Khulna University of Engineering and Technology is one of the leading public universities of Bangladesh. First it was established in 1967 as Khulna Engineering College. It started its academic journey in 3 June 1974 with three academic departments, namely, the Department of Civil Engineering, the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Since its inception, it was facing lot of barriers to flourish as center of excellence in the field of engineering and technology education. Later, in July 1986, it was converted to Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT), Khulna having more academic and administrative autonomy.  But, unfortunately, till it could not overcome the problems it was facing earlier. At last, in 1 September 2003, it is upgraded and renamed to Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh, with full academic and administrative autonomy. At present, it has 15 (fifteen) academic departments under 3 (three) Faculty. It offers B. Sc. Eng., M. Sc. Eng., and Ph. D. degrees in engineering and technology. It also offers M. Sc., M. Phil., and Ph. D. degrees in basic sciences. Every year, around 800 students get admission into different departments at undergraduate level through a hard competitive admission test. A number of foreign students are also studying at the university. More than 200 highly qualified faculty members are working hard day and night for conducting teaching and research at various departments. The university has pretty good infrastructure including number of academic building, library, computing facility, laboratories, workshops, students’ hall of residence, playground, auditorium, cafeteria, and residence for teachers and staffs. All these are ornamented in a beautiful ever green campus located at the North-West corner of Khulna city. The university is a safe home for everybody. It upholds the principle of equal rights irrespective of religion, cast, sex, and color.<o:p></o:p>