Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur to its present permanent campus Gazipur City in 1983. DEC was converted to the Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT) , Dhaka as a degree awarding Institute by the government ordinance in 1986. From September 2003, Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology (DUET), Gazipur was created out of BIT, Dhaka. The University is located at Gazipur District, 40 km north of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh (about 20 km from Shahjalal International Airport). This district town Gazipur is well connected by roads and railway with Dhaka and other cities of Bangladesh. DUET, Gazipur offers 7 undergraduate degrees across its 3
Dhaka plain, the city is bounded by the Buriganga River, Turag River, Dhaleshwari River and Shitalakshya River. The city is located in an eponymous district and division. The area of Dhaka has been inhabited since the first millennium. The city rose to prominence in the 17th century as a provincial capital and commercial center of the Mughal Empire in South Asia. Dhaka was the capital of Mughal Bengal for 75 years. As the center of the muslin trade in Bengal, it was one of the most prosperous cities in the Indian subcontinent. The medieval city was named in honor of the