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 on National Education and the Food and Agriculture Commission in 1959. The scheme for the establishment of BAU was finalized on 8 June 1961 and its ordinance was promulgated on 18 August 1961. With the appointment of its first Vice-Chancellor, the University formally came into existence on 2 September 1961 and started functioning with the College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary 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 technologists for shouldering the responsibilities of agricultural development of the country. LOCATION The University campus, with an area of 485 ha, is located in scenic rural surroundings on the western bank of the old Brahmaputra river, 3 km south of the district town of Mymensingh and 120 km north from Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. The campus is made up of a series of academic, administrative and residential buildings and a number of experimental farms, gardens and other related facilities. Besides, two national research institutes, namely, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) and Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) are housed in this campus.