BUET has a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) for academic exchange and student exchange. This MoU is effective since June 19, 2014. Even though the MoU is between BUET and NAIST, IICT is the main collaborator at BUET.
Under this MoU, the following alumni from IICT went to NAIST in different programs:
- Fakir Sharif Hossain (PhD)
- Syful Islam (PhD)
- Riaz-ul-haque Mian (PhD)
- Foisal Ahmed (PhD)
- Mohammad Bozlul Karim (PhD)
- Md Sihabul Islam (MS)
- Md Imran Khan (Intern)
- Abeer Hossain (Intern)
- Sharafat Hossain (Intern)
- Md. Alamgir Hossain (Intern)
Additionally, faculty members from IICT visited NAIST for research collaboration in October 2015 and October 2016, and faculty members from NAIST visited BUET in March 2016.