Bangladesh Agricultural University (
Bengali: বাংলাদেশ কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, Bangladesh Krishi Bishshobiddalôe), abbreviated as BAU, was established in 1961. It is the first agricultural university and also the second largest (1200 Acres) public university of
Bangladesh.[2][3] This university is located in
Mymensinghcity.[4][5] The university has 44 departments.[6]
BAU was the second highest budgeted public university in Bangladesh for the year 2013–2014. It is ranked number one university of Bangladesh according to the webometrics university ranking 2017.[7][8] BAU has been ranked 2nd in the Bangladesh in the
Times higher education world university ranking 2022.
History
The educational program of the university started in 1961 with two faculties namely Veterinary and Agricultural Faculty, then it was called East Pakistan Agricultural University. During the war of independence, the name of the university was announced as Swadhin Bangladesh Agricultural University. Within a few months of its establishment, a third faculty called the Faculty of Animal Husbandry started its journey. The Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology was added in the academic year 1963-64, the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology in the academic year 1964-65 and the Faculty of Fisheries in the academic year 1967-68.[9]
Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on February 13, 1973, in a reception organized by the Bangladesh Agricultural University Central Students' Union (Baksu) at the university convocation stage, announced the first class rank in the field of employment for agriculturists like doctors and engineers.[10]
Campus
Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) is the second largest public university in
Bangladesh. Its expansive campus, covering an area of 5.10 square kilometers (1.97 sq mi), is situated in rural surroundings, approximately 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) south of the district town of
Mymensingh.
The campus comprises academic, administrative, and residential buildings, farms, gardens, and related facilities.
Two national research institutes, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA)[11] and Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI)[12] are housed in this campus.
Infrastructure
Two administrative buildings
Six faculty complexes
Fifteen halls for students
three-storied central library
modern auditorium (Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Auditorium, 2,000 seats)
conference hall
central laboratory
Research field for every faculty
gymnasium
stadium
sports complex
healthcare centre (free care service for students, university staff and their families)
project complex
657 units of residential facilities for teachers, officers and employees
TSC
Botanical garden
Fish museum & Biodiversity centre
Agriculture museum
GTI complex
Computer lab & wifi zone
Horticulture farm
Agriculture university school & college
Farmer auditorium
Community centre
Guest house
Central mosque
Bank & ATM booth
KR market
Halls of residence (student dormitories)
Boys' halls
Isha Khan Hall ( First Hall of BAU)
Shahjalal Hall
Shaheed Shamsul Haque Hall
Shaheed Nazmul Ahsan Hall
Ashraful Haque Hall
Shaheed Jamal Hossain Hall
Hossain Shaheed Shuhrawardy Hall
Fazlul Haque Hall
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Hall
Girls' halls
Sultana Razia Hall
Taposhi Rabeya Hall
Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib hall
Begum Rokeya Hall
Roji Jamal Hall
Sheikh Hasina Hall
Administration
Partial list of the vice-chancellors of the university:
(25th) Emdadul Haque Chowdhury (12 July 2023 – present)
Faculty and departments
There are 44 departments under 6 faculties and 3 institutions.
Faculty of Veterinary Science
Veterinary Science faculty is the leading faculty of the university which established in 1961. This faculty has gifted quality
Veterinarian for the country and contributed to animal reproduction to enhance profitability in farm level. The graduates are working in reproduction & Production diversified field (Farm Animals, Pet Animals, Avian and wildlife) of livestock by applying knowledge of clinical science like
Theriogenology,
Obstetrics, clinical physiology, pathology. Veterinarians has huge scope in research organization, commercial breeder farms, agro-industries, milk and meat processing industries, private clinics. Along with these, Faculty of Veterinary Science is contributing on research for diseases,
zoonoses, health improvements, livestock reproductive health and development. Besides, this faculty has huge contribution in poultry and dairy industry.
Undergraduate admissions in BAU are competitive. Admission related information is available on this website admission-agri.org.[28]
As of 2016–2017 session, the general distribution of seats for admission into Level 1, Semester 1 of the undergraduate courses as offered by six faculties BAU will be as follows:
This is including all Freedom fighters quota and other quotas.
Total enrollment per year = 1230.
Bangladeshi all Agriculture University association has decided that undergraduate admission test will be combined from academic session 2019–2020. After admission test merit list, students will admit according to the merit score of seven Agriculture University. All seven Agriculture University has available seats 3551 including Bangladesh Agriculture University.[29]
Every students must have minimum HSC and SSC requirements to appeared on the Admission Exam
MS/PhD program
M.S. and PhD programs are available as follows:
Faculty of Veterinary Science: Anatomy & Histology, Microbiology & Hygiene, Parasitology, Medicine, Pathology, Physiology, Pharmacology, and Surgery & Obstetrics.
Faculty of Animal Husbandry: Animal Breeding & Genetics, Animal Nutrition, Animal Science, Poultry Science, and Dairy Science.
Faculty of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology: Agricultural Economics, Cooperation & Marketing, Agricultural Finance, Agricultural Statistics, and Rural Sociology.
Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology: Irrigation & Water Management, Farm Power & Machinery, Farm Structure, Food Technology & Rural Industries and Computer Science & Mathematics.
Faculty of Fisheries: Fisheries Biology & Genetics, Aquaculture, Fisheries Management, and Fisheries Technology.
Publications
The Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University (ISSN 1810-3030) is published in June and December on behalf of the Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System (BAURES). Original research papers, review articles and short communications are published.