In 1996, the government enacted a plan to spread science and technology education to remote areas of the country. Part of this plan was to set up a science and technology university in Tangail. In 1997, the government decided to set up one science and technology center in an old district which did not have a university. The Board of Trustees of Santosh Islami University submitted a proposal to the government to establish a science and technology university in Santosh.
