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Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) was established as the only university of its kind in Bangladesh in 1961.

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 Vice-Chancellor, the University formally came into existence on 2 September 1961 and started functioning with the College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science at Mymensingh as its nucleus. Currently the university has 6 faculties and 43 departments covering all aspects of agricultural education and research.

Location

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 Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. 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, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) and Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) are housed in this campus.

Objective

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.

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

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

Bilateral collaborations

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 IDA Credit Agreements 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, IDRC (Canada), UNICEF], Ford Foundation, ILO, DANIDA, CIDA, IAEA and so on.

Currently, the University receives funding support from DFID, IRRI, CIRDAP, IMI, DANIDA, IAEA, EU, USDA, IFS, GEF and the Gent University of Belgium through bi- and multilateral research project. Very recently, the University signed five new memoranda of understanding (MOU) with the Universities of Texas A&M, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Florida A&M, 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 RDA, BPATC and various NARS organizations in the fields of research, training and extension.

Trivia

• 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 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had put up a strong resistance against all conspiracies, massacres and genocide launched by the Pakistani occupation army 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 war of liberation and the then-Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Q.M.F. Rahim had declared there instantaneously : "From now on this University will be named as 'Swadhin Bangladesh Krishi Bishwabidyalaya' (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 : Shahid Shamsul Huq Hall, Shahid Nazmul Ahsan Hall and Shahid Jamal Hossain Hall.

External link

Official BAU homepage