Department of Dyes & Chemicals Engineering
Welcome to the Department of Dyes & Chemical Engineering (DCE), Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX). So far, BUTEX has produced thousands of textile graduates to fulfill the demand of different branches of textiles such as spinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing & finishing, apparel manufacturing, management and marketing. However, the necessity of manufacturing of dyes and chemicals used in textiles remained unfocused. A big amount of foreign currency is remitting out from the country to import the dyes and chemicals every year. Report reveals that the current annual market demand of dyes and chemicals in the textile industry of Bangladesh is about US$500 million which will reach near about $1 billion to achieve the milestone export target of US$50 billion by 2021 from US$28.5 billion in 2016. Understanding the future needs for economic growth of Bangladesh, BUTEX has decided to open the department of DCE in 2016 under the Faculty of Textile Chemical Engineering. The target is to create the academic, technical and business leaders for today and tomorrow who will employ the skills sets of industrial processes and scientific advances. We believe dyes and chemical engineering will be the key to create local industry to support a healthier, cleaner, greener and more efficient textile industry.
The curriculum of the program focuses on fibre-forming polymers, textile chemistry & chemical analysis, and synthesis of dyes & chemicals. The department also focuses on the application of chemicals and colorants in various textile processing such as pretreatment, dyeing, printing, finishing, and pollution control. The teachers and staffs of the department are very cordial and careful to improve the student’s emotional maturity, management capacity, leadership skills, and social responsibility.
We aspire to create a unique multidisciplinary research environment where collaboration is the key; within the departments, faculties and between industry. The strength of DCE is its people and we strongly welcome the very best staff, students and researchers from around the country and world to become part of our mission. We encourage exceptional and highly motivated students to consider our range of engaging and stimulating research opportunities for the benefit of our country and society. The department reflects the vision and commitment of BUTEX in engaging research activities and collaboration with industry.
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