[3] The university itself offers academic and professional degrees in various fields of textile technology, advanced international business and marketing strategies and in several other disciplines on both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

The institution was originally established in 1921 as a weaving school at Narinda, Dhaka, during the British colonial rule, to provide specialized technical education in the fields of textile by offering artisan-level courses.

In 1957, The institute was transferred to its present campus at Tejgaon Industrial Area and set its foundation stone by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Initially, intake was only 60 per year and more than 4,800 textile engineers and technologists have graduated from this institution since the introduction of bachelor's degree course.

The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, officially inaugurated the revamped institution with its present naming scheme on 15 March in next year.

[6] The university administration permits their formation, provides them with necessary funding and associates a selected portion of them with faculty guidance.

[7] Administrative head in charge of a dormitory is its provost, who is elected from among the institution faculty, and is granted the duty for a two-year time period.

They are listed below: Each of these facilities are named after eminent historical figures of Bangladesh, only exception being the Sheikh Hasina Hall.