University of Barishal
বরিশাল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় | |
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 2011 |
| Chancellor | President Mohammad Zillur Rahman |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Dr. Harunor Rashid Khan |
| Location | Karnakati , Barisal , Bangladesh |
| Nickname | BU |
| Website | www.barisaluniv.edu.bd |
The University of Barisal is the only general public university in Barisal division, Bangladesh, and the country's 33rd public university. It started educational activities on 25 January 2012.
History
Demand for a university was first made in 1960 before the independence of Bangaladesh. In 1973, then-Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared he wished to establish a university in Barisal during a rally held in the city. President Ziaur Rahman made a similar statement concerning establishing a university in Barisalon November 23, 1978, at a rally in Barisal Circuit House.
After three decades, following strong demand from the people of Barisal, the proposal was passed in ECNEC on November 29, 2008, by then Caretaker Government. On 22 November 2011, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the construction of building of the university. The educational activities were inaugurated by Minister for education Nurul Islam on 25 January 2012, in a temporary campus in Barisal Zilla School.
Main campus construction is scheduled to finish in 2013 at Karnakati on the eastern bank of the Kirtonkhola river in Sadar upazila. Tk 90 core will be used to construct the university on 50 acres of land, including 12 acres of private and 38 acres public land.
In academic year 2011-2012 around 400 students are enrolled in six majors under four disciplines.[1]<[2]
Administration
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Location
The university's temporary campus is located at Barisal Zilla School. The campus will be on the eastern bank of the River Kirtonkhola in Sadar upazila of Barisal Division .
Academic
Classes for the 2011-12 academic year started on 25 January 2012. Admission is offered in five subjects: Management and Marketing, English, Economics, Sociology and Mathematics.
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Department of Bengali
- Department of English
- Department of History
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Linguistic
- Department of Music & Theater
Faculty of Social Science
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Communication Studies
- Department of Development Studies
- Department of Economics
- Department of Education
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Geography
- Department of Gender Studies
Faculty of Science
- Department of Botany
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Zoology
- Department of Environmental Science
- Department of Food Science
- Department of Soil Science
- Department of Pharmacy
- Department of Microbiology
- Department Computer Science & Engineering
Faculty of Business Studies
- Department of Accounting & Information System
- Department of Management Studies
- Department of Marketing
Library & centers
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Student Halls
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