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Genesis and Establishment of Bangladesh Agricultural University

Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) was established as the nation's only university of its kind in 1961 on the basis of recommendations made by the Commission of National Education and the Food and Agriculture Commission in 1959. The Scheme for the establishment of BAU was finalized on 8 Hune 1961 and its ordinance was promulgated on 18 August 1961. With the appointment of its first Vice-Chancellor, the university formally came into existance on 2 September 1961 and started functioning with the College of Animal Husbandry and Vetenery Science at Mymensingh as its nucleus. The main task of the university is to tone up the quality and standard of higher agricultural education and to produce first rate agriculturists, agricultural scientists and technologiests for shouldering the responsibilities of agricultural development of the country. To achieve the objectives over 90 percent of the recurring budget and the entire development fund come from the government through University Grants Commission (UGC).

Location

The university campus with an area of 485 ha is located in scenic rural surrounding on the western bank of the old Brahmaputra river, 3 km south of district town of Mymensingh and 120 km north of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. The campus is made up of series of academic, administrative and residential buildings and number of experimental farms, gardens, ponds and other related facilities. Besides two national research institutes, namely, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) and Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI)