Lakshmipur Science and Technology University

The university is transitioning from a non-functional entity to an operational institution following the appointment of its first Vice-Chancellor.

established_year is 2023, the year the founding Act (লক্ষ্মীপুর বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় আইন, ২০২৩; bdlaws act-1480) was passed by the Jatiya Sangsad on 2 November 2023. Some third-party sources list '2020' referring to the cabinet in-principle draft approval of 27 January 2020, which did not constitute legal establishment. The university is legislatively established but not yet operationally active: no vice-chancellor has been appointed, no students enrolled, no academic programmes running, and the official website (lstu.ac.bd) was not accessible as of 18 May 2026. Wikidata classifies it as a 'proposed public university'. Campus site is identified as Charsahi village (Charsahi Gram), Chandganj Thana, Lakshmipur Sadar, on land formerly occupied by the Sonali Brick Field. The Bangla acronym is লবিপ্রবি. LSTU was not included in either the March 16, 2026 batch (7 universities) or the May 14, 2026 batch (11 universities) of VC reshuffles by the BNP-Tarique interim government; both batches were verified against New Age BD and Prothom Alo reports. ugc_recognized is true: the university appears in the UGC Bangladesh public university directory (bheuni.io lists it as entry #54 of 59 public universities) and is government-financed. student_count, faculty_count, annual_budget_bdt, and all officer posts are null: university has no operational activity to report. website noted as https://www.lstu.ac.bd per bheuni.io listing but the domain was unreachable during verification; it may be a reserved/placeholder domain.