| Faridpur Polytechnic Institute | |
| Native Name: | ফরিদপুর পলিটেকনিক ইনস্টিটিউট |
| Image Alt: | FPI-LOGO |
| Other Name: | FPI |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Principal: | Akkas Ali Sheikh |
| Coor: | 23.5953°N 89.8622°W |
| Students: | 3824 |
| Faculty: | 6 |
Faridpur Polytechnic Institute (Bengali: ফরিদপুর পলিটেকনিক ইন্সটিটিউট), often abbreviated as FPI, is a government technical institute in Faridpur, Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest polytechnic institutes in Bangladesh.
The institute was established in 1963 as Faridpur Technical Institute. In 1967, it was reformed as Faridpur Polytechnic Institute.
Faridpur Polytechnic Institute is located at Baitul Aman, a neighborhood of Faridpur city in Bangladesh. It is near Baitul Aman campus of the Government Rajendra College, Faridpur.
It offers diploma-level programmes for Diploma-in-Engineering in many different technological areas, each required to study for a 4-year-long curriculum.
Students can participate in:
There is a department for each of the above programmes and a related subject department called as Non-tech. Each department is headed by a chief instructor (CI). So, there are total of seven departments in Faridpur Polytechnic Institute.
As of January 2022, there are 3824[1] students in 6 departments in the institute.
The principal is Engr. Md. Akkas Ali Sheikh.
Departments heads include:
Md. Ismail Hossain (1st Shift)Md. Nurul Islam Bhuiyan (2nd Shift)
Moniruzzaman Raju (1st Shift)Md.Shah Sikander (2nd Shift)
Prokash Kumar SahaSM Ishaque
SM Ishaque
Md. Ripan Mian (2nd Shift)Fahim Ahmed (1st Shift)
Md. Jahangir Alam Md. Mujibor Rahman Bhuiyan
Currently there are about 62 teachers in the institute.[2]
The institute has necessary facilities to keep up good educational environment. Government and institute authority are always doing their best to improve the existing facilities and adding more to it.
There three dormitories for students. Two are for boys and one for girls.
There is a library in the institute for the use of students, teachers and staff. The library is kept open during institute hours to enable the students to study. Students can borrow necessary books for a semester without any fees.
There is an air conditioning mosque in the institute.
There are several local and foreign flower gardens here. Which made this institute look awesome.
That institute is a non-political institute.
The institute operates under the executive control of the Ministry of Education(MOE) acting through the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE).[3] The academic programmes, curriculams are maintained under the regulation of the Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB).[4] BTEB function under Directorate of Inspection and Audit (DIA), which in turn function under Chief Accounts Office (CAO), and it function under MOE.