Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University

Website Address: http://bsmrau.edu.bd

Category: BSMRAU

Organization Details:

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University
Established 1998
Type Public
Chancellor Md.Zillur Rahman
Vice-Chancellor Md. Abdul Mannan Akand
Dean Khandaker Saif Uddin (Faculty of Agriculture)
Faculty Faculty of Graduate Studies(http://www.gradstd.pages.bsmrau.edu.bd),

Faculty of Agriculture (http://www.agriculture.pages.bsmrau.edu.bd), Faculty of Fisheries(http://www.fisheries.pages.bsmrau.edu.bd),

Faculty of Animal Science (http://www.animalsc.pages.bsmrau.edu.bd)
Location Salna, Gazipur, Bangladesh
Nickname BSMRAU
Website http://www.bsmrau.edu.bd/

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University is a government financed 13th public university of Bangladesh. It is located at Salna, Gazipur.

History

Bangbandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) was established in 1998 as a public university with the act (Act no. 16) promulgated by the Parliament, Government of Bangladesh. The university was, in fact, established by transforming the Institute of Post Graduate Studies in Agriculture (IPSA). IPSA was originally established as Bangladesh College of Agricultural Science (BCAS) in 1983 as an academic organ of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) and academically affiliated with Bangladesh Agricultural University until 1991. In 1991, IPSA was made an autonomous institution. Hence forth IPSA started its truly Course Credit based M.S. and Ph.D. programs. The graduate program of IPSA was developed by competent team of IPSA teachers led by Prof. L. M. Eisgruver of the Oregon State University (OSU), USA under the tripertite cooperation of JAICA-USAID-GOB.

Faculties

Faculty of Agriculture (Graduate and Undergraduate Studies), Faculty of Fisheries, Faculty of Animal Science (Opening Soon)

Departments

Faculty of Agriculture

  • Department of Agricultural Economics
  • Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Development
  • Department of Agro forestry and Environment
  • Department of Agronomy
  • Department of Crop Botany
  • Department of Entomology
  • Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Department of Horticulture
  • Department of Plant Pathology
  • Department of Soil Science
  • Department of Statistics & Computer Science