Faridpur Polytechnic Institute

History

The institute was established in 1963 as Faridpur Technical Institute. In 1967, it was reformed as Faridpur Polytechnic Institute.

Location

Faridpur Polytechnic Institute is located at Baitul Aman, a neighborhood of Faridpur city in Bangladesh. It is near Baitul Aman campus of the Government Rajendra College, Faridpur.

Academic programs and departments

It offers diploma-level programmes for Diploma-in-Engineering in many different technological areas, each required to study for a 4-year-long curriculum.

Students can participate in:

There is a department for each of the above programmes and a related subject department called as Non-tech. Each department is headed by a chief instructor (CI). So, there are total of seven departments in Faridpur Polytechnic Institute.

Students

As of January 2015, there are 2381 students in 6 departments in the institute. Among them Civil technology has the highest number of students and also it's been proven to be the top department in the institute by population and result.

Academic staff

The Principal is Engr. Md. Anwar Hossain, and the Vice Principal is Md. Anwarul Kabir

Departments Heads include:

Currently there are about 62 teachers in the institute..

Facilities

The institute has necessary facilities to keep up good educational environment. Government and institute authority are always doing their best to improve the existing facilities and adding more to it.

Halls of residence

There 3 dormitories for students. 2 of them for boys and 1 for girls.

Workshops and laboratories

There are many workshops and laboratories provide excellent opportunity for the training of students commensurate with practices in industries. The spacious workshops and laboratories equipped with modern machines and instruments. Requisite amount of money is provided by the Government every year to keep the workshops at par with industrial developments.

Library

There is a library in the institute for the use of students, teachers and staff. The library is kept open during institute hours to enable the students to study. Students can borrow necessary books for a semester without any fees.

Mosque

There is a mosque in the institute. The core portion of the mosque is air-conditioned.

Directorates

The institute operates under the executive control of the Ministry of Education(MOE) acting through the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE). The academic programmes, curriculams are maintained under the regulation of the Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB). BTEB function under Directorate of Inspection and Audit (DIA), which in turn function under Chief Accounts Office (CAO), and it function under MOE.