Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University
Profile
- Ownership
- public
- Vice-Chancellor
- Professor Dr. ABM Shahidul Islam
- Students
- 5671
- Faculty
- 243
- Annual budget
- ৳775,000,000
- Established
- 1999
- District
- Tangail
New VC Prof. ABM Shahidul Islam (DU Marketing) appointed May 14, 2026 under the BNP-Tarique government's second batch VC reshuffle covering 11 universities. Registrar Touhidul Islam remains relieved of duties (since September 2025); Prof. Sajjad Waheed holds the acting registrar post. The MBSTU student union (MBSTUCSU) constitution process is ongoing; no election held yet. ICEFronT 2026 IEEE conference scheduled June 25-26, 2026 on campus.
Recent activity
- 2026-02-03 research Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Md. Anwarul Azim Akhand inaugurated the Call for Papers for the IEEE 1st International Conference on Engineering and Frontier Technologies (ICEFronT 2026), scheduled for June 25-26, 2026 at MBSTU; papers to be published in the IEEE Digital Library. ↗↗
- 2026-04-07 admission MBSTU conducted GST cluster undergraduate admission tests for the 2025-26 academic year (C Unit on 27 March, B Unit on 3 April, A Unit on 10 April 2026); MBSTU has 784 seats across 19 departments under the grouped GST admission system. ↗↗
- 2026-05-14 appointment Government appointed Prof. ABM Shahidul Islam (Marketing Department, University of Dhaka) as Vice-Chancellor of MBSTU via Ministry of Education gazette notification, replacing Prof. Dr. Md. Anwarul Azim Akhand who had served since September 21, 2024. The appointment was part of a single-notification batch covering 11 public universities. ↗↗↗↗
Provenance & notes
student_count 5,671 from Wikipedia (4,000 undergrad + 1,671 postgrad); mbstu.ac.bd at-a-glance shows 4,075 students and 350 teachers (likely stale). Wikipedia figure of 243 academic staff used as primary. annual_budget_bdt 775,000,000 = Tk 77.5 crore from FY 2021-22 (most recent verifiable budget; no 2025-26 MBSTU-specific budget figure found). fy_budget_year set to '2021-22' accordingly. vc_since is gazette notification date (2026-05-14); actual taking-charge date not yet reported as of 2026-05-18. Previous VC Anwarul Azim Akhand (DU Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology) joined 2024-09-21 under interim government; replaced in the BNP-Tarique May 14, 2026 batch of 11 VCs. campus_count 2: main campus at Santosh, Tangail (~70.69 acres) and Belkuchi, Sirajganj out-reach campus (~10 acres, Sirajganj Government Veterinary College, incorporated 2023). Registrar Touhidul Islam was relieved of duties circa September 2025 amid student protests demanding probe committee and student union roadmap; Prof. Sajjad Waheed (ICT Dept) appointed acting Registrar. No pro-VC or Treasurer names found on official site as of verification date. Bangla name verified via Wikipedia. MBSTU participates in GST cluster admission (not independent admission test). Primary establishment year 1999 (formal gazette); academic operations commenced October 25, 2003. The secondary campus detail at Belkuchi/Sirajganj confirmed via Wikipedia.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawlana_Bhashani_Science_and_Technology_University
- https://mbstu.ac.bd/vice-chancellor/
- https://mbstu.ac.bd/at-a-glance/
- https://mbstu.ac.bd/overview/
- https://mbstu.ac.bd/administration/
- https://mbstu.ac.bd/registrar-office/
- https://mbstu.ac.bd/notices/
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