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'''Bangladesh Agricultural University''' (BAU) was established as the only university of its kind in ] in 1961. {{Short description|First agricultural university in Bangladesh}}
{{Use Bangladeshi English|date=February 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Bangladesh Agricultural University
| native_name = বাংলাদেশ কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Bangladesh Agriculture University logo.svg
| caption = Logo of Bangladesh Agricultural University
| other_name = BAU
| former_name = East Pakistan Agricultural University
| motto = জ্ঞান, দক্ষতা, চরিত্র
| motto_lang = bn
| mottoeng = Knowledge, Efficiency, Moral Character
| type = ] ]
| established = {{Start date and age|1961|08|18|df=yes}}
| accreditation = ]
| chancellor = {{Current president of Bangladesh}}
| vice_chancellor = ]
| academic_staff = 567
| students = 8088
| undergrad = 5147
| postgrad = 2941
| city = ]
| state = ]
| country = ]
| postalcode = 2202
| coordinates = {{Coord|24.7240|90.4374|region:BD_type:edu|display=title,inline}}
| campus_type = Urban
| campus_size = {{convert|1200|acres|km2}}
| language = English
| website = {{URL|bau.edu.bd}}
| footnotes = <ref name="glance" />
}}
'''Bangladesh Agricultural University''' ('''BAU''') is a ] agricultural university in ], Bangladesh. It was founded in 1961 by the Pakistani government as '''East Pakistan Agricultural University'''. It is the third-oldest university in the country.


Its campus covers {{convert|1,200|acres}} on the west bank of the Old Brahmaputra River. Its academic activities take place under six faculties, which are subdivided into 45 departments. More than 90% of its funding comes from the national government.
The scheme for the establishment of BAU was finalized on 8 June 1961 and its ordinance was promulgated on 18 August 1961. With the appointment of its first ], the University formally came into existence on 2 September 1961 and started functioning with the College of ] and ] at Mymensingh as its nucleus. Currently the university has 6 faculties and 43 departments covering all aspects of ] and ].


As of 2024, BAU has over 5,000 undergraduate and nearly 3,000 post-graduate students. Alumni include academics, government officials, politicians, and recipients of the ].
== ''Location'' ==


==History==
The University campus, with an area of 485 ha, is located in scenic rural surroundings on the western bank of the old Brahmaputra river, 3 km south of the district town of Mymensingh and 120 km north from ], the capital city of ]. The campus is made up of a series of academic, administrative and residential buildings and a number of experimental farms, gardens and other related facilities. Besides, two national research institutes, namely, ] and ] are housed in this campus.
===Pakistan period===
The Pakistani government set up the Commission on National Education at the end of 1958 to propose how to reorganise the country's education system.<ref>{{cite web |title=Report of the Commission on National Education |url=http://dspace.bpatc.org.bd/handle/1200/232 |website=BPATC Institutional Repository |access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref> One recommendation in the commission's 1959 report was to set up an agricultural university in ]. There was already the East Pakistan College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry in ]. The government chose to upgrade the college to East Pakistan Agricultural University.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Basak |first=Jayanti Rani |date=October 2016 |title=The Role of University Libraries in Human Resources Development of Bangladesh: A Study |url=http://reposit.library.du.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/692/Jayanti%20Rani%20Basak.pdf |degree=PhD |publisher=University of Dhaka |pages=45 |access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref> On 18 August 1961, the government did so by promulgating the East Pakistan Agricultural University Ordinance, 1961.<ref name="agris">{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) {{!}} AGRIS |url=https://www.fao.org/agris/data-provider/bangladesh-agricultural-university |website=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217142102/https://www.fao.org/agris/data-provider/bangladesh-agricultural-university |access-date=25 October 2024 |archive-date=17 December 2022}}</ref> Soil scientist ] was appointed the university's first vice-chancellor on 2 September 1961.<ref name="ds29Aug2010">{{Cite news |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/campus/2010/08/05/camspotlight.htm |title=Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh Agricultural University |work=The Daily Star |date=29 August 2010 |access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref>


The university started with 30 teachers and 444 students. There were 23 departments under 2 faculties, the Faculty of Agriculture and the Faculty of Veterinary Science.<ref name="Banglapedia">{{Cite web |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bangladesh_Agricultural_University |title=Bangladesh Agricultural University |website=] |language=en |access-date=2022-02-28}}</ref> The Faculty of Animal Husbandry was added in 1962.<ref name="ah">{{cite web |title=Faculty of Animal Husbandry |url=https://ah.bau.edu.bd/ |website=Bangladesh Agricultural University |access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref>
== ''Objective'' ==


In February 1963, Ghani left to become vice-chancellor of the ].<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Vice Chancellors |url=https://www.du.ac.bd/listofViceChancellors |website=University of Dhaka |access-date=9 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> ] took over from him at the agricultural university.<ref name="bas-chaudhuri">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bas.org.bd/fellow-details/8 |title=Fellow: Dr. S D Chaudhuri (Deceased) |website=Bangladesh Academy of Sciences |access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref> The Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology was added in 1963. It was followed by the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology in 1964.<ref name="Banglapedia" /> A sixth faculty was started in 1967, the Faculty of Fisheries.<ref name="fs">{{cite web |title=Faculty of Fisheries |url=https://fs.bau.edu.bd/ |website=Bangladesh Agricultural University |access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref>
The main task of the University is to tone up the quality and standard of higher agricultural education and to produce first grade agriculturists, agricultural scientists and technologists for shouldering the responsibilities of agricultural development of the country.


