Bangladesh Agricultural University
Profile
- Ownership
- public
- Vice-Chancellor
- Professor Dr. A K Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan
- Students
- 8088
- Faculty
- 567
- Annual budget
- ৳3,882,900,000
- Established
- 1961
- District
- Mymensingh
Expanding STEM laboratory facilities and strengthening institutional research output at Bangladesh Agricultural University under UGC guidelines.
Recent activity
- 2026-06-18 academic_council Academic Council of Bangladesh Agricultural University approved revised curricula aligned with Bangladesh National Qualifications Framework. ↗
- 2026-07-15 infrastructure Commissioned upgraded central laboratory and digital research facilities across agricultural faculties. ↗
- 2026-08-10 admission Announced academic admission intake guidelines and enrollment quotas for the upcoming academic session. ↗
Provenance & notes
verification_status=partial: (1) pro_vice_chancellor=null: no current Pro-VC name found in any primary source; BAU website, Syndicate list, and registrar page do not list a Pro-VC for 2025-26. (2) treasurer=null: the Syndicate page references 'Mr. Md. Rakib Uddin' as a past/retired treasurer; no current incumbent confirmed. (3) student_count 8,088 is from Wikipedia citing 5,147 undergraduate + 2,941 postgraduate; the BAU official website's faculty-wise breakdown sums to ~10,800 which may include affiliated/part-time students; Wikipedia figure used as more conservative and cross-referenced. (4) faculty_count 567 from Wikipedia (academic staff); BAU website faculty-wise sum yields ~572; difference within rounding. (5) annual_budget_bdt 3,882,900,000 = Tk 388.29 crore for FY 2025-26 per Observer BD; Observer BD reports 7.71% increase over prior year. (6) legal_basis: the specific 1973 President's Order number for BAU could not be independently confirmed; unlike DU (P.O. 11/1973) and BUET (P.O. 51/1973), no dedicated BAU-specific 1973 Order was found in available sources; the university was renamed from East Pakistan Agricultural University in 1972 under the general Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (P.O. 48 of 1972). (7) CCUK full name not confirmed in press coverage of the May 13, 2026 MoU. (8) BAU confirmed NOT in either the March 16, 2026 batch (DU, RU, CU, KUET, JnU, BOU, DCU) or the May 14, 2026 batch (BUET + 10 others); A K Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan remains VC as of verification date. (9) Campus: 1,200 acres on west bank of Old Brahmaputra River, Mymensingh; 6 faculties, 45 departments.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Agricultural_University
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_K_Fazlul_Haque_Bhuiyan
- https://bau.edu.bd/
- https://bau.edu.bd/pages/vc
- https://bau.edu.bd/pages/view_2/1103
- https://registrar.bau.edu.bd/pages/staff
- https://baures.bau.edu.bd/
- https://bau.edu.bd/research_news
- https://www.observerbd.com/news/532362
- https://www.observerbd.com/news/532603
- https://en.prothomalo.com/youth/education/f4q2r52lof
- https://www.newagebd.net/post/Country/299740/bangladesh-govt-appoints-new-vcs-in-11-public-univs
- https://www.newagebd.net/post/Education/294141/bangladesh-govt-appoints-new-vcs-in-seven-public-univs
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/349259
- https://gstadmission.com/agricultural-university-admission/
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/331901
- http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-317.html