Shahjalal University of Science and Technology · Sylhet, Bangladesh · 2025
SUST Research Hub & Publication Portal
A role-based institutional platform for thesis workflow, publication discovery, project collaboration, and research analytics
Research Records
5,000+
Theses, publications, datasets, and faculty-linked outputs indexed across departments.
Approval Workflow
Role-Based
Admin-reviewed registration, supervisor feedback, and institutional moderation.
Research Visibility
3x Faster
Faster discovery, citations, and department-level reporting for academic stakeholders.
01 / Executive Overview
Setting
the Stage
"Unifying academic research management, approval workflows, and searchable institutional impact in one ecosystem."
SUST Research Hub is a full-stack academic research platform designed to centralize thesis submissions, publications, datasets, and collaborative research work within a single institutional system. It streamlines how researchers register, submit work, get reviewed, and present their outputs to the wider university community while giving administrators visibility into departmental performance and institutional impact.
02 / The Challenge
Siloed Academic Records & Slow Research Administration
Research data was distributed across spreadsheets, static faculty pages, and fragmented departmental systems. That made thesis tracking, publication visibility, review cycles, and institutional reporting difficult, slowing down both academic operations and research discovery.
Key Bottlenecks
- 1Scattered publication records and faculty metadata across disconnected sources.
- 2Manual review and approval processes for researcher registration and thesis flow.
- 3Lack of searchable research repositories for projects, datasets, and publication records.
03 / Solution
Institutional Research OS With Approval, Search, and Collaboration
We designed a role-based research platform with secure onboarding, thesis and publication management, supervisor review flows, collaboration workspaces, and analytics dashboards. The platform combines research administration with discovery, making it usable for students, faculty, supervisors, and academic administrators alike.
01
Approval-Driven Research Access
Admin-approved registration, role-based permissions, and structured onboarding for researchers and supervisors.
02
Thesis & Publication Workflow
Submission, review, feedback, and tracking for theses, publications, and associated metadata such as DOI, ISSN, venue, and authors.
03
Research Repository & Analytics
Searchable records for theses, datasets, models, projects, and department-level impact metrics with reporting for institutional visibility.
04 / Technical Stack
Engineered with Precision
Frontend
Backend
Infrastructure
05 / Business Impact
A Unified Research Ecosystem for Better Visibility and Governance
The platform transformed how the institution manages and showcases research output, from student submissions to faculty publications and departmental analytics.
5,000+
Indexed Outputs
100%
Department Coverage
3x Faster
Review Efficiency
Client Endorsement
"SUST Research Hub unified our academic records and significantly improved how research output, review points, and department-level visibility are managed."
Academic Leadership
Institutional Research Team, SUST
