The department of power engineering technology was established at Dhaka Polytechnic Institute in 1955, This department offered 4 Years Diploma-in-Engineering program under The Bangladesh Technical Education Board and entry qualification is SSC or equivalent (10 Years Schooling). The department currently has roughly 12 faculty members, 5 Technical & support staff 3 Office Assistant, 2 Driver and 2050 members of students. There are 20% reserve seat for female students, 15% for Vocational and 5% for Disable students. Automobile and Refrigeration and Air-condition Technology also run under the Power Technology. Now Department of Power has 100 seats (Group A-50 & Group B-50) in each shift per Technology and total entry is 1200 per year.