Jessore University of Science & Technology (JUST)

Jessore University of Science & Technology (JUST) is a university located at 1 Churamonkathi - Chaugachha Road, 7408 Jessore. It was established on 25 Jan, 2019. Its Chancellor is Abdul Hamid and Vice Chancellor is M. Anwar Hossain .Its EIIN is 136629.

Jessore University of Science & Technology commonly known as JUST  is a government-financed public university in Bangladesh. This 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.

History

Jessore University of Science & Technology (JUST) started functioning from the 2009–2010 session. The class of the first batch of the students began 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, Pharmacy was added. In 2012 Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) and Physical Education and Sports Science (PESS) were added.

In 2013 four new departments started: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics & Statistics, and English. Accounting and Information Systems, Agro Product Processing Technology were started from the academic year 2015–16. In the academic year, 2016–2017, one new department called Biomedical Engineering (BME) began.