Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম ভেটেরিনারি ও এনিম্যাল সাইন্সেস বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a public university in
Bangladesh
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. It is the only specialised veterinary university in Bangladesh. It is located at Khulshi,
Chattogram
Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...
. The chancellor of the university is president
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. Generally, the public universities in Bangladesh offer degree on department. Like every other agricultural university in Bangladesh, CVASU offers degree on faculty.
The fifth Annual Scientific Conference of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University was held in 2007. Recently, on 19 September 2017, the 3rd National DVM Intern Research Conference, 2017 was held.
History
![CVASU gate 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/CVASU_gate_2.jpg)
In 1995–1996, the Bangladesh government established two veterinary colleges in Sylhet and Chittagong. Later, two more veterinary colleges were established at Dinajpur and Barisal. The initial name of the Veterinary College in Chittagong was Chittagong Government Veterinary College, abbreviated as CGVC. The institute started its journey in January 1997 as a college under the University of Chittagong with 50 students.
The University of Chittagong transformed the college into a separate faculty with the permission of the University Grants Commission for the large syllabus of the college. At that time there was no agricultural university or veterinary university in the whole of Chittagong. As a result, there was a strong demand to transform CGVC into a separate university.
Various journalists and academics in Chittagong agree with this demand. This demand took the form of a movement. The movement was led by Yusuf Chowdhury, a social worker from Chittagong and chairman of the daily Purbakon. For his contribution, a building in CVASU was named as Yusuf Chowdhury building. As a result of this movement, in 2005 the Prime Minister's Office ordered the transformation of CGVC into a university. Following this, the then Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia inaugurated it on 2 February 2006, as Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University. It was later launched on 7 August 2006, through an ordinance. At first the university only started its journey with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. At present, the university conducts its academic activities with a total of three faculties, including two more faculties, namely Food Science and Technology and Fisheries.
List of vice-chancellors
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Professor Nitish Chandra Debnath
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(5 November 2006 – 4 November 2010)
* Professor Dr. Abusaleh Mahfuzul Bari (24 November 2010 – 23 November 2014)
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Professor Dr. Goutam Buddha Das
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(9 December 2014 – 8 December 2018, 9 December 2018 – 8 December 2022) )
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Professor Dr. A.S.M Lutful Ahasan
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(present)
Campuses
Main campus
All the administrative functions of the university are conducted on the main campus. The main campus has two separate halls for students. One is MA Hannan Hall and the other is Bangamata Fazilatunnesa hall. There are also administrative buildings, Yusuf Chowdhury building, Shaheed Minar and some other buildings. There are various facilities including Anatomy Museum, Fisheries Museum.
Anatomy Museum
It is the first anatomy museum in the country. The museum was built in 2016 under the University Grants Commission's HECAP project. The museum is overseen by the university's Department of Anatomy and Histology. Horses, cows, deer, camels, ducks, goats, sheep, pigeons, crocodiles, snakes, lizards, pigs, ostriches and monkeys are preserved in this museum. There are 30 stuffed animals, 20 animal models, 500 specimens of formaldehyde, 2000 different types of bones, 3000 different slides and stills of 30 scientists. Some dried soft limbs have also been preserved in the museum.
Halls
There are two halls for the students. One is for female and the other is for male:
* Bangamata Fazilatunnesa Hall
* Bir Muktizoddha MA Hannan Hall
Cox's Bazar outreach campus
![Dormitory building 2, Cox's Bazar](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Dormitory_building_2%2C_Cox%27s_Bazar.jpg)
The campus is actually a research-based campus of the university which is mainly focused on sea-related projects. Construction of hatchery and filtration unit is going on the campus. This campus is the first outreach campus for an autonomous public university. Fisheries department of CVASU also began crab farming in the campus.
Hathazari research and farm based campus
![CVASU farm based campus 5](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/CVASU_farm_based_campus_5.jpg)
It is a research and farm-based campus of the university which is located at
Hathazari Upazila
Hathazari ( bn, হাটহাজারী) is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh.
Geography
Hathazari is located at . It has 52,594 households and a total area of 251.28 km2. The main river is Halda. It i ...
in Chittagong. Two new institutes, two new faculty will be opened at the campus. 180 crore bdt (taka) will be spent to construct the campus.
