Shahid Abdur Rab Serniabat Textile Engineering College

Shahid Abdur Rab Serniabat Textile Engineering College, also known as Sarstec, is a textile engineering college located at Barisal, Bangladesh. It is a constituent college of Bangladesh University of Textiles.

History
The institution was first launched as a textile institute with the name "Institute of Textiles, Barisal" in 1980. In 2010, it went through a campus wide renovation and was renamed as a college.

Academic outline
Sarstec offers following Bachelor of Science in engineering programs, written in an alphabetic order:
 * 1) BSc in Textile Engineering (major in Apparel Engineering)
 * 2) BSc in Textile Engineering (major in Fabric Engineering)
 * 3) BSc in Textile Engineering (major in Wet Process Engineering)
 * 4) BSc in Textile Engineering (major in Yarn Engineering)

Number of seats
The number of seats for the four-year bachelor's degree in textile engineering program is given below.

Admission
Admission into this college is competitive and needs a high academic attainment at the SSC and HSC examination. Selection of the student for admission is made through an admission test. Only Science Students can apply for the admission test. Admission circular is published in the national dailies, college website and website of the Department of Textiles (DOT),

Department of Textiles (DOT) offers 4 years of BSc in Textile Engineering Degree. A single examination was organized by Department of Textiles (DOT) for 8 textile engineering colleges under the affiliation of Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX). Colleges which conduct exams together are: CTEC (2006), PTEC (2006), TECN (2007), SARSTEC (2010), SKTEC (2016), DWMTEC (2018), SRTEC (2021) & SHTEC (2022)

The admission test is conducted on the basis of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ). Students have to answer Physics, Chemistry, Higher Math & English in the admission test. Students can get admission in certain college based on merit list and college preference list.

Student activity
Follows a list of student organization active in the campus, written in an alphabetic order:
 * Career Club
 * Sarstec Science & Research Club -SSRC
 * Debating Society
 * Language Club
 * Media and Photography Club
 * Proyash
 * Radio 00.08
 * Sports Club
 * Ucchhash