Shariatpur Agriculture University

Shariatpur Agriculture University remains a non-functional entity with no appointed leadership, physical infrastructure, or active academic programs.

University is pre-operational as of May 2026. Cabinet first approved the project on 6 October 2021 under the name Sheikh Hasina Agricultural University. The name was changed to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shariatpur Agriculture University on 12 June 2023 by cabinet, then the founding act was passed by Jatiya Sangsad on 29 October 2023. Following the fall of the Awami League government in August 2024, the Yunus-led interim government gazetted a presidential ordinance on 13 February 2025 (announced 16 January 2025) renaming the institution to Shariatpur Agriculture University, stripping Sheikh family nomenclature from 12 public universities. No academic activities have commenced; no official website, VC, registrar, or campus infrastructure is publicly identified. The university was not included in either the March 16, 2026 VC reshuffle batch (7 universities including DU, RU, CU) or the May 14, 2026 batch (11 universities including BUET), confirming no VC has been appointed. Bangla Wikipedia describes the institution as 'একটি প্রস্তাবিত পাবলিক বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়' (a proposed public university). Coordinates: 24.0363 N, 90.3964 E (Shariatpur). established_year set to 2023, the year the founding act was passed; the 2021 cabinet approval was for a project concept under a different name. ugc_recognized set true: UGC Bangladesh exercises oversight over all public universities by statute even before they become operational; the institution does not appear as an active entry in the ugc-universities.gov.bd public listing, consistent with pre-operational status. campus_count, student_count, faculty_count, annual_budget_bdt, and all officer fields are null because no primary source confirms any of these. ShAU acronym is inferred from the current official name; no primary source confirms it explicitly.