Architect ] was commissioned in 1965 to design a master plan that would remake the former college campus for the university. Construction of the major buildings that were part of this project would continue for a decade.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Abraham |last2=Rudolph |first2=Paul Marvin |title=Materialized space: the architecture of Paul Rudolph |date=2024 |publisher=The Metropolitan Museum of Art |location=New York |isbn=978-1-58839-783-6 |page=59}}</ref>
==''Faculty and Departments''==
*Faculty of Veterinary Science
**Department of Anatomy and Histology
**Department of Physiology
**Department of Pharmacology
**Department of Parasitology
**Department of Pathology
**Department of Medicine
**Department of Surgery and Obstetrics
**Department of Microbiology and Hygiene
*Faculty of Agriculture
**Department of Agronomy
**Department of Soil Science
**Department of Entomology
**Department of Horticulture
**Department of Plant Pathology
**Department of Crop Botany
**Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding
**Department of Agricultural Extension Education
**Department of Agricultural Chemistry
**Department of Biochemistry
**Department of Physics
**Department of Chemistry
**Department of Language
**Department of Agro-forestry
**Department of Biotechnology
**Department of Environmental Science
*Faculty of Animal Husbandry
**Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics
**Department of Animal Science
**Department of Animal Nutrition
**Department of Poulty Science
**Department of Dairy Science


Students at the university were politically active in the ]. They boycotted classes on 23 January in response to police firing on students in Dacca.<ref name="minerva">{{cite journal |title=A Brief Triumph for Student Power |journal=Minerva |date=1969 |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=792, 797–798, 800 |jstor=41822666}}</ref> In Mymensingh, on 24 January, two people were killed by police firing and 20 were wounded on the picket lines.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarbadaliya Chhatra Sangram Parishad |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarbadaliya_Chhatra_Sangram_Parishad |website=Banglapedia |language=en}}</ref> Police and troops from the East Pakistan Rifles entered the campus on 29 January, searching the residential quarters for "miscreants". On 10 February, students marched in protest.<ref name="minerva" /> In the face of unrelenting countrywide disturbances, on 21 February, President ] announced that he would not seek reelection. The next day, the government dropped all charges against opposition leader ] and the others accused in the ].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sengupta |first1=Nitish K. |title=Land of two rivers: a history of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib |date=2011 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-0-14-341678-4 |page=534}}</ref>
*Faculty of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
**Department of Agricultural Economics
**Department of Agricultural Finance
**Department of Agricultural Statistics
**Department of Co-operation and Marketing
**Department of Rural Sociology


]
*Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology
Biochemist ] became the vice-chancellor in 1969.<ref name="bas-ahmad">{{Cite web |url=https://bas.org.bd/index.php/fellow-details/11 |title=Fellow: Prof. Kamaluddin Ahmad (Deceased) |website=Bangladesh Academy of Sciences |access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref> Also that year, the central library, designed by ], opened.<ref name="Rahman2013">{{cite thesis |last=Rahman |first=Md. Zillur |date=October 2013 |title=A Plan for Modernization of University Libraries in Bangladesh |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294694320 |degree=PhD |publisher=University of Dhaka |pages=80–81 |access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref>
**Department of Farm Structure
**Department of Farm Power and Machinery
**Department of Irrigation and Water Management
**Department of Food Technology and Rural Industries
**Department of Computer Science and Mathematics


Faculty, staff, and students of the university fought for independence during the 1971 ]. One teacher, six employees, and eleven students died in the war.<ref name="do14Dec2017">{{cite news |last1=Sifat |first1=Md Musfiqur Rahman |title=BAU in Liberation War |url=https://www.observerbd.com/news/111067 |work=The Daily Observer |date=14 December 2017}}</ref>
*Faculty of Fisheries
**Department of Fisheries Biology and Genetics
**Department of Aquaculture
**Department of Fisheries Management
**Department of Fisheries Technology


===After independence===
== ''Bilateral collaborations'' ==
In 1972, the university was renamed Bangladesh Agricultural University.<ref name="IAU2019">{{cite book |last=] |chapter=Bangladesh |title=International Handbook of Universities 2019 |year=2019 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |page=252 |doi=10.1057/978-3-319-76971-4_14 |isbn=978-3-319-76970-7}}</ref> When Bangladesh won its independence, there were only six universities in the country. BAU was the third-oldest and the only agricultural one.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Muhammad |first1=Anu |editor1-last=Ahmed |editor1-first=Imtiaz |editor2-last=Iqbal |editor2-first=Iftekhar |chapter=Student Politics in Post-1971 Bangladesh |title=University of Dhaka: making, unmaking, remaking |year=2016 |publisher=Prothoma Prokashan |location=Dhaka |isbn=978-984-91762-1-3 |page=77}}</ref>


The Agricultural Museum, the country's first, was established in 2007.<ref name="sun21Jul2018">{{cite news |last1=Hasan |first1=Jahid |title=BAU Agricultural Museum |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/323992 |work=] |date=21 July 2018}}</ref>
The USAID through a contract with the Texas A&M University provided this University necessary supports in the form of advisory services, fellowships, equipment, etc. in its initial phase (1961-70). Development supports were available through two separate ] signed between the Government and the World Bank in 1964 and 1966. Over the years the University received research supports from a number of international sources, which included USAID, IDA, ], UNICEF], Ford Foundation, ILO, DANIDA, CIDA, IAEA and so on.


During the ], students rallied, marched, and repeatedly blockaded the Dhaka-Mymensingh railway tracks for hours at a time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anti-quota protestors halt moving train at BAU in Mymensingh |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/7gr8uaqvr8 |work=Prothom Alo |date=3 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bangla Blockade: BAU students block Dhaka-Mymensingh railway |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/education/351435/bangla-blockade-bau-students-block |work=Dhaka Tribune |agency=UNB |date=8 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rail link with Mymensingh restored, following disruption by quota reformists at BAU |url=https://unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/rail-link-with-mymensingh-restored-following-disruption-by-quota-reformists-at-bau/139544 |work=UNB |date=17 July 2024}}</ref>
Currently, the University receives funding support from DFID, ], ], IMI, DANIDA, IAEA, EU, USDA, ], ] and the Gent University of Belgium through bi- and multilateral research project. Very recently, the University signed five new memoranda of understanding ] with the Universities of Texas A&M, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, ], and Brooklyn College and Research Foundation of the City University of New York and the Gent University of Belgium. Besides, the University has linkage programmes with a number of national organizations like ], ] and various ] organizations in the fields of research, training and extension.


