Type Public Location Dinajpur, Bangladesh Campus size 34 ha Phone +880 531-61355 Chancellor Abdul Hamid | Vice-Chancellor Dr. M. Abul Kashem Website hstu.ac.bd Founded 11 September 1999 Number of students 10,000 Academic staff 400 | |
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Established 1979 (1979) (University Started 11 September 1999) Address HSTU, Basherhat Dhaka - Dinajpur Hwy, 5200, Bangladesh Similar Mawlana Bhashani Science a, Pabna University of Scienc, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur R, Begum Rokeya University, Patuakhali Science and Tech | ||
Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (Bengali: হাজী মোহাম্মদ দানেশ বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) (HSTU) is a government-financed public university of Bangladesh. Locally it is known as Hajee Danesh University. It is situated between about 10 miles from Dinajpur city at a place known as Basherhat. A sports school named BKSP (Dinajpur) which was also established by the government of Bangladesh is situated beside the campus.
Contents
- Hajee Mohammad Danesh
- Academics
- Faculties
- Institute
- Halls of residence
- Student organisations
- Sports and extracurricular activities
- Internal and external programmes games and sports
- Library
- Medical centre
- References
In 2015 more than 100 foreign students come from five countries.
Hajee Mohammad Danesh
Hajee Mohammad Danesh (1900–1986) was a peasant leader and politician. He was born in Sultanpur village in Dinajpur District. He obtained his M.A. in History from Aligarh Muslim University in 1931 and B.L. degree in 1932. In the 1930s, Danesh became active in the communist organisations of Bengal, especially the Bengal provincial organisation of the Communist Party of India. He was arrested twice in 1938 by the government of Bengal for his participation in the Tebhaga movement, an agitation in northern Bengal against zamindars landlords for landless peasants and sharecroppers who sought a greater share of the yield, most of which was surrendered to the zamindars. Danesh was one of the few Muslim communist leaders of the struggle, and worked to mobilise the Muslim peasantry in favour of the movement. In 1945, he joined the All India Muslim League, but was later expelled for his participation in the continuing Tebagha movement, and re-arrested by the Bengal government in 1946. After the partition of India and Bengal in 1947, Danesh remained in his home district of Dinajpur, which fell in Muslim-majority East Bengal, which became part of the newly created Muslim state of Pakistan. He died in Dhaka on 28 June 1986.
Academics
The university offers 24 under-graduate degrees under 9 faculties along with several post-graduate and doctoral courses. These are
1. Faculty of Postgraduate Studies
2. Faculty of Engineering
Faculty Of Engineering
3. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering
4.Faculty of Business Studies
5.Faculty of Agriculture
6.Faculty of Fisheres
7.Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Science
8.Faculty of Science
9.Faculty of Arts & Social Science
Faculties
There are 9 faculties in HSTU with 47 departments:
Faculty of Engineering:
Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering:
Faculty of Business Studies:
Faculty of Agriculture:
Faculty of Fisheries:
Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Science:
Faculty of Science
Faculty Of Arts & Social Science
Institute
Science For advanced RESEARCH the Institute of Research and Training (IRT) has been established.
Halls of residence
1. Dormitory −1 (Shekh Rasel Hall) Shekh Rasel Hall east(Extended Hall) 2. Dormitory −2 (Shaheed Rastrapati Ziaur Rahman Hall) 3. Dormitory −4 (Tajuddin Ahmed Hall) 4.Bangabondhu Hall(under construction)
1.Dormitory −3(Shekh Fajilatunnesa Mujib Hall) Ladies Hall Extension −1(Ivy Rahman Hall) Ladies Hall Extension −2(Pritilota Hall) An extended area for foreign students.
Student organisations
Students at HSTU are involved in extra-curricular activities. The student organisations are:
Sports and extracurricular activities
The university organises sports and other extracurricular and recreational activities. It provides intramural and extramural programmes.
Internal and external programmes (games and sports)
The directorate organises and conducts interdepartmental and inter-hall tournaments, individual hall athletics, university athletics, and inter-university games and sports. Students participate in national championships in games and sports for which training and coaching are offered.
Library
The university Library contains a collection of more than 25,000 volumes, including bound volumes of periodicals. It subscribes to over 50 foreign journals. A complete automation of the system is in the process. The Confined Section of the library contains rare books.
Medical centre
The medical centre offers free medical service to students, teachers, staff and family members of the teachers and staff. The centre provides service round-the-clock, seven-days-a-week, with four doctors with ambulance facility. The centre has 12 bed accommodation so that patients suffering from contagious diseases may be cared for in isolation.