with different food and tea industries to get hands on experiences toward proceeding to successful completion of thier graduation. Furthermore, each and every student has to take mandatory theses/projects prescribed by the department in his/her terminal semester. Masters and PhD programs have been introduced to meet the ongoing students' demand. The graduates of this department are employed both home and abroad across a wide range of food and tea related world’s leading companies, research institutes and also in different public and private universities as faculty members. The faculties, students and staffs constantly belong to social responsibilities that reflect in their researches and all other academic and co curricular activities.

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)