Islamic University of Technology (IUT

Islamic University of Technology

Islamic University of Technology or IUT is an internationally recognized educational and research institution in Bangladesh. It is regarded as one of the top universities for technical education in Bangladesh...

) was first known as Islamic Center for Technical and Vocational Training (ICTVTR). It was the time of its birth in the year 1978. The 9th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM) held in Dakar

Dakar

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, Republic of Senegal

Senegal

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 on 24-28 April 1978. The establishment of IUT in Dhaka

Dhaka

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, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

 was then approved by the then foreign ministers. All the members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference

Organisation of the Islamic Conference

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 (OIC) agreed to cooperate for the implementation of the project.

Development

The implementation of the establishment commenced with the holding of the first meeting of the Board of Governors in June, 1979.

• Foundation stone of ICTVTR was laid by the late President Ziaur Rahman
  Ziaur Rahman
  President Ziaur Rahman, Bir Uttam, was a Bangladeshi politician and general, who read the declaration of Independence of Bangladesh on March 26, 1971 on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He later became the seventh President of Bangladesh from 1977 until 1981...
  
   of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh on March 27, 1981 in the presence of Yasir Arafat
  Yasser Arafat
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  , the then chairman of the PLO, and Habib Chatty, the then Secretary General of OIC.
• ICTVTR was formally inaugurated by H.M. Ershad, the then president of Peoples Republic of Bangladesh on July 14, 1988.
• The 22nd ICFM held in Casablanca
  Casablanca
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  , Morocco
  Morocco
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   on 10-11 December 1994 renamed the ICTVTR as Islamic Institute of Technology (IIT).

IIT was formally inaugurated by Begum Khaleda Zia the then Prime Minister of Bangladesh on 21 September 1995.

• The 28th ICFM held in Bamako
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  , Republic of Mali
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   on 25-29 June 2001 commended the efforts of IIT and decided to rename the IIT as Islamic University of Technology (IUT).

IUT was formally inaugurated by Begum Khaleda Zia Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh on November 29, 2001.

Advancement

The University has advanced much in a short time and still infrastructure is going on by availing the financing under loan from Islamic Development Bank

Islamic Development Bank

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 (IDB) with guarantee provided by the Government of Bangladesh.

University started offering long regular courses from December 1986 and completed 24 academic years till 2010. The 24th Convocation was held at the IUT auditorium on 2 November 2010. Her Excellency Begum Sheikh Hasina

Sheikh Hasina

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, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was the Chief Guest on the occasion.