Bangladesh Maritime University

The university is focused on stabilizing academic operations and expanding its international research footprint while prioritizing the development of its permanent campus in Chattogram.

Slug preserved as 'bangabandhu-sheikh-mujibur-rahman-maritime-university' per project convention despite rename. ORIGINAL NAME: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Bangladesh (বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান মেরিটাইম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, বাংলাদেশ); acronym BSMRMU. CURRENT NAME: Bangladesh Maritime University (BMU); Bangla: বাংলাদেশ মেরিটাইম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়. RENAME: Presidential Ordinance No. 05 of 2025, gazette date February 13, 2025, as part of a broader government action renaming 13 public universities to remove Bangabandhu/Sheikh family honorifics from institutional names; official website migrated to bmu.edu.bd. PARENT MINISTRY: Ministry of Education (Secondary and Higher Education Division), NOT Ministry of Shipping. Although conceived as a maritime institution and administered by Bangladesh Navy officers as VCs, all public universities including BMU fall under the UGC and Ministry of Education for governance and funding; the Bangladesh Marine Academy (vocational) is under Ministry of Shipping. LEGAL ACT: Act No. 47 of 2013, Parliament passed 26 October 2013 (some sources say 27 October; Wikipedia says 26 October; established_year set 2013). First admission: December 2016 circular; academic activities commenced 2015 at BNS Haji Mohsin then Mirpur. CAMPUS: Temporary campus at Plot 14/06-14/23, Pallabi, Mirpur-12, Dhaka-1216. Permanent campus: 106.6 acres at Hamidchar, Chattogram, along the Karnaphuly river; construction ongoing as of March 2025. VC HISTORY: (1) Rear Admiral A.S.M.A. Baten (2013-2018); (2) Rear Admiral M Khaled Iqbal (2018-2023); (3) Rear Admiral Mohammad Musa (2023-2024); (4) Rear Admiral Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury, NBP, OSP, BCGM, ndu, afwc, psc (Sep 9, 2024-May 2025); (5) Rear Admiral Dr. Khandakar Akhter Hossain, NUP, ndc, psc, PhD (May 7, 2025-present; 5th VC; assumed office Wednesday May 7 2025 per New Age article dated May 9 2025; informed UGC Chairman May 20 2025). VC NOT reshuffled in March 16 2026 (DU, RU, CU, JnU, BOU, KUET, Dhaka Central batch) or May 14 2026 (BUET and 10 others batch). Khandakar Akhter Hossain: BSc and MSc Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from BUET, PhD from BUET; previously served as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Materiel). STUDENTS: 1,050+ per Wikipedia (850+ UG, 200+ PG); task brief cited ~2,000 but that figure is unverified in primary sources; 1,050 used as the more conservative verifiable figure. faculty_count, annual_budget_bdt set null: no verifiable primary-source figures found. JESSUP 2026 EVENT DATE: exact date of Bangladesh qualifying round not confirmed in sources; recorded as 2026-02-01 approximate (competition typically runs Jan-Feb nationally); award confirmed on official BMU website. MILLENNIUM FELLOWS DATE: announcement date not precisely confirmed; recorded as 2025-11-01 approximate; Class of 2025 selected confirmed. COASTAL CONVENTION DATE: approximate; recorded as 2025-10-01. STATUS partial: faculty count, budget, pro-VC, treasurer, registrar, and precise notable event dates not confirmed from primary sources.