Bangladesh University of Textiles

After completion of HSC (Higher Secondary School Certificate) education, a student can submit his/her application for undergraduate admission if they fulfill the minimum requirements. The students with the best grades in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry & English on their Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) examination are allowed to take the admission test.

After the competitive admission test, only about 600 students get selected on the basis of merit. A candidate is eligible to apply for admission into Level-1, Term-1 of undergraduate studies.

Total enrollment per year = 600.

Bangladesh Handloom Education and Training Institute, is a technical training institute controlled by Bangladesh Handloom Board and maintained by Ministry of Textiles and Jute, under the academic supervision of BUTEX.[7]

Aerial View, BUTEX

Several student run organizations or clubs in the institution allow its members and participants to engage in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.[8] The university administration permits their formation, provides them with necessary funding and associates a selected portion of them with faculty guidance. Some of the clubs are branches of large organizations expanding their countrywide and sometimes, global network, among youths. Names of each of the student organizations and clubs are listed following an alphabetic order below:

• ARTEX – Born after an initiative taken by the students to beautify their campus, this club focuses on practicing several form of arts and occasionally hosts events where students participate in doing campus-wide graffiti alongside various other arts based competitions.[9]
• Badhon – The BUTEX unit of this Bangladeshi voluntary organization runs its operation to encourage students in donating blood and makes arrangements in times of critical emergency necessity.[10] They also hosts annual events where students coming from disadvantaged families get a chance to test their blood and know their groups for free.[11]
• Butex Shahitto Shongshod[12] – A place for students to share and practice their literary skills. Despite not having any publication scope of their own, they hold occasional literary events internally.[13]
• BUTEX Business Club (BUTEXBC) – Created with a business theme, members of this club host business-case solving events, and arrange seminars involving industry leaders and innovators from the corporate world.[14][15] The club also houses academic decathlons and provides ways for students to participate in internationally recognized competitions by inviting and introducing the organizers to the campus. It is among the few clubs on campus to receive a faculty member appointed in their governing body as their advisor of operations.[16]
• BUTEX Debating Club (BUTEXDC) – Playing its role of providing a platform to its members, this club, under its flagship name Bunon, often gets to represent the institution nationally and internationally in various fields of artistic speech giving and debates..[17]
• BUTEXITS – Students in schools have been developing apps during their study years independently.[18][19]
• BUTEX Career Club – This club organizes events to aid young learners to clarify their future career path. They arrange workshops and job fairs.[20]
• Chemical Club – Created by the faculty of Textile Chemicals Engineering, this club works with students who show interest in the field of chemistry.[21] They host workshops and is guided by a faculty in their operations.[22]
• Ekattor – The cultural club of BUTEX, it includes a cultural unit, a theater unit, and a photographic society unit. It started its journey on 26 March 2011, in an honor to a freedom fighter of the Bangladesh Liberation War.[23]
• BUTEX Environmental Club – A socially active club, which works to raise consciousness about the surrounding, and to lessen all forms of pollution, with trying to find out effective solutions for better industrial waste management.[24]
• Fashionnovation – A club centered around creative ideas of fashion.[25] They arrange design competitions and launch assistive courses online.[26]
• Film Society – This club engages in making indie films and supports film-making talents inside the campus by promoting their efforts.[27] Often, they produce short-films and arrange campus-wide watch parties.
• Journalist Society – This club is focused on campus related issues and news from the global textile community.[28]
• BUTEX Science Club – A student initiative working for the enrichment of scientific knowledge and enhancement of research in the undergraduate level.[29] It is also among the clubs that receives an operations advisor from the university faculty. It organizes events and participates in inter-university Olympiads and competitions on various occasions.[30]
• BUTEX Spinner's Club – This club is formed by students from the Department of Yarn Engineering and primarily focuses on increasing its collaborative network with the industry. It occasionally arranges recreational events and hosts annual carnivals which extend beyond the campus.[31]
• BUTEX Youth Development Club (BYDC) - This is a student-run organization. The club was founded in 2023 with the goal of providing a platform for students to develop their leadership, communication, and teamwork skills. BYDC offers a variety of programs and activities, including: Leadership training workshops, Public speaking workshops, Teambuilding activities, Social events.The club is a great way to meet new people, learn new skills, and get involved in the BUTEX community.
• BUTEX Career Club (BCC) - It is a student-run organization. The club was founded with the goal of providing a platform for students to learn about the different career opportunities available in the textile industry. BCC offers a variety of programs and activities, including: Career fairs, Guest speaker presentations, Networking events, Career counseling, Job shadowing.

There are 4 halls to provide public residence for the regular students.[32] Administrative head in charge of a dormitory is its Provost, who is elected from among the institution faculty, and is granted the duty for a two-year time period.

They are listed below:

Each of these facilities are named after eminent historical figures of Bangladesh, only except being the Sheikh Hasina Hall.

The institution has a centrally located playground inside of the campus for its students and the faculty. There are two other separate playgrounds, one of which is located at the premises of the Shahid Aziz Hall (indoor sports), while the other is at the G.M.A.G. Osmani Hall — being the largest playground of them all.[33]