# Jashore University of Science and Technology

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. JUST is located at Sadhinata Sarak in Jessore Sadar Upazila, in Khulna Division. 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. 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.
Departments of Finance & Banking, Management and Textile Engineering were established in the 2017–18 academic year and of Marketing, Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation in the 2018–19 academic year.

## Vice-chancellors

* Abdus Sattar ( 2009-2017 )
* Anwar Hossain ( 2017-2024 )
* Md. Abdul Majid (2024–present)

## Academics
### Academic calendar

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

### 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 |
| Faculty of Engineering and Technology | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 35 |
| Faculty of Engineering and Technology | Chemical Engineering | 40 |
| Faculty of Engineering and Technology | Biomedical Engineering | 20 |
| Faculty of Engineering and Technology | Textile Engineering | 20 |
| Faculty of Engineering and Technology | Petroleum and Mining Engineering | 35 |
| Faculty of Engineering and Technology | Industrial and Production Engineering | 45 |
| Faculty of Applied Science and Technology | Environmental Science and Technology | 45 |
| Faculty of Applied Science and Technology | Nutrition and Food Technology | 40 |
| Faculty of Applied Science and Technology | Agro Product Processing Technology | 40 |
| Faculty of Applied Science and Technology | Climate and Disaster Management | 25 |
| Faculty of Biological Science and Technology | Microbiology | 40 |
| Faculty of Biological Science and Technology | Fisheries & Marine Bioscience | 40 |
| Faculty of Biological Science and Technology | Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology | 60 |
| Faculty of Biological Science and Technology | Pharmacy | 40 |
| Faculty of Biological Science and Technology | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 20 |
| Faculty of Arts and Social Science | English | 40 |
| Faculty of Health Science | Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation | 20 |
| Faculty of Health Science | Nursing & Health Science | 20 |
| Faculty of Health Science | Physical Education & Sports Science | 25 |
| Faculty of Science | Physics | 40 |
| Faculty of Science | Chemistry | 40 |
| Faculty of Science | Mathematics | 40 |
| Faculty of Science | Applied Statistics and Data Science | 20 |
| Faculty of Business Studies | Accounting and Information Systems | 50 |
| Faculty of Business Studies | Finance and Banking | 40 |
| Faculty of Business Studies | Management | 40 |
| Faculty of Business Studies | 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

* B.Sc.Engg. / M.Sc.Engg. / M.Engg. / M.Phil. / Ph.D. in electrical & electronic engineering (EEE)
* B.Sc.Engg. / M.Sc.Engg. / M.Engg. / M.Phil. / Ph.D. in computer science & engineering (CSE)
* B.Sc.Engg. / M.Sc.Engg. / M.Engg. / M.Phil. / Ph.D. in industrial & production engineering (IPE)
* B.Sc.Engg. / M.Sc. Engg. / M.Engg. / M.Phil. / Ph.D. in chemical engineering (Ch.E)
* B.Sc.Engg. / M.Sc. Engg. / M.Engg. / M.Phil. / Ph.D. in biomedical engineering (BME)
* 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
#### 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

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

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.

### 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.