== ''Trivia'' == ==Campus==
BAU's {{convert|1200|acre|adj=on}} campus is in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, {{convert|5|km}} southeast of the city center. It is bounded on the east by the ].<ref name="ds19Nov2006">{{Cite news |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/campus/2006/11/03/bau_camspotlight.htm |title=BAU: Centre of excellence |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=19 November 2006}}</ref> The master campus plan and key buildings were designed by modernist architect ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tropical Trysts: An American Architect in the Bengal Delta |url=https://kaziashraf.com/writings/featured-articles/tropical-trysts-an-american-architect-in-the-benga/ |website=kaziashraf.com |language=en}}</ref>
*Immortal Martyrs in the war of Libaration
During the days of war of liberation in 1971, the teachers, students, officers and employees of the University responding to the call of the Father of the Nation ] had put up a strong resistance against all conspiracies, massacres and genocide launched by the ] and its henchmen. In a spontaneous assemblage of teachers, students and employees held at the guest house premises in the morning of 26 March 1971, all raised their voice in favour of joining the ] and the then-Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Q.M.F. Rahim had declared there instantaneously : "From now on this University will be named as ] (The Independent Bangladesh Agricultural University)". A large number of teachers, students, officers and employees of BAU had joined the great war of liberation and the University lost its 18 valiant heroes, who sacrificed their lives for the cause of liberating the motherland. They had no doubt left us forever, but spiritually these immortal martyrs are still with us and will remain alive in the days to come. The martyrs include one teacher, eleven students and six employees of BAU. Three halls of students' residence have been named after three valiant freedom fighters who laid their lives in the war of liberation. These halls of residence are : ], ] and ].


{{wide image|East Pakistan Agricultural University master plan model.jpg|560px|View looking southwest, with main academic buildings in the right foreground, of a model of the campus master plan by architect ] circa 1966}}
== ''External link'' ==

Official BAU homepage
A palm-lined east–west avenue divides the main academic and administrative buildings to its north from mostly residential and recreational facilities to its south. At its east end is BAU's ], memorializing those killed during the 1952 ].<ref name="Banglapedia" /> Nearby is a 2000 sculpture by Shaymol Chowdhury of three standing figures called Bijoy '71. It pays tribute to the sacrifices made during the ].<ref name="do14Dec2017" />

]
Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Auditorium has a capacity of nearly 2,000. It is used for cultural programmes.<ref name="Banglapedia" /> The Teacher Students Centre (TSC) is intended to be a focal point of student life and extra-curricular activities.<ref name="tsc">{{cite web |title=Function of TSC |url=https://dsa.bau.edu.bd/pages/view_1/Mjcy |website=Bangladesh Agricultural University |access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref> It has dining facilities, newspaper reading rooms, and other common areas. It contains the offices of such student organisations as the debating, drama, and music societies.<ref name="tsc" /><ref name="rbd26Jun2021">{{cite news |last1=Asha |first1=Khatun-A-Jannat |title=BAU campus: Daughter of nature |url=https://www.risingbd.com/english/campus/news/80483 |work=Risingbd.com |date=26 June 2021}}</ref>

The Botanical Garden is set on {{convert|25|acres}} on the bank of the Old Brahmaputra River. As of 2025, it contains 1,500 species, representing about 300 genera and 200 families.<ref name="garden">{{cite web |title=Botanical Garden |url=https://bg.bau.edu.bd/ |website=Bangladesh Agricultural University |access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref> The garden is divided into 30 zones by plant type, and includes rock gardens, water gardens, and an orchid house.<ref name="rbd26Jun2021" /> The Department of Crop Botany manages the garden.<ref name="garden" /> The university operates the Agriculture Museum. Opened in 2007, it is the first of its kind in the country and has a collection of approximately 500 agricultural implements.<ref name="sun21Jul2018" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Meraz |first1=Abul Bashar |title=BAU agricultural museum: A true treasure trove |url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/english/online/national/2018/06/03/11181 |work=Kaler Kantho |date=3 June 2018}}</ref> The ] was founded in 2009 by ] in a building donated by BAU.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stirling University sets up Bangladesh fish museum |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-12239346 |publisher=BBC News |date=20 January 2011}}</ref> It has a collection of riverine species from Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web |title=Resources |url=https://fs.bau.edu.bd/pages/view/NDQ= |website=Bangladesh Agricultural University |access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref> BAU also operates ten major farms, including dairy and poultry ones.<ref name="glance" /><ref name="ds19Nov2006" />

In addition to the university's institutes and centres, the campus is home to two national research institutes: ] (BINA) and ] (BFRI).<ref name="Banglapedia" />

===Libraries===
]
The library was originally located in one room of the administration building. It contained just 5,000 volumes taken over from the East Pakistan College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry. Since 1969, the central library has been housed in a purpose-built modernist building designed by architect ]. Originally two-storied, in 2001 it underwent an expansion that added a third story, bringing its size to {{convert|66,000|ft2}}.<ref name="Rahman2013" /> As of 2025, the library holds 185,000 volumes and 2,000 periodicals, as well as dissertations, microforms, and audiovisual items. The Faculty of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology has its own library.<ref name="library">{{cite web |title=Library |url=https://library.bau.edu.bd/ |website=Bangladesh Agricultural University |access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref>

===Halls of residence (student dormitories)===
As of 2024, BAU has fourteen gender-segregated halls of residence. Nine are for men: Ashraful Haque Hall, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Hall, Fazlul Haque Hall, Hossain Shaheed Suhrawardy Hall, Isha Khan Hall, Shaheed Nazmul Ahsan Hall, Shaheed Shamsul Haque Hall, Shaheed Jamal Hossain Hall, and Shahjalal Hall.<ref name="hostels">{{cite web |title=Student Hostels |url=https://bau.edu.bd/pages/view_1/11028 |website=Bangladesh Agricultural University |access-date=7 January 2025}}</ref> Three of these are named after fighters for independence who were killed during the Bangladesh Liberation War and are termed ''shaheed'' (martyrs).<ref name="do14Dec2017" />

