University Fact

UNIVERSITY FACTS

1938 Founded as The Bengal Agricultural Institute

By Sher-e Bangla A K Fazlul Hoq the then Chief Minister of the undivided Bengal. The academic affiliation was with Dhaka University.

 

1st Batch Graduate (1943) 

20 students graduated in Agricultural Science as the First batch obtained B.Sc. Ag. They founded the solid base of agriculture in the then Indo-Pak subcontinent under the British regime.

 

East Pakistan Agricultural Institute (1947)

Renamed after the partition of India & Pakistan.

 

East Pakistan Agricultural Institute (1961)

The academic affiliation was transferred from Dhaka University to the then East Pakistan Agricultural University, later renamed as Bangladesh Agricultural University.

 

Bangladesh Agricultural Institute (BAI) (1971)

After the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent country the name of the institute was spontaneously changed.

 

Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (2001)

The Bangladesh Agricultural Institute (BAI) was up-graded to Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University as 17th Public University of the Country. The foundation was laid by Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

 

 

FACULTY AND STAFF, 2016

Faculty	229
Staff	649

 

 MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION                                 ENGLISH

 

 

STUDENT ENROLLMENT, 2016

Undergraduate	2172
MS	1231
Ph. D	25
Total university	3428

 

 

 

STUDENT GENDER, ETHNICITY  2016

Academic Program	FEMALE	MALE	MINORITY**
Undergraduates	51%	49%	4%
MS	44%	56%	16%
PhD	44%	56%	0%

*Based on students in entering classes only.

 

* Academic year includes degrees granted from July 1 through June 30.