Teaching & Training Pet Hospital and Research Center
It is the country's first-ever pet hospital. Here, Teaching and Training Pet Hospital and Research Center provides hands-on training to interns and postgraduate veterinary doctors.
Academics
Degrees offered
* Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.): five years including a one-year internship (off-campus work-based learning). The D.V.M. course consists of 25% animal production, 10% social science courses and the remaining is for veterinary disciplines.
* BSc Honours in Food Science & Technology (FST)
* BSc Honours in Fisheries (FF)
* Master of Science (M.S.)
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
* Department of Anatomy & Histology
* Department of Animal Science & Nutrition
* Department of Agricultural Economics and Social Science
* Department of Dairy & Poultry Science
* Department of Genetics & Animal Breeding
* Department of Medicine & Surgery
* Department of Microbiology & Veterinary Public Health
* Department of Pathology & Parasitology
* Department of Physiology, Biochemistry & Pharmacology
Faculty of Food Science and Technology
* Department of Applied Chemistry & Chemical Technology
* Department of Physical & Mathematical Science
* Department of Applied Food science & Nutrition
* Department of Food Processing & Engineering
Faculty of Fisheries
![Faculty of Fisheries, CVASU](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Faculty_of_Fisheries%2C_CVASU.jpg)
* Department of Aquaculture
* Department of Fisheries Resources Management
* Department of Fishing & Post Harvest Technology
* Department of Marine Bio-Resources Science
* Department of Fish Biology & Biotechnology
Admission
Undergraduate
Undergraduate admission is conducted through a cluster system admission test where a single exam is taken for seven Universities which provide education in the field of Agricultural Sciences these are Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University,
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Bangladesh Agricultural University
Bangladesh Agricultural University ( bn, বাংলাদেশ কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, ''Bangladesh Krishi Bishshobiddalôe''), abbreviated as BAU, was established in 1961. The university has 43 departments.
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Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University ( bn, শেরেবাংলা কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, Sher-e-Bangla Krishi Bishwabidyaloy) or SAU ''(শেকৃবি)'' is the oldest agriculture educational institution ...
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Sylhet Agricultural University
Sylhet Agricultural University ( bn, সিলেট কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a flagship public research university in Sylhet, Bangladesh that formally started functioning on 2 November 2006. The veterinary me ...
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Khulna Agricultural University
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. The subject choice and campus choice depends on the student's merit position and personal preference.
Institutes
Poultry Research and Training Center (PRTC)
The Poultry Research and Training Centre (PRTC) has been established on 11 March 2008 with the financial support from Agricultural Sector Programme Support (ASPS) II of Danida at the Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) campus, within the legal framework of the university Act 2006 (Act 30 of 2006). PRTC is an autonomous institution, in accordance with the provision of the university Act 16 July 2006. In recent years, Muhammad Kabirul Islam Khan, from Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, was invented a new breed crossed between Faomi and indigenous chicken which will grow rapidly as Faomi but the taste of the meat will as the indigenous chicken.
One Health Institute
Institute of Coastal Biodiversity, Marine Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation
This institution located at Cox's Bazar outreach campus of the university.
Noted people
Alumni
* Professor Dr. A.S.M Lutful Ahasan, first Vice-Chancellor from alumni
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Salma Sultana
Salma Sultana is a veterinarian, entrepreneur, and researcher. She is the recipient of the 2020 The Norman E. Borlaug Award for field research and application.https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/nominations/norman_borlaug_field_award/2020_recipient/ ...
, awarded Borlaug award for field research and application, also awarded Joy Bangla Award
Faculty
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Goutam Buddha Das
Gautam Buddha Das is the former vice chancellor of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU). President Abdul Hamid appointed him for a second term of fours years which started on 8 December 2018.
Biography
Das was born in ...
, awarded
Ekushey Padak
Ekushey Padak ( bn, একুশে পদক; lit. "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952. The award is given to recognize contribut ...
in 2022
References
External links
Ministry of AgricultureMinistry of Fisheries and LivestockMinistry of EducationUniversity Grants Commission BangladeshMinistry of FoodMinistry of Science and Technology
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Public universities of Bangladesh
Universities and colleges in Chittagong
Veterinary schools in Bangladesh