Bangladesh Agricultural University

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Ownership: public
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Dr. A K Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan
Students: 8088
Faculty: 567
Annual budget: ৳3,882,900,000
Established: 1961
District: Mymensingh

VC A K Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan (appointed September 2024) continues in post; BAU was not included in either the March 16 or May 14, 2026 VC reshuffle batches; BAURES Annual Workshop for 2024-25 concluded May 11, 2026; university signed new international MoU on May 13, 2026.

Recent activity

2026-03-01 research BAU researchers (Dr. Md Tanvir Rahman et al.) published shotgun metagenomic profiling study identifying Bacillus-dominated bacterial communities in urban rooftop and surface garden soils in Bangladesh in PLOS ONE; part of a broader antimicrobial resistance profiling study on urban agriculture. ↗
2026-04-25 research Department of Agricultural and Applied Statistics, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Statistical Association, announced a regional conference on the role of statistics in strengthening sustainable agriculture and public health; abstract submissions invited from researchers and policymakers. ↗
2026-05-09 research Annual Workshop on BAU Research Progress 2024-2025, organised by BAURES, held May 9-11, 2026; concluded May 11; annual review event where faculty present, discuss, and evaluate progress of non-degree research carried out in the preceding academic year. ↗↗
2026-05-12 other Faculty of Animal Husbandry inaugurated its 22nd Internship Program 2026, providing hands-on industry and field training for Animal Husbandry students. ↗
2026-05-13 international Bangladesh Agricultural University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CCUK (specific full name of CCUK not confirmed in available sources); expands BAU's international academic and research partnership network. ↗

Provenance & notes

verification_status=partial: (1) pro_vice_chancellor=null: no current Pro-VC name found in any primary source; BAU website, Syndicate list, and registrar page do not list a Pro-VC for 2025-26. (2) treasurer=null: the Syndicate page references 'Mr. Md. Rakib Uddin' as a past/retired treasurer; no current incumbent confirmed. (3) student_count 8,088 is from Wikipedia citing 5,147 undergraduate + 2,941 postgraduate; the BAU official website's faculty-wise breakdown sums to ~10,800 which may include affiliated/part-time students; Wikipedia figure used as more conservative and cross-referenced. (4) faculty_count 567 from Wikipedia (academic staff); BAU website faculty-wise sum yields ~572; difference within rounding. (5) annual_budget_bdt 3,882,900,000 = Tk 388.29 crore for FY 2025-26 per Observer BD; Observer BD reports 7.71% increase over prior year. (6) legal_basis: the specific 1973 President's Order number for BAU could not be independently confirmed; unlike DU (P.O. 11/1973) and BUET (P.O. 51/1973), no dedicated BAU-specific 1973 Order was found in available sources; the university was renamed from East Pakistan Agricultural University in 1972 under the general Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (P.O. 48 of 1972). (7) CCUK full name not confirmed in press coverage of the May 13, 2026 MoU. (8) BAU confirmed NOT in either the March 16, 2026 batch (DU, RU, CU, KUET, JnU, BOU, DCU) or the May 14, 2026 batch (BUET + 10 others); A K Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan remains VC as of verification date. (9) Campus: 1,200 acres on west bank of Old Brahmaputra River, Mymensingh; 6 faculties, 45 departments.

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