Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University

Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University (Bengali: বঙ্গমাতা শেখ ফজিলাতুন্নেছা মুজিব বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a government financed public university of Bangladesh. It is the 40th public university of Bangladesh and the first science and technology university in Mymensingh division.[1][2]

Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University
বঙ্গমাতা শেখ ফজিলাতুন্নেছা মুজিব বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
TypePublic University
Established28th November 2017
ChancellorPresident of Bangladesh
Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Syed Samsuddin Ahmed
Students500 (At present)
UndergraduatesRunning
Location
Melandaha Upazila
,
Jamalpur District
,
Bangladesh

24.9574°N 89.8507°E / 24.9574; 89.8507
Campus500 acres (200 ha)
NicknameBSFMSTU
Websitebsfmstu.ac.bd

History

Former State Minister of Textile and Jute Ministry, Mr. Mirza Azam M.P. applied to Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to establish a public university named Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University at Melandaha upazila in Jamalpur district. On 30 January 2017 Bangladesh government agreed in principle to the Acts for the Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University in Melandaha Upazila of Jamalpur District."Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University Bill-2017" was passed unanimously in the National Parliament on 20 November 2017. Then this University was gazetted on 28 November 2017.[3][4][5]

On 19 November 2018, President M Abdul Hamid as well as Chancellor of the university appointed imminent educationist Professor Dr. Syed Samsuddin Ahmed as the first Vice Chancellor of BSFMSTU. Initially, 133 students took admission, enrolling in four subjects under four faculties of the university. The departments are as follows: Mathematics, under the Faculty of Science, Management, under the faculty of Business Administration, Social Work, under the Faculty of Social Science and Computer Science and Engineering, under the Faculty of Engineering. Academic session of 1st batch began in March 2019.[6][7][8]

Faculties and Departments

At present there are 6 departments under four faculties:

Faculty of Engineering
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Business

Faculty of Social Science

Administration

List of Vice Chancellors
  1. Syed Samsuddin Ahmed (November 19, 2018 – Present)[6]

References
  1. "Govt to set up 4 more public universities". Daily Sun. Dhaka. 30 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016.
  2. "Govt set 2 new universities". The Daily Star. 30 January 2017.
  3. "Netrokona, Jamalpur to get public universities". bdnews24.com. 30 January 2017.
  4. "campuslive24.com".
  5. "thetimesofbd.com".
  6. https://www.banglanews24.com (2019-05-09). "BSFMSTU to become a research-oriented university: VC". Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  7. "dailyalokitovor.com".
  8. "shadhinnews24.com".
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