National Institute of Textile Engineering and Research (NITER) is a textile school in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, offering the Bachelor of Science degree in textile engineering in coordination with the University of Dhaka. The school is a partnership between the "Bangladesh Textile Mills Association" and the Government of Bangladesh Ministry of Textiles and Jute. It offers residential education with separate student hostels for men and women.It's former name was textile Industry Development Center, Bangladesh and NITTRAD.It was established in 1979 as TIDC was a Public institution. In 1994 its name changed into NITTRAD. In 2009 it went to PPP management. Finally its name changed into NITER in 2013.It is a Public-Private-Partnership Textile educational institute affiliated by University of Dhaka.