Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University
reliable, independent, third-party sources. (August 2018) ) |
বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় | ||
Vice-Chancellor A. Q. M. Mahbub | | |
Academic staff | 306 | |
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Students | c. 10,989 | |
Location | , 8100 , Bangladesh 22°57′58″N 89°49′02″E / 22.9661°N 89.8171°E | |
Campus | 55 acres (0.22 km2) | |
Language | English | |
Website | www |
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU) (
History
Plans for the creation of the university began in 1999.
The project director completed the work of university selection, land acquisition (about 55 acres) and land-preparation work. On 8 July 2001, the BSMRSTU Act was enacted. On 13 July, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally commenced the foundation. On 14 July, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recommended that Khan become vice-chancellor. The recommendation was approved by the president on 19 July.
In the 2001 election the four-party alliance government of Jamaat-BNP came rose to power and closed the project on 15 April 2002. Khan returned to his previous institution. Seven employees were simply discharged.
Awami League won the ninth parliamentary elections held on 29 December 2008. In November 2009, the project was revived. On 5 January 2010, Hasina reappointed Khan as project director. On 14 December 2010, he was appointed vice-chancellor for a four-year term. On 2 February 2015. Khondakar Md Nasiruddin, professor of Biotechnology Department of Bangladesh Agricultural University was appointed as the new vice-chancellor by President Abdul Hamid.[2]
Administration
Chancellor
Mohammad Shahabuddin, President of Bangladesh[3]
Vice-Chancellor
- M Khairul Alam Khan ( December 2010 - December 2014 )
- Khondoker Md. Nasiruddin ( February 2015 – February 2019 )
- Khondoker Md. Nasiruddin ( February 2019 – September 2019 )[4]
- Md. Shahjahan (In-Charge) ( October 2019 – September 2020 )
- A. Q. M. Mahbub ( September 2020 – present )
Faculties and departments
There are 33 departments under 8 faculties.
Faculty of Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (ACCE)
- Civil Engineering (CE)
- Food Engineering (FE)
Faculty of Science
- Mathematics (MAT)
- Statistics (STAT)
- Physics (PHY)
- Chemistry (CHE)
- Environmental Science and Disaster Management (ESDM)
Faculty of Life Science
- Genetic Engineering(BGE)
- Molecular Biology(BMB)
- Botany (BOT)
- Pharmacy (PHARM)
- Psychology (PSY)
Faculty of Arts
- English (ENG)
- Bangla (BAN)
- History (HIS)
Faculty of Social Science
- Economics (ECO)
- International Relations (IR)
- Political Science (PS)
- Public Administration (PAD)
- Sociology (SOC)
Faculty of Business Studies
- Accounting and Information System (AIS)
- Finance and Banking (FB)
- Management Studies (MS)
- Marketing (MKT)
- Tourism and Hospitality Management (THM)
Faculty of Law
★Compliments for Dept. Of Law
• Law is the fastest Department of BSMRSTU.
Faculty Of Agriculture
- Agriculture (AGRI)
- Fisheries and Marine Bioscience (FMB)
- Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine (ASVM) [5]
Academics
Admission and total seats
BSMRSTU enrolls undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students. Applicants must pass the competitive admission test. Tests are arranged by each faculty under the authority of the admission council. The university enrolls 1505 undergraduates in every year.[6]
Faculty | Department | Acronym | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
Faculty of Engineering | Computer Science and Engineering | CSE |
40 |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering | EEE |
40 | |
Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering | ACCE | 40 | |
Civil Engineering | CE |
40 | |
Food and Agroproccess Engineering | FAE | 40 | |
Architecture | ARCH | 35 | |
Faculty of Science | Physics | PHY | 40 |
Chemistry | CHEM | 40 | |
Mathematics | MATH | 40 | |
Statistics | STAT | 40 | |
Environmental Science and Disaster Management | ESDM | 40 | |
Faculty of Life Science | Pharmacy | PHR | 40 |
Genetic Engineering |
BGE | 40 | |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | BMB | 40 | |
Botany | BOT | 40 | |
Psychology | PSY | 40 | |
Faculty of Agriculture | Agriculture | AGRI | 40 |
Fisheries and Marine Bioscience | FMB | 40 | |
Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine | ASVM | 40 | |
Faculty of Arts | English | ENG | 50 |
Bangla | BAN | 50 | |
History | HIS | 50 | |
Faculty of Social Science | Economics | ECO | 60 |
Sociology | SOC | 60 | |
Public Administration | PAD |
60 | |
International Relations | IR |
60 | |
Political Science | PS | 60 | |
Faculty of Business Studies | Management Studies | MGT |
50 |
Accounting and Information System | AIS | 50 | |
Marketing | MKT | 50 | |
Finance and Banking | FIN | 50 | |
Tourism and Hospitality Management | THM | 50 | |
Faculty of Law | Law | LAW | 50 |
Campus
BSMRSTU has three campuses.
The main campus is situated in Gobra. The Faculty of Agriculture used to be taught in Sheikh Hasina Agriculture Institute which is located in Kusli,
Library
Ekushee February Library Center is the central library.[9] At present it is two-storied (four-storied building) 1100 sq.m. In the northern part of the campus it is located with beautiful design. It was inaugurated on 21 February 2014. Its construction cost is 2 crore 46 lakh 74 thousand taka. It has a collection of books, journals and newspapers. The library is open during academic hours (Generally from 9:00 A.M to 8:00 P.M)
Residential student halls
Campus hosts five residential halls, each of which has five-stories with a capacity of 250 students. The halls are:
For Boys -
- Bijoy Debash Hall
- Swadhinata Debash Hall
- Sheikh Rasel Hall
For Girls -
- Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall
- Sheikh Rehana Hall[8]
References
- ^ "PM for time-befitting job-oriented edn". The Daily Star. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় পরিচিতি ইতিহাসঃ. BSMRSTU (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Authority and Administration". BSMRSTU. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020.
- ^ "BSMRSTU: VC finally steps down". The Daily Star. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "Faculties and Departments". BSMRSTU. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Admission Circular 2017-18". BSMRSTU. Archived from the original on 2 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ "Faculties". BSMRSTU. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Residence Halls". BSMRSTU. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Library". BSMRSTU. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "VC Office". BSMRSTU. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.