Jashore University of Science and Technology (Bengali: যশোর বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), commonly known and abbreviated as JUST (Bengali: যবিপ্রবি), is a government-financed public university in Bangladesh.[2] JUST is located at Sadhinata Sarak in Jessore Sadar Upazila. Its postal code is Jessore-7408.
It is the fourth public university in Khulna Division and the first public university in Jessore. It was established in 2007 and started four-year undergraduate courses from the 2009–2010 session. It was previously known as Jessore Science and Technology University.
History
Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST) opened in 2008, during the 2008-2009 session. The first batch of JUST started on 10 June 2009.[3] The first four departments were Computer Science & Engineering (CSE), Environmental Science & Technology (EST), Microbiology (MB), and Fisheries and Marine Bioscience (FMB).
In 2009, JUST added Nutrition & Food Technology (NFT), Industrial & Production Engineering (IPE), Chemical Engineering (ChE), Petroleum & Mining Engineering (PME), and Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (GEBT). In 2010, the Pharmacy department was created. In 2012 Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) and Physical Education and Sports Science (PESS) were added.
Further in 2013, four new departments were added: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics & Statistics, and English. Accounting and Information Systems and Agro Product Processing Technology were introduced in the academic year 2015–16. In the academic year 2016–2017, the Biomedical Engineering (BME) program began.
Three new departments were established in the 2017–18 academic year: Finance & Banking, Management and Textile Engineering (TE). The Marketing, Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation departments opened in the academic year 2018–19.
The academic year and session is generally divided into two semesters. One semester is composed of 18+1⁄2 weeks and each week consists of 5 working days. The session usually starts after completion of the second semester. A full-time undergraduate course consists of four sessions or eight semesters. A regular examination is held at the end of each semester besides class tests for continuous assessment of progress
JUST and surrounding area
Faculties and departments
The university's 29 departments are organised into 8 faculties.
Faculty
Department
Seat
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Computer Science and Engineering
50
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
35
Chemical Engineering
40
Biomedical Engineering
20
Textile Engineering
20
Petroleum and Mining Engineering
35
Industrial and Production Engineering
45
Faculty of Applied Science and Technology
Environmental Science and Technology
45
Nutrition and Food Technology
40
Agro Product Processing Technology
40
Climate and Disaster Management
25
Faculty of Biological Science and Technology
Microbiology
40
Fisheries & Marine Bioscience
40
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology
60
Pharmacy
40
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
20
Faculty of Arts and Social Science
English
40
Faculty of Health Science
Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
20
Nursing & Health Science
20
Physical Education & Sports Science
25
Faculty of Science
Physics
40
Chemistry
40
Mathematics
40
Applied Statistics
??
Faculty of Business Studies
Accounting and Information Systems
50
Finance and Banking
40
Management
40
Marketing
40
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences
Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry
60
A total 42 additional seats are reserved for the students under the categories of son/daughter of freedom fighter (30 seats), indigenous (6 seats) and disabled (6 seats). For these seats, a student needs to provide proof by using their related certificate to authority. Once the certificate is received in the mentioned period, after verification, the student will be considered for the reserved seats.
Undergraduate and postgraduate programs
JUST's VC Abdus Sattar delivers a lecture at JUST Auditorium/Gallery
B.Sc.Engg. / M.Sc. Engg. / M.Engg. / M.Phil. / Ph.D. in petroleum and mining engineering (PME)
BS / MS / M.Phil. / Ph.D. in agro product processing technology (APPT)
BS / MS / M.Phil. / Ph.D. in environmental science & technology (EST)
BS / MS / M.Phil. / Ph.D. in nutrition & food technology (NFT)
BS / MS / M.Phil. / Ph.D. in microbiology (MB)
BS / MS / M.Phil. / Ph.D. in fisheries & marine bioscience (FMB)
BS / MS / M.Phil. / Ph.D. in genetic engineering and biotechnology (GEBT)
BS / MS / M.Phil. / Ph.D. in physics (PHY)
BS / MS / M.Phil. / Ph.D. in mathematics (Math)
BS / MS / M.Phil. / Ph.D. in chemistry (Chem)
Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.) / Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharm.) / M.Phil. / Ph.D. in pharmacy (Pharm)
BA / MA / M.Phil. / Ph.D. in English (Eng)
BBA / MBA / M.Phil. / Ph.D. in accounting and information systems (AIS), management (MGT), marketing (MKT), finance and banking (FB)
Facilities
Residence halls
Shahid Moshiur Rahman Hall
Shaheed Moshiur Rahman Hall
This is a five-story building with a capacity for five hundred students. Like at other public universities in Bangladesh, there are many facilities available for the residential students, such as a TV room, a reading room, a gymnasium and a canteen.
Sheikh Hasina Student Hall
Sheikh Hasina Hall
This is also a five-story, female-only building with a capacity for five hundred students. This residence hall has the same facilities available to students as Shaheed Moshiur Rahman Hall. Additionally, it has photocopying, printing, and laundry facilities for residents. The students and the organizing committee put together different game competitions from time to time.
Two additional students halls, Munshi Meherullah Hall for boys and Taramon Bibi Hall for girls, are under construction. Soon,those halls will be ready and opened for students.
Central Library
Jashore University of Science and Technology has a six-story library. Currently, there are approximately 30,000 books and 100 journals available for students and faculty members. New books are added to the collection every month. Students or faculty members can study and borrow books from the library. It is open from 9 am to 8 pm Saturday through Wednesday. An E-library service is also available.
TSC and cafeteria
TSC and Cafeteria
This is a two-story building, located at the west-eastern corner of the campus. The cafeteria is on the ground floor and TSC is on the first floor. The food supplies come from a charity organization, the Jagannath Foundation.
BioSol Centre
In October 2019, as part of JUST, started Biological Solution Center known as BioSol Centre. Recently, it is a well known research organization in Bangladesh. The ambition of BioSol Centre is to provide quality research and make collaborative research in Bangladesh as well as worldwide especially in Bioinformatics. For many years, BioSol Center has been cooperating with many scientists, including: Dr. Foysal Ahammed from King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia and Prof. Tomasz M. Karpiński from Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poland.[4]
Dormitory and tower
The JUST dormitory is located at south-eastern corner of the campus. This five-storied dormitory is available for the faculty members and administrative staff of JUST. There is also a ten-story Madhumati tower for the faculty members and administrative staff of the university.
Central mosque
The central mosque, located on the west side of the campus, serves as a place of prayer for Muslim students and employees.
Sculpture
Irresistible '71
References
^"Welcome". Jashore University of Science and Technology.
