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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.

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.

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.