Five halls are for women: Begum Rokeya Hall, July 36 Hall, Krishi Kanya Hall, Sultana Razia Hall, and Taposhi Rabeya Hall.<ref name="hostels" /> The two newest were previously named in honour of then-prime minister ]<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:৬২ বছরে পা রাখলো বাংলাদেশ কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় |trans-title=Bangladesh Agricultural University marks 62nd anniversary |url=https://www.jagonews24.com/campus/news/786880 |work=Jago News 24 |date=18 August 2022 |language=bn}}</ref> and her late sister-in-law, ]. The latter was renamed Krishi Kanya Hall in January 2025.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:বাকৃবির কৃষি কন্যা হলের স্নাতক প্রথম বর্ষের শিক্ষার্থীদের নবীনবরণ |trans-title=Freshman year of BAU's Krishi Kanya Hall undergraduate students |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/bn/bakrribir-krrishi-knza-hler-snatk-prthm-brsher-sikshartheeder-nbeenbrn |work=The Financial Express |location=Dhaka |date=6 January 2025 |language=bn}}</ref> As of 2025, the former is shown on BAU's website as July 36 Hall,<ref name="hostels" /> a reference to 5 August 2024, the day the ] forced Sheikh Hasina to resign.

There is also a dormitory for PhD students.<ref name="hostels" />

==Administration==
The university is governed by the statutes put in place by the East Pakistan Agricultural University Ordinance, 1961, and subsequently amended by the governments of East Pakistan and Bangladesh. The President of Bangladesh or their designate is the chancellor of the university, and appoints the vice chancellor.<ref name="ordinance">{{cite web |title=The Agricultural University Ordinance, 1961 (East Pakistan Ordinance) |url=http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-317.html |website=Laws of Bangladesh |access-date=26 October 2024}}</ref> The vice-chancellor is the chief executive officer of the university.<ref name="Banglapedia" /> In September 2024, A K Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan became the vice-chancellor.<ref name="tbs19Sep2024">{{cite news |title=Prof AK Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan appointed BAU VC |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/prof-ak-fazlul-haque-bhuiyan-appointed-bau-vc-945471 |work=] |date=19 September 2024}}</ref>

{{incomplete list|date=June 2024}}
{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:100%;"
|+ Vice-chancellors
! Name !! Term !! Position Number !! Reference
|-
| ] || 2 September 1961 – 1963 || 1st || <ref name="agris" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |chapter=Ghani, M Osman |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ghani,_M_Osman |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Islam |editor2-first=Aminul |title=] |edition=Second |publisher=]}}</ref>
|-
| ] || 1963–1969 || 2nd || <ref name="bas-chaudhuri" />
|-
| ] || 1969–1971 || || <ref name="bas-ahmad" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ahmad,_Kamaluddin |title=Ahmad, Kamaluddin |website=] |language=en |access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
| Ashraful Haque || || || <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bas.org.bd/fellow-details/21 |title=Prof. Dr. Ashraful Haque (Deceased) |website=Bangladesh Academy of Sciences |access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref>
|-
| Quazi Mohammad Fazlur Rahim || January 1971 – July 1971, January 1972 – November 1973 || || <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Rahim,_Quazi_Mohammad_Fazlur |title=Rahim, Quazi Mohammad Fazlur |website=] |language=en |access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
| Muhammad Amirul Islam (died 2001) || 1971–1972 || || <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bas.org.bd/fellow-details/9 |title=Dr. Muhammad Amirul Islam (Deceased) |website=Bangladesh Academy of Sciences |access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref>
|-
| Mosleh Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury || 24 November 1973 – October 1980 || 6th || <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Chowdhury,_Mosleh_Uddin_Ahmed |title=Chowdhury, Mosleh Uddin Ahmed |website=] |language=en |access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
| ] || 1980–1988 || || <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bas.org.bd/fellowship/list-of-fellows-/userprofile/ahaque.html |title=Professor A.K.M. Aminul Haque |website=bas.org.bd |language=en-gb |access-date=27 August 2018 |archive-date=27 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827142245/http://www.bas.org.bd/fellowship/list-of-fellows-/userprofile/ahaque.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| Shah Mohammad Farouk || 23 August 1993 - 13 November 1996 || || <ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:বাকৃবির সাবেক উপাচার্য ড. শাহ মোহাম্মদ ফারুক মারা গেছেন |trans-title=Former Vice Chancellor of BAU Dr. Shah Mohammad Farouk passes away |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/education/news/bd/838993.details |work=banglanews24.com |date=2 February 2021 |language=bn}}</ref>
|-
| Mohammad Hossain || 14 November 1996 – 5 February 2000 || ||
|-
| M Mustafizur Rahman || 2001 || || <ref>{{cite news |title=New Vice Chancellor takes-over of Bangladesh Agriculture University |url=https://newsclipping.banbeis.gov.bd/sites/default/files/downloads/55153.pdf |work=The Bangladesh Observer |date=27 November 2001}}</ref>
|-
| Muhammed Amirul Islam || 2004 || || <ref>{{cite news |title=BAU post-flood rehabilitation |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/10/19/d41019070361.htm |work=The Daily Star |date=19 October 2004}}</ref>
|-
| M Musharraf Hossain Mian || 2006 || 18th || <ref>{{cite news |title=A conversation with Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/campus/2006/11/03/vice_camspotlight.htm |work=The Daily Star |date=19 September 2006}}</ref>
|-
| Md. Akhtar Hossain || 2008 || || <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/campus/2008/10/01/newsroom.htm |title=BAU Ph.D. Students' Association Seminar held |work=The Daily Star |date=12 October 2008 |access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
| MA Sattar Mandal || 15 November 2008 – || || <ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-63394 |title=Prof Mandal made BAU VC |date=15 November 2008 |work=] |access-date=22 December 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ds29Aug2010" />
|-
| Rafiqul Haque || 11 August 2011 – 8 April 2015 || 22nd || <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ait.ac.th/2011/08/prof-haque-appointed-vc-of-bau/ |title=Prof Haque appointed VC of BAU |date=11 August 2011 |website=Asian Institute of Technology |access-date=22 December 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/bau-vice-chancellor-resigns-76256 |title=BAU vice chancellor resigns |date=8 April 2015 |work=] |access-date=22 December 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
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| ] || 24 May 2015 – || || <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/ali-akbar-new-bau-vice-chancellor-87031 |title=Ali Akbar new BAU vice chancellor |date=25 May 2015 |work=] |access-date=27 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
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| ] || 30 May 2019 – || 24th || <ref>{{cite news |title=New BAU VC Prof Dr. Lutful Hassan takes over |url=http://www.thedailynewnation.com/news/217362/new-bau-vc-prof-dr-lutful-hassan-takes-over |work=The New Nation |date=31 May 2019}}</ref>
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| ] || – 11 August 2024 || || <ref>{{Cite news |title=Mass resignations at BAU, inc VC |url=https://unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/mass-resignations-at-bau-inc-vc/140690 |access-date=2024-08-12 |work=]}}</ref>
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| ] || 19 September 2024 – present || 26th || <ref name="tbs19Sep2024" />
|}

