Patuakhali Science and Technology University

Patuakhali Science and Technology University
পটুয়াখালী বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়

Type	Public
Established	2000 (2000)
Chancellor	President Abdul Hamid
Vice-Chancellor	Md. Shams-Ud-Din
Academic staff	201
Students	3000
Location	Dumki Upazila, Patuakhali District, 8602, Bangladesh 22°27′58″N 90°22′57″E / 22.4661°N 90.3824°E / 22.4661; 90.3824Coordinates: 22°27′58″N 90°22′57″E / 22.4661°N 90.3824°E / 22.4661; 90.3824
Campus	Dumki and Babugonj
Language	English
Colours	Green and Black
Website	pstu.ac.bd

Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) (Bengali: 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.^[1] This is the only science and technological 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 B.Sc. Ag. (Hons.) degrees.

Academic Building of main campus

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 B.Sc.Ag.(Hons.) degree. The college was nationalized on 1 February 1985 and was placed under the administrative control of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Ministry of Agricultural together with BAU affiliation.

The government of Bangladesh launched a project to establish a science and technology university where no such universities 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.

Administration

Administrative building

Central Library pstu

Md. Shams-Ud-Din joined PSTU as its 7th vice-chancellor on 27 December 2012. Prior to joining PSTU, he was serving the Department of Food Technology & Rural Industries (FTRI) of the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) as professor and also as the Director of Planning & Development Division of the same university. He obtained his B.Sc. Agri. Engg. degree majoring in Food Technology (1972) from the BAU. Shams-Ud-Din did his M.S. in Food Technology (1975) from the University of Mysore, India; and also obtained both Master of Applied Science (Food Science & Technology) (1985) and PhD (1990) from the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Shahid Minar

Campus view

Location

The PSTU campus is at Dumki Upazila under Patuakhali District. It is about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) 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 campus occupies 72 acres (290,000 m²) of land including 37.00 acres (149,700 m²) agricultural research farm. With a view to establishing a Fisheries Faculty under this university it has a plan to acquire 800 acres (3.2 km²) of land at Kuakata, the southernmost tourist resort of Bangladesh. This faculty will conduct research on fish covering both inland and marine fisheries.

Academic

Faculties

Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering
Faculty of Business Administration and Management
Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine
Faculty of Fisheries
Faculty of Disaster Management
Faculty of Nutrition and Food Science
Faculty of Land Management.

Memorandum of understanding

Memorandum of understanding is signed between the PSTU and the following universities:

University of Canberra (UC), Australia
Boda University, Norway
Hohenheim University, Germany
Salford University, UK
University of Cophenhagen, Denmark
North Eastern Hill University, India

Residential student halls

Kobi Begum Sufia Kamal Hall

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall (PSTU)

There are six halls:

1. M.Keramot Ali Hall

2. Sher-e-Bangla Hall-1

3. Sher-e-Bangla Hall-2

4. Kobi Begum Sufia Kamal Hall

5. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall

6. Sheikh Fazilatun Nesa Mujib Hall

7. Birshestho Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir Hall (Outer campus, Barisal)

Other 2 halls at outer campus, Babugonj, Barisal

Blue bus

References

↑ History on official website

External links

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Public universities in Bangladesh

Barisal division	Patuakhali Science and Technology University University of Barisal

Chittagong division	Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology Chittagong University Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Comilla University Noakhali Science and Technology University Rangamati Science and Technology University

Dhaka division	Bangladesh University of Professionals Bangladesh National University Bangladesh Open University Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Bangladesh University of Textiles Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology Dhaka University Islamic Arabic University Jagannath University Jahangirnagar University Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University

Khulna division	Islamic University Jessore University of Science & Technology Khulna University Khulna University of Engineering & Technology

Mymensingh division	Bangladesh Agricultural University Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University

Rajshahi division	Pabna University of Science & Technology University of Rajshahi Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology

Rangpur division	Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University Begum Rokeya University

Sylhet division	Shahjalal University of Science and Technology Sylhet Agricultural University

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