Chancellor President Abdul Hamid Campus Dumki and Babugonj Founded 8 July 2000 Academic staff 209 | Established 2000 (2000) Vice-Chancellor Md. Harun-Or-Rashid Phone +880 1987-006723 Number of students 3,000 | |
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Address 8602 Dhaka - Patuakhali Highway, Patuakhali, Bangladesh Similar Pabna University of Scienc, Hajee Mohammad Danesh S, Noakhali Science and Tech, Mawlana Bhashani Science a, Sylhet Agricultural University | ||
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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. This is the only science and technological university and first public university in Barisal division.
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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 BSc Ag. (Hons.) degrees.
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 BSc.Ag.(Hons.) degree. The college was nationalised 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
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 BSc 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.
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 (29 ha) 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
Memorandum of understanding
Memorandum of understanding is signed between the PSTU and the following universities:
Residential student halls
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