It is the 27th public university and 5th science and technology university in Bangladesh. It's academic activities started on 22 June 2006. Noakhali University of Science and Technology stands on Sonapur, 8 kilometers southwest of Maijdee. It has a land area of 101 acres (0.41 km2) covering 93 Salla and 95 Noakhali Mouza. The goal of the university is to make it is one of the top tier universities
in Bangladesh. Presently the campus consists of one 5 storied administrative building, two academic buildings (academic 1 is 5 storied and academic 2 is 10 storied), two male student halls, three female student halls, a 5 storied auditorium, one 4 storied library building. The well furnished central library equipped with online library facilities has 10,000 printed books and 1500 printed journals apart from numerous e-books and e-journals. It has also four teacher's and officer's dormitories, one staff dormitories, vice chancellor's building and a mosque as well as a guest house. The construction of NSTU medical centre is also completed. There are two sport field and two big ponds in the campus area. It has a canteen for students called NSTU cafeteria. It has also a martyr monument like a fountain pen and a sculpture of liberation war. A park called Varsity park is also decorated for students leisure time with different kind of trees, benches and an octagonal cafeteria.
