Patuakhali Science and Technology University

Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) ( bn, 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. An outer campus is situated at Babuganj under Barishal district. This is the only science and technology university and first public university in Barisal division.

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.

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.

List of vice-chancellors

* Prof. Swadesh Chandra Samanta ( 17 May 2021 – present )

Administration

Swadesh Chandra Samanta joined PSTU as Vice-Chancellor on 17 May 2021. 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 Dean of Faculty of Agriculture of the same university.

Location

The PSTU campus is at Dumki Upazila under Patuakhali District. It is about 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 main campus occupies including a agricultural research farm. It has two campus. The 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 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
* 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

Residential student halls

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

References

External links

University Grants Commission Bangladesh

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Public universities of Bangladesh
Universities of science and technology in Bangladesh
Educational institutions established in 2000
Organisations based in Patuakhali
2000 establishments in Bangladesh