Good Health and Well-Being at Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET)
RUET is committed to promoting healthy lives and well-being for all members of its community through institutional health infrastructure, mental health support, student welfare programmes, and research enabling informed outcomes. Key highlights include:
- On-Campus Medical Centre: RUET maintains an on-campus Medical Centre offering free primary and basic health-care services to both residential and non-residential students. The facility operates from Saturday to Thursday, 07:30 am to 10:00 pm (lunch break from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm) and provides 24-hour ambulance service for emergencies.ruet.ac.bd
- Qualified Medical Staff: The Medical Centre is staffed by three MBBS doctors together with supporting nursing and technician staff.ruet.ac.bd
- Referral to Rajshahi Medical College: For serious or specialised cases beyond the on-campus facility, RUET refers students to the nearby Rajshahi Medical College, located approximately 6 km from campus.ruet.ac.bd
- Psychological Support Centre: RUET’s campus student welfare also includes a dedicated Psychological Support Center, which provides individual and group counselling sessions, crisis intervention, peer support groups, mental health screenings, and awareness campaigns.ruet.ac.bd
- Integration in Academic Framework: The Medical Centre and student health service are explicitly mentioned in RUET’s curriculum documentation for both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, under sections titled “Students Health Service.”ruet.ac.bd
- Supportive Campus Environment: On the student-welfare infrastructure front, the campus provides residential halls, food facilities, a green campus environment, and access within walking distance to medical and allied services that support overall student well-being.ruet.ac.bd
Impact and Next Steps
By providing accessible, free health-care and mental-health services on campus, RUET ensures that its students, academic staff, and resident community have minimal financial and accessibility barriers to essential care. The existence of the Psychological Support Centre further strengthens the institution’s alignment with wellness and mental-health dimensions of SDG 3.
Moving forward, RUET aims to:
- Expand outreach of health-care services beyond the campus to the local Rajshahi community, leveraging engineering and technology disciplines to address public-health challenges.
- Integrate engineering and technology-oriented research projects into health-data analytics, preventive care, occupational safety, and community health resilience.
- Increase the frequency and reach of mental-health awareness workshops, peer-support programmes, and screening initiatives to cover a larger portion of the student body each year.