Pabna Textile Engineering College Affiliated to BUTex

During the British colonial rule in 1915, a weaving school was established at Pabna to meet Textile technician education by offering artisan level course. It was named Pabna Govt. Weaving School. The Governor of Bengal of the then British Government visited this institution on 25 January 1926. It was upgraded to Pabna District Textile Institute in 1980 to offer two years certificate course in Textile Technology. In 1994 this institute was promoted to conduct three years Diploma course in Textile Engineering under Bangladesh Technical Education Board. The Prime Minister of Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh decided to upgrade this institution to B.Sc. in Textile Engineering College in 2006 to offer four Years Bachelor Degree in Textile Engineering by affiliation with the University of Rajshahi and renamed it as Pabna Textile Engineering College. Pabna Textile Engineering College (PTEC) is one of the best reputed Textile Engineering College in Bangladesh. At present Pabna Textile Engineering College under the "Jute and Textile ministry" affiliation with The "Bangladesh University of Textiles" .

Textile technical education goes a long way in preparing generation of youth to face the challenge of time and to build up a happy and prosperous nation The necessity of its ever increasing demand for up dated specialized education have made our technologies, philosophers, social scientists educationalists and entrepreneurs think of doing something positive in this regard . Pabna Textile Engineering College with status of offering B.Sc in Textile Engineering will be milestone for Textile education in Bangladesh.

As an up-graded College it has high possibilities as well as certain limitations. We hope that all these limitations can be overcome through co-operation with concerned stakeholders in near future.

There has been a new awareness in the nation to survive with honor and dignity. We must ensure that our future generations of students are able to assimilate the advancement in this prospective field of knowledge and utilize it for the betterment of the country.