National Institute of Textile Engineering and Research

National Institute of Textile Engineering and Research
জাতীয় বস্ত্র প্রকৌশল ও গবেষণা ইনস্টিটিউট

Logo of National Institute of Textile Engineering and Research
Former name
 Textile Industry Development Center, Bangladesh and NITTRAD
Motto A center of excellence in Textile Education and Training
Type A Public-Private-Partnership Textile educational institute
Established 1979 as TIDC was a Public institution. In 1994 its name changed into NITTRAD. In 2009 it went to PPP management. Finally its name changed into NITER in 2013
Principal Professor Dr. Mohammed Mizanur Rahman
Academic staff
 90
Students 690
Undergraduates 690
Location Nayarhat, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Campus Urban
13.06 acres (5.29 ha)
Nickname NITER
Affiliations University of Dhaka
Website www.niter.edu.bd

National Institute of Textile Engineering and Research (NITER) is a textile school in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, offering the Bachelor of Science degree in textile engineering in coordination with the University of Dhaka. The school is a partnership between the "Bangladesh Textile Mills Association" and the Government of Bangladesh Ministry of Textiles and Jute. It offers residential education with separate student hostels for men and women.

National Institute of Textile Engineering and Research-Savar, Dhaka

About

From 2010-11 session NITER started B. Sc. In Textile Engineering course under The University of Dhaka. NITER offers B. Sc. In Textile Engineering degree under Engineering and Technology Faculty of The University of Dhaka and some other short and long courses which is needed for a Textile professional's. Again it offers Testing of Textile materials because it has the largest and highly equipped Textile testing Laboratory in Bangladesh.

Scenic Beauty of NITER

It also provides practical classes of Textile Engineering students of private universities of Bangladesh as per requirements to produce qualified Textile Professionals in Textile sector.

A Part of NITER Campus
A Part of NITER Campus

Admission procedures and entry requirements

Admission to NITER is highly competitive and needs a high academic attainment at the S.S.C and H.S.C level. Selection of the students for admission is made through an admission test of 120 marks under "Technology unit" of The University of Dhaka and considering GPA of S.S.C and H.S.C or equivalent examinations (Details in admission notice). Students get chance to take admission according to merit.

Courses

Academic Building

Student accommodation

NITER has three large student hostels. Two for male and one for staffs, officers and female students.

Boys Hostel

Collaboration

NITER has academic collaboration with following institutes:

Provided specializations (for B.Sc Engineering course)

  1. Yarn Manufacturing Engineering
  2. Fabric Manufacturing Engineering
  3. Wet Processing Engineering
  4. Apparel Manufacturing Engineering
  5. Industrial & Production Engineering (IPE)

University of Dhaka provides these degrees

Departments and laboratories

Yarn Engineering (YE) department

Yarn Engineering department in NITER is equipped with a Full Length Production Line machinery. This department is to provide theoretical and practical training to both internal and external students and professionals in this field.

Machineries in this department are:

  1. Auto Bale Opener
  2. Auto Blender
  3. Step Cleaner
  4. Axi-Flow Cleaner
  5. Porcupine Opener
  6. Hopper Feeder
  7. Scutcher
  8. Carding (Trutzschler)
  9. Drawing (Rieter)
  10. Super Lap Former
  11. Combing
  12. Simplex
  13. Ring Frame

Fabric Engineering (FE) department

This department consists of three laboratories to meet the demands of students from very beginning level to advanced level. The laboratories are Weaving Laboratory, Knitting Laboratory and Fabric Structure and Design Laboratory.

Machineries in this department:

Weaving Laboratory

  1. Cone Winding Machine
  2. Tappet Loom
  3. Dobby Loom
  4. Airjet Loom
  5. Rapier Loom
  6. Projectile Loom

Knitting Laboratory

  1. Fukuhara Single Jersey Circular Knitting Machine
  2. Fukuhara Circular Rib Knitting Machine
  3. Fukuhara Circular Interlock Knitting Machine
  4. Matsuya V-Bed Jacquard Knitting Machine
  5. Matsuya Automatic V-Bed Knitting Machine
  6. Hand Driven V-Bed Knitting Machine
  7. Linking Machine
  8. Raising Machine

Fabric Structure and Design (FSD) Laboratory

Fabric Structure and Design Lab also includes all necessary equipments required to analyze any woven or knitted structure.

Wet Process Engineering (WPE) department

This department has been equipped with lab-scale versatile equipment for chemical processing of textile fabrics, yarns and fibers. In addition, various training programs including pretreatment, dyeing & finishing are conducted in this department on regular basis.

Wet Process Engineering Laboratory

Controlled experiments starting from preparatory processes, dyeing, printing and finishing including coating, can be performed in this laboratory. Machineries in this department:

  1. Rotary Screen Printing (STORK)
  2. Flat Bed Screen Printing (ZIMMER)
  3. Automatic Color Dispenser (DATACOLOR)
  4. IR Dyeing Machine (Rapid)
  5. Oscillating Sample Dyeing Machine (Rapid)
  6. Jet Dyeing Machine (ROACHES)
  7. Laboratory Winch Machine (SDL ATLAS)
  8. Padding Mangle (Rapid)
  9. Bobbin and Package Dyeing Machine (CHANG LI)
  10. Mathis Laboratory Winch (WARNER MATHIS)
  11. HT Laboratory Dyeing Machine (NIPPON)
  12. Spray Type Automatic Hank Dyeing Machine
  13. Gyrowash (ROACHES)

Apparel Engineering (AE) department

Technology is changing swiftly. Once we used manual processes in Apparel Manufacturing which now have been replaced with modern technologies. New generation now uses customized software for Fashion Design, Virtual Modeling, Garments CAD for Pattern and Marker Development and Robotic Spreader and Cutter. It consists of the following two labs:

Machineries in this department:

Apparel Engineering Laboratory

Contains all type of machineries except CAM.

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Laboratory

Equipped with software starting from Fashion Design to Virtual Modeling, Pattern and Marker Development, Digitizer and Plotter.

Quality Control Department

The Test Methods generally followed are ISO, AATCC, ASTM, BS, BSEN and BSEN ISO as per buyer’s requests. Machineries in this department:

  1. Uster Evenness Tester 4 SE
  2. Uster Classimat quantum
  3. Martindale Abrasion & Pilling Tester
  4. Fibre Bundle Strength Tester (Pressley/Stelometer)
  5. Cusick Fabric Drape Meter
  6. Elmendorf Tearing Strength Tester (Elmatear)
  7. Air Permeability Tester
  8. Honeydew Tester
  9. Wrinkle Recovery Tester
  10. Spectrophotometer (Gretag Macbeth)
  11. Advanced Fibre Information System (AFIS)
  12. Tensomaxx 7000 Tester
  13. Fabric Strength Tester (Testometric)
  14. Wascator / Gyrowash / Launder Meter
  15. Light Fastness Tester

Other laboratories

  1. Chemistry Lab
  2. Physics lab
  3. Electrical and Electronics Lab
  4. Mechanical Workshop
  5. Engineering Drawing Lab
  6. Computer Lab

Library

NITER Library has adequate number of Textile Engineering related books. The Library has the new edition of Textile Engineering related books. Now total number of books & journals in NITER Library is more than 10000. Besides, technical magazines are also available in this library so that the trainees could acquire knowledge on modern textile technology.

Students Organizations

References

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