===Finances===
The ] (UGC) funds more than 90% of the university's recurring budget and all of its capital projects.<ref name="agris" />

==Academics==
BAU's academic year runs from July to June. It operates on a ]. It offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. The university is accredited by the UGC.<ref name="IAU2019" />

===Faculties and departments===
The university has 45 departments organised into six faculties: agriculture, agricultural economics and rural sociology, agricultural engineering and technology, animal husbandry, fisheries, and veterinary science. It also has four institutes.<ref name="glance">{{cite web |url=https://bau.edu.bd/pages/view_1/1101 |title=BAU at a Glance |website=Bangladesh |access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref>

The '''Faculty of Agriculture''' is one of the two original faculties of the university.<ref name="Banglapedia" /> It consists of 17 departments:<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty of Agriculture |url=https://ag.bau.edu.bd/ |website=Bangladesh Agricultural University |access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref>
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* Department of ]
* Department of Agricultural Extension Education
* Department of ]
* Department of ]
* Department of ]
* Department of ] and ]
* Department of ]
* Department of Crop Botany
* Department of ]
* Department of ]
* Department of ] and ]
* Department of Horticulture
* Department of ]
* Department of ]
* Department of ]
* Department of Seed Science and Technology
* Department of ]
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The '''Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology''' was added in 1963.<ref name="Banglapedia" /> It consists of five departments:<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology |url=https://aers.bau.edu.bd/ |website=Bangladesh Agricultural University |access-date=6 January 2025}} Departments drop down menu.</ref>
* Department of ] and Marketing
* Department of ]
* Department of Agricultural Finance and Banking
* Department of Agricultural and Applied Statistics
* Department of ]

The '''Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology''' was added in 1964.<ref name="Banglapedia" /> It consists of five departments:<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology |url=https://aet.bau.edu.bd/ |website=Bangladesh Agricultural University |access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref>
* Department of Computer Science and Mathematics
* Department of Farm Power and Machinery
* Department of Farm Structure and Environmental Engineering
* Department of Food Technology and Rural Industries
* Department of ] and ]

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The '''Faculty of Animal Husbandry''' was added in 1962. It consists of five departments:<ref name="ah" />
* Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics
* Department of ]
* Department of ]
* Department of Dairy Science
* Department of ]

The '''Faculty of Fisheries''', started in 1967, is the newest faculty of the university. It consists of five departments:<ref name="fs" />
* Department of ]
* Department of Fisheries Biology and Genetics
* Department of Fisheries Management
* Department of Fisheries Technology
* Department of Marine Fisheries Science

The '''Faculty of Veterinary Science''' is one of the two original faculties of the university.<ref name="Banglapedia" /> It consists of eight departments:<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty of Veterinary Science |url=https://fvs.bau.edu.bd/ |website=Bangladesh Agricultural University |access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref>
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* Department of ] and ]
* Department of Medicine
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* Department of ]
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* Department of ]
* Department of ]
* Department of Surgery and ]
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====Institutes====
The university runs four institutes: Graduate Training Institute (GTI), Institute of Agribusiness and Developmental Studies (IADS); Interdisciplinary Institute for Food Security (IIFS); and Char and Haor Development institute.<ref name="glance" />

===Reputation and rankings===
The 2024 ] placed BAU 5th among 5 in Bangladesh and tied for 1775th in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=Best Global Universities in Bangladesh |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/bangladesh |website=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=7 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=5 Bangladeshi universities among world's best for 2024-25: US News and World Report ranking |url=https://unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/5-bangladeshi-universities-among-worlds-best-for-2024-25-us-news-and-world-report-ranking/138642 |work=UNB |date=3 July 2024}}</ref> The July 2024 ] placed BAU 9th out of 170 in Bangladesh and 2323rd in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bangladesh |url=https://www.webometrics.info/en/Asia/Bangladesh%20 |website=Ranking Web of Universitie |access-date=7 January 2025}}</ref> BAU was ranked 1001–1200 globally in the 2025 '']''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/bangladesh-agricultural-university-bau |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |date=13 November 2021 |access-date=7 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=No Bangladeshi university in top 800 of THE world rankings again |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/education/361312/no-bangladeshi-university-in-top-800-of-the-world |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=9 October 2024}}</ref>

==Admissions and costs==
Admission requires a ] (HSC) or foreign equivalent and an entrance exam.<ref name="IAU2019"/>

], one of the cluster exam centers in 2024]]
Starting in 2019, all public agricultural universities adopted a cluster system for undergraduate admissions.<ref name="na28Nov2024" /> Under the system, an annual integrated entry exam takes place simultaneously at multiple locations around the country. In October 2024, 51,836 candidates sat the exam for 3,718 available seats. Of those, 1,116 seats were at BAU, with the remainder spread among the other public universities offering agricultural degrees.<ref>{{cite news |title=Over 69% candidates participate in Agriculture Cluster Admission Test |url=https://unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/over-69-candidates-participate-in-agriculture-cluster-admission-test/145636 |work=UNB |date=25 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=First year admission process begins in agricultural universities |url=https://unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/first-year-admission-process-begins-in-agricultural-universities/148672 |work=UNB |date=9 December 2024}}</ref> After the exam, BAU's academic council decided to pull the university out of the cluster admissions system.<ref name="na28Nov2024">{{cite news |title=Decision on cluster-based univ admission test delayed |url=https://www.newagebd.net/post/country/251418/decision-on-cluster-based-univ-admission-test-delayed |work=New Age |date=28 November 2024}}</ref> At the request of the ], the university agreed to continue with the cluster system for the 2024–2025 academic year to avoid confusion and disruption.<ref>{{cite news |title=Public universities directed to hold cluster-based admission test |url=https://www.newagebd.net/post/country/251863/public-universities-directed-to-hold-cluster-based-admission-tes |work=New Age |date=3 December 2024}}</ref>

BAU charges admission and residential hall fees, plus variable fees for each semester.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fees |url=https://bau.edu.bd/pages/view_2/11067 |website=Bangladesh Agricultural University}}</ref> There are different fees at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and different ones for international students.

