Patuakhali Science and Technology University

Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) (Bengali: পটুয়াখালী বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a government-financed public university in Patuakhali, Bangladesh. PSTU has given affiliation to the Barisal Government Veterinary College as its constituent faculty. As a outer campus is situated at Babuganj under Barishal district.[1] This is the only science and technology university and first public university in Barisal division.

Patuakhali Science and Technology University
পটুয়াখালী বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Former name
Patuakhali Agricultural College
TypePublic
Established1972(Start as a university in 2000)
ChancellorPresident Abdul Hamid
Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Md. Harun-Or-Rashid
Academic staff
209
Students3000
Location
Dumki Upazila
,
Patuakhali District
,
8602
,
Bangladesh

22.4661°N 90.3824°E / 22.4661; 90.3824
Campus89.97Acres (including Babugonj:12.97acres)
LanguageEnglish
Colours   
Green and Black
Websitepstu.ac.bd

History

PSTU formally started functioning after promulgation of government gazette notification on 8 July 2000 with the campus of former Patuakhali Agricultural College as its nucleus. The university started with the Faculty of Agriculture offering four-year BSc Ag. (Hons.) degrees.

Academic Building of main campus

The Patuakhali Science and Technology University was developed at the private initiative of the local people through the establishment of a higher secondary institute in 1972 as a private college. It was then turned to Patuakhali Agricultural College under the affiliation of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh in 1979 with the objective of producing agricultural graduates offering the BSc.Ag. (Hons.) degree.

The college was nationalised on 1 February 1985 and was placed under the administrative control of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Ministry of Agriculture together with BAU affiliation.

The government of Bangladesh launched a project to establish a science and technology university where none existed. The project advocated the transformation of Patuakhali Agricultural College into the full-fledged Patuakhali Science and Technology University that came into being through a Parliamentary Act passed on 12 July 2001.

Administration
Administrative building,PSTU
Central Library PSTU

Professor Dr. Md. Harun-Or-Rashid joined PSTU as its 8th vice-chancellor on 5 January 2017. Before joining as vice chancellor, he was serving the Department of Agronomy of the Patuakhali Science and Technology University as professor and also as the Director of Planning Division of the same university.

Shahid Minar

Location

The PSTU campus is at Dumki Upazila under Patuakhali District. It is about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of Patuakhali district town and can easily be reached by public transportation.

It has a compact campus with halls of residence within walking distance of the academic building. The campus occupies 89.97 acres (36.41 ha) of land including 37.00 acres (149,700 m2) agricultural research farm. It has two campus. Main campus is located in Dumki Upazila under Patuakhali District and another is located in Babuganj Upazila under Barishal District.

With a view to establishing a Fisheries Faculty, it has a plan to acquire 200 acres (0.81 km2) of land at Kuakata, the southernmost tourist resort of Bangladesh. This faculty will conduct research on fish covering inland and marine fisheries.

Academic

Faculties
  • Faculty of Agriculture
  • Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Faculty of Business Administration and Management
  • Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine
  • Faculty of Fisheries
  • Faculty of Environmental Science and Disaster Management
  • Faculty of Nutrition and Food Science
  • Faculty of Law and Land Administration

Memorandum of understanding

Memorandum of understanding is signed between the PSTU and the following universities:

  • University of Canberra (UC), Australia
  • Boda University, Norway
  • Hohenheim University, Germany
  • Salford University, UK
  • University of Cophenhagen, Denmark
  • North Eastern Hill University, India
    Academic Buildings

Residential student halls
Main Gate PSTU

  • M. Keramot Ali Hall
  • Sher-e-Bangla Hall-1
  • Sher-e-Bangla Hall-2
  • Kobi Begum Sufia Kamal Hall
  • Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall
  • Sheikh Fazilatun Nesa Mujib Hall(Babuganj campus)
  • Birshestho Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir Hall (Babuganj campus, Barisal)

References
  1. History on official website Archived 10 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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