Shahjalal University of Science and Technology: Bangladesh's First Science and Technology University

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), founded in Sylhet in 1986 as Bangladesh's first science and technology university, grew from 205 students in three departments to a research university of 8,900 students. From its 320-acre Kumargaon campus it pioneered the semester system, text-message admissions and the combined admission test — and still runs its own entrance examination.