==Publications==
The ''Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University'' is published on behalf of the Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System. It is a peer-reviewed, ], published quarterly. It accepts original research articles and review articles on all fields of agricultural science.<ref>{{cite web |title=Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University |url=https://baures.bau.edu.bd/jbau/ |website=Bangladesh Agricultural University |access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref> The first volume was published in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |title=Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/668402630 |website=WorldCat |access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref>

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==Noted people==
===Faculty===
* ], author<ref>{{cite web |title=Ahmed, Humayun |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Ahmed,_Humayun |website=Banglapedia |language=en}}</ref>
* ], MP for ] (1986–1996), (1996–2013)<ref>{{cite news |title=Oikyafront aspirant Fazle Rabbi dies |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/english/politics/news/bd/72942.details |work=banglanews24.com |date=20 December 2018}}</ref>
* ], soil scientist<ref>{{cite web |title=Karim, Abdul1 |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Karim,_Abdul1 |website=Banglapedia}}</ref>
* ], folklorist<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Bangla Academy Chairman Shamsuzzaman Khan loses battle with Covid-19 |url=http://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/news/Essays/bangla-academy-chairman-shamsuzzaman-khan-loses-battle-with-covid-19/3368 |magazine=Dhaka Courier |date=16 April 2021}}</ref>

===Alumni===
* ], veterinarian and university administrator<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reproductive Performances and Management Effects on Productions of Indigenous Dairy Cows Raised at Char Areas in Northern Bangladesh |url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.7603/s40871-015-0007-x.pdf |journal=GSTF Journal of Veterinary Science |year=2015 |doi=10.7603/s40871-015-0007-x |last1=Islam |first1=Faruk |last2=Bari |first2=Farida Yeasmin |last3=Alam |first3=Golam Shahi |volume=1 |s2cid=55345088}}</ref>
* ], economist, former state minister of planning<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:নিজেকে উপযোগী করে গড়ে তুলতে হবে |trans-title=You have to make yourself suitable |url=https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/city-news/172577/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%9C%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87 |work=] |language=bn |access-date=6 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206150138/https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/city-news/172577/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%9C%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87 |archive-date=2020-02-06}}</ref>
* ], plant geneticist and university administrator<ref>{{cite news |title=Dr Shahidur Rashid new VC of SAU |url=https://www.risingbd.com/english/campus/news/75366 |work=Risingbd.com |date=18 November 2020}}</ref>
* ], animal nutritionist and university administrator<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cvasu.ac.bd/user-profile/73 |title=Dr. Goutam Buddha Das |website=Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University}}</ref>
* ], MP for ] (2023–2024)<ref>{{cite news |title=Govt appoints Sajjadul Hassan as secretary of PMO |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/govt-appoints-sajjadul-hassan-as-secretary-of-pmo-1531463779 |work=The Financial Express |date=13 July 2018}}</ref>
* ], biochemist and university administrator<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hstu.ac.bd/CV_of_Prof_Dr_M_Afzal_Hossain_VC_HSTU.pdf |title=Curriculum Vitae of Professor Dr. M. Afzal Hossain |website=Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008133108/http://www.hstu.ac.bd/CV_of_Prof_Dr_M_Afzal_Hossain_VC_HSTU.pdf |archive-date=2010-10-08}}</ref>
* ], MP for ] (2024)<ref>{{cite news |title=Discussion on National Mourning Day at BRRI |url=https://www.observerbd.com/news/214335 |work=The Daily Observer |date=27 August 2019}}</ref>
* ], secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting<ref>{{cite news |title=Profile of the Secretary |url=https://wp.bssnews.net/?page_id=289401 |work=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210123836/https://wp.bssnews.net/?page_id=289401 |archive-date=2023-12-10}}</ref>
* ], veterinarian and university administrator<ref>{{cite news |title=Dr. Md. Matiar Rahman Howlader (PRL) |url=https://sau.ac.bd/department/faculty_profile/26 |access-date=9 January 2025 |work=Sylhet Agricultural University}}</ref>
* ], biotechnologist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://btlbsmrau.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Tofazzal-CV-2014.pdf |title=Curriculum Vitae of Md. Tofazzal Islam, PhD |website=Department of Biotechnology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820212555/http://btlbsmrau.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Tofazzal-CV-2014.pdf |archive-date=2023-08-20}}</ref>
* ], agricultural economist, ] recipient<ref>{{cite web |title=Curriculum Vitae (CV) of Prof. Dr. Jahangir Alam Khan |url=https://www.dsce.edu.bd/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/CV-of-Dr.-Jahangir-Alam.pdf |website=Dhaka School of Economics |access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref>
* ], agronomist and university administrator<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Md. Giashuddin Miah |url=https://bsmrau.edu.bd/giashuddin/ |website=Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University |access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref>
* ], economist and university administrator<ref>{{cite web |title=Professor Dr. M. Azizur Rahman's Details |url=https://uttarauniversity.edu.bd/employee-details/?empid=030100 |website=Uttara University |access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref>
* ], minister of agriculture (2019–2024)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unicef.org/eapro/Bangladesh_Dr_Razzaque.pdf |title=Life Sketch of Honorable Minister, Dr. Muhammad Abdur Razzaque |website=UNICEF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915015906/http://www.unicef.org/eapro/Bangladesh_Dr_Razzaque.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-15}}</ref>
* ], MP for ] (1986–1988, 1999–2001, and 2008–2014)<ref>{{cite news |title=Tangail-8 MP dies |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/tangail-8-mp-dies |work=] |date=20 January 2014}}</ref>
* ], plant geneticist, ] recipient<ref>{{cite web |title=Curriculum vitae of Dr. Shahanaz Sultana |url=http://brri.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/brri.portal.gov.bd/page/e09ef5d6_3ec7_46c9_97f2_0682481e8018/2020-12-03-17-27-f65537443a252223ddcd580e4739da29.pdf |website=Bangladesh Rice Research Institute |access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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First agricultural university in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Agricultural University
বাংলাদেশ কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Logo of Bangladesh Agricultural University
Other nameBAU
Former nameEast Pakistan Agricultural University
Mottoজ্ঞান, দক্ষতা, চরিত্র
Motto in EnglishKnowledge, Efficiency, Moral Character
TypePublic agricultural university
Established18 August 1961; 63 years ago (1961-08-18)
AccreditationUniversity Grants Commission
ChancellorPresident Mohammed Shahabuddin
Vice-ChancellorA K Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan
Academic staff567
Students8088
Undergraduates5147
Postgraduates2941
LocationMymensingh, Mymensingh District, 2202, Bangladesh
24°43′26″N 90°26′15″E / 24.7240°N 90.4374°E / 24.7240; 90.4374
CampusUrban, 1,200 acres (4.9 km)
LanguageEnglish
Websitebau.edu.bd

Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) is a public agricultural university in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1961 by the Pakistani government as East Pakistan Agricultural University. It is the third-oldest university in the country.

Its campus covers 1,200 acres (490 ha) on the west bank of the Old Brahmaputra River. Its academic activities take place under six faculties, which are subdivided into 45 departments. More than 90% of its funding comes from the national government.

As of 2024, BAU has over 5,000 undergraduate and nearly 3,000 post-graduate students. Alumni include academics, government officials, politicians, and recipients of the Ekushey Padak.

History

Pakistan period

The Pakistani government set up the Commission on National Education at the end of 1958 to propose how to reorganise the country's education system. One recommendation in the commission's 1959 report was to set up an agricultural university in East Pakistan. There was already the East Pakistan College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry in Mymensingh. The government chose to upgrade the college to East Pakistan Agricultural University. On 18 August 1961, the government did so by promulgating the East Pakistan Agricultural University Ordinance, 1961. Soil scientist M Osman Ghani was appointed the university's first vice-chancellor on 2 September 1961.

The university started with 30 teachers and 444 students. There were 23 departments under 2 faculties, the Faculty of Agriculture and the Faculty of Veterinary Science. The Faculty of Animal Husbandry was added in 1962.

In February 1963, Ghani left to become vice-chancellor of the University of Dacca. S.D. Chaudhuri took over from him at the agricultural university. The Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology was added in 1963. It was followed by the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology in 1964. A sixth faculty was started in 1967, the Faculty of Fisheries.

Architect Paul Rudolph was commissioned in 1965 to design a master plan that would remake the former college campus for the university. Construction of the major buildings that were part of this project would continue for a decade.

Students at the university were politically active in the 1969 East Pakistan mass uprising. They boycotted classes on 23 January in response to police firing on students in Dacca. In Mymensingh, on 24 January, two people were killed by police firing and 20 were wounded on the picket lines. Police and troops from the East Pakistan Rifles entered the campus on 29 January, searching the residential quarters for "miscreants". On 10 February, students marched in protest. In the face of unrelenting countrywide disturbances, on 21 February, President Ayub Khan announced that he would not seek reelection. The next day, the government dropped all charges against opposition leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the others accused in the Agartala Conspiracy Case.

Bijoy '71

Biochemist Kamaluddin Ahmad became the vice-chancellor in 1969. Also that year, the central library, designed by Richard J. Neutra, opened.

Faculty, staff, and students of the university fought for independence during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. One teacher, six employees, and eleven students died in the war.

After independence

In 1972, the university was renamed Bangladesh Agricultural University. When Bangladesh won its independence, there were only six universities in the country. BAU was the third-oldest and the only agricultural one.

The Agricultural Museum, the country's first, was established in 2007.

During the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement, students rallied, marched, and repeatedly blockaded the Dhaka-Mymensingh railway tracks for hours at a time.

Campus

BAU's 1,200-acre (490 ha) campus is in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast of the city center. It is bounded on the east by the Old Brahmaputra River. The master campus plan and key buildings were designed by modernist architect Paul Rudolph.

View looking southwest, with main academic buildings in the right foreground, of a model of the campus master plan by architect Paul Rudolph circa 1966

A palm-lined east–west avenue divides the main academic and administrative buildings to its north from mostly residential and recreational facilities to its south. At its east end is BAU's Shaheed Minar, memorializing those killed during the 1952 Bengali language movement. Nearby is a 2000 sculpture by Shaymol Chowdhury of three standing figures called Bijoy '71. It pays tribute to the sacrifices made during the Bangladesh Liberation War.

Auditorium with the Bijoy '71 sculpture on the left

Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Auditorium has a capacity of nearly 2,000. It is used for cultural programmes. The Teacher Students Centre (TSC) is intended to be a focal point of student life and extra-curricular activities. It has dining facilities, newspaper reading rooms, and other common areas. It contains the offices of such student organisations as the debating, drama, and music societies.

The Botanical Garden is set on 25 acres (10 ha) on the bank of the Old Brahmaputra River. As of 2025, it contains 1,500 species, representing about 300 genera and 200 families. The garden is divided into 30 zones by plant type, and includes rock gardens, water gardens, and an orchid house. The Department of Crop Botany manages the garden. The university operates the Agriculture Museum. Opened in 2007, it is the first of its kind in the country and has a collection of approximately 500 agricultural implements. The Fish Museum & Biodiversity Centre was founded in 2009 by Stirling University in a building donated by BAU. It has a collection of riverine species from Bangladesh. BAU also operates ten major farms, including dairy and poultry ones.

