খুলনা কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় | |
Motto |
Bengali: জ্ঞান, দক্ষতা, প্রযুক্তি |
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Motto in English | Knowledge, Skill, Technology |
Type | Public agricultural university |
Established | 2019 |
Chancellor | President Mohammed Shahabuddin |
Vice-Chancellor | Abul Kashem Chowdhury [1] |
Students | 500 [2] |
Location | , 22°51′50″N 89°30′56″E / 22.8639°N 89.5156°E |
Campus | Urban |
Website |
kau |
Khulna Agricultural University ( Bengali: খুলনা কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a government-financed public university in Khulna, Bangladesh. [3] [4]
In July 2015, parliament passed the Khulna Agriculture University Act, 2015 to establish the university. The first vice chancellor, Shahidur Rahman Khan was appointed in September 2018. The official activities of the university started in temporary premises in the Sonadanga neighborhood of Khulna at the end of January 2019. [5] Academic activities commenced in 2019 at Daulatpur College and another rented school building. [6]
As of 2020, the university had been unable to attract associate professors or professors to its teaching staff, and was operating using guest teachers from other public universities. [7] By September 2022, the end of VC Shahidur Rahman Khan's term of office, 426 people had been recruited, including his sons, daughters, brothers-in-law and nephews. In December 2023, 30 teachers, including 23 department heads, resigned in protest over nepotism and lack of transparency in hiring. [8]
There are seven faculties in Khulna Agricultural University, which have 51 departments:
From 2019, all agricultural university of Bangladesh conduct a cluster system admission tests where a single exam is taken for seven universities which provide education in the field of agricultural sciences: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Sylhet Agricultural University, Khulna Agricultural University and Patuakhali Science and Technology University. The cluster system reduced students suffering and financial costs. Admission test is held on each campus but at a time with same question. [12] [13] [14]
খুলনা কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় | |
Motto |
Bengali: জ্ঞান, দক্ষতা, প্রযুক্তি |
---|---|
Motto in English | Knowledge, Skill, Technology |
Type | Public agricultural university |
Established | 2019 |
Chancellor | President Mohammed Shahabuddin |
Vice-Chancellor | Abul Kashem Chowdhury [1] |
Students | 500 [2] |
Location | , 22°51′50″N 89°30′56″E / 22.8639°N 89.5156°E |
Campus | Urban |
Website |
kau |
Khulna Agricultural University ( Bengali: খুলনা কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a government-financed public university in Khulna, Bangladesh. [3] [4]
In July 2015, parliament passed the Khulna Agriculture University Act, 2015 to establish the university. The first vice chancellor, Shahidur Rahman Khan was appointed in September 2018. The official activities of the university started in temporary premises in the Sonadanga neighborhood of Khulna at the end of January 2019. [5] Academic activities commenced in 2019 at Daulatpur College and another rented school building. [6]
As of 2020, the university had been unable to attract associate professors or professors to its teaching staff, and was operating using guest teachers from other public universities. [7] By September 2022, the end of VC Shahidur Rahman Khan's term of office, 426 people had been recruited, including his sons, daughters, brothers-in-law and nephews. In December 2023, 30 teachers, including 23 department heads, resigned in protest over nepotism and lack of transparency in hiring. [8]
There are seven faculties in Khulna Agricultural University, which have 51 departments:
From 2019, all agricultural university of Bangladesh conduct a cluster system admission tests where a single exam is taken for seven universities which provide education in the field of agricultural sciences: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Sylhet Agricultural University, Khulna Agricultural University and Patuakhali Science and Technology University. The cluster system reduced students suffering and financial costs. Admission test is held on each campus but at a time with same question. [12] [13] [14]