The Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Engineering (PMRE) is the first university level program in Bangladesh to address the growing needs and challenges in the petroleum and minerals sector of the country. Presently it offers only post graduate degrees. The department was established under BUET- University of Alberta institutional linkage project, with the financial assistance from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The formation of the department was approved by the Academic Council of BUET on November 5, 1990. The department was established in the year 1992, and the academic programs began in 1995.