In addition to the university's institutes and centres, the campus is home to two national research institutes: Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) and Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI).

Libraries

Library Building of BAU

The library was originally located in one room of the administration building. It contained just 5,000 volumes taken over from the East Pakistan College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry. Since 1969, the central library has been housed in a purpose-built modernist building designed by architect Richard J. Neutra. Originally two-storied, in 2001 it underwent an expansion that added a third story, bringing its size to 66,000 square feet (6,100 m). As of 2025, the library holds 185,000 volumes and 2,000 periodicals, as well as dissertations, microforms, and audiovisual items. The Faculty of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology has its own library.

Halls of residence (student dormitories)

As of 2024, BAU has fourteen gender-segregated halls of residence. Nine are for men: Ashraful Haque Hall, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Hall, Fazlul Haque Hall, Hossain Shaheed Suhrawardy Hall, Isha Khan Hall, Shaheed Nazmul Ahsan Hall, Shaheed Shamsul Haque Hall, Shaheed Jamal Hossain Hall, and Shahjalal Hall. Three of these are named after fighters for independence who were killed during the Bangladesh Liberation War and are termed shaheed (martyrs).

Five halls are for women: Begum Rokeya Hall, July 36 Hall, Krishi Kanya Hall, Sultana Razia Hall, and Taposhi Rabeya Hall. The two newest were previously named in honour of then-prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her late sister-in-law, Rosy Jamal. The latter was renamed Krishi Kanya Hall in January 2025. As of 2025, the former is shown on BAU's website as July 36 Hall, a reference to 5 August 2024, the day the Student–People's uprising forced Sheikh Hasina to resign.

There is also a dormitory for PhD students.

Administration

The university is governed by the statutes put in place by the East Pakistan Agricultural University Ordinance, 1961, and subsequently amended by the governments of East Pakistan and Bangladesh. The President of Bangladesh or their designate is the chancellor of the university, and appoints the vice chancellor. The vice-chancellor is the chief executive officer of the university. In September 2024, A K Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan became the vice-chancellor.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (June 2024)
Vice-chancellors
Name Term Position Number Reference
M Osman Ghani 2 September 1961 – 1963 1st
S.D. Chaudhuri 1963–1969 2nd
Kamaluddin Ahmad 1969–1971
Ashraful Haque
Quazi Mohammad Fazlur Rahim January 1971 – July 1971, January 1972 – November 1973
Muhammad Amirul Islam (died 2001) 1971–1972
Mosleh Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury 24 November 1973 – October 1980 6th
AKM Aminul Haque 1980–1988
Shah Mohammad Farouk 23 August 1993 - 13 November 1996
Mohammad Hossain 14 November 1996 – 5 February 2000
M Mustafizur Rahman 2001
Muhammed Amirul Islam 2004
M Musharraf Hossain Mian 2006 18th
Md. Akhtar Hossain 2008
MA Sattar Mandal 15 November 2008 –
Rafiqul Haque 11 August 2011 – 8 April 2015 22nd
Md. Ali Akbar 24 May 2015 –
Lutful Hassan 30 May 2019 – 24th
Emdadul Haque Chowdhury – 11 August 2024
A K Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan 19 September 2024 – present 26th

Finances

The University Grants Commission (UGC) funds more than 90% of the university's recurring budget and all of its capital projects.

Academics

BAU's academic year runs from July to June. It operates on a semester system. It offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. The university is accredited by the UGC.

Faculties and departments

The university has 45 departments organised into six faculties: agriculture, agricultural economics and rural sociology, agricultural engineering and technology, animal husbandry, fisheries, and veterinary science. It also has four institutes.

The Faculty of Agriculture is one of the two original faculties of the university. It consists of 17 departments:

The Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology was added in 1963. It consists of five departments:

The Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology was added in 1964. It consists of five departments:

  • Department of Computer Science and Mathematics
  • Department of Farm Power and Machinery
  • Department of Farm Structure and Environmental Engineering
  • Department of Food Technology and Rural Industries
  • Department of Irrigation and Water Management
Courtyard of Faculty of Animal Husbandry

The Faculty of Animal Husbandry was added in 1962. It consists of five departments:

The Faculty of Fisheries, started in 1967, is the newest faculty of the university. It consists of five departments:

  • Department of Aquaculture
  • Department of Fisheries Biology and Genetics
  • Department of Fisheries Management
  • Department of Fisheries Technology
  • Department of Marine Fisheries Science

The Faculty of Veterinary Science is one of the two original faculties of the university. It consists of eight departments:

Institutes

The university runs four institutes: Graduate Training Institute (GTI), Institute of Agribusiness and Developmental Studies (IADS); Interdisciplinary Institute for Food Security (IIFS); and Char and Haor Development institute.

Reputation and rankings

The 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking placed BAU 5th among 5 in Bangladesh and tied for 1775th in the world. The July 2024 Webometrics Ranking of World Universities placed BAU 9th out of 170 in Bangladesh and 2323rd in the world. BAU was ranked 1001–1200 globally in the 2025 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

Admissions and costs

Admission requires a Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) or foreign equivalent and an entrance exam.

Dhaka University, one of the cluster exam centers in 2024

Starting in 2019, all public agricultural universities adopted a cluster system for undergraduate admissions. Under the system, an annual integrated entry exam takes place simultaneously at multiple locations around the country. In October 2024, 51,836 candidates sat the exam for 3,718 available seats. Of those, 1,116 seats were at BAU, with the remainder spread among the other public universities offering agricultural degrees. After the exam, BAU's academic council decided to pull the university out of the cluster admissions system. At the request of the Ministry of Education, the university agreed to continue with the cluster system for the 2024–2025 academic year to avoid confusion and disruption.

BAU charges admission and residential hall fees, plus variable fees for each semester. There are different fees at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and different ones for international students.

Publications

The Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University is published on behalf of the Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System. It is a peer-reviewed, open access journal, published quarterly. It accepts original research articles and review articles on all fields of agricultural science. The first volume was published in 2003.

Postage stamp of Pakistan issued on the occasion of the first convocation of the university

Noted people

Faculty

Alumni

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