Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University
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| Established: | 2002 |
| Type: | public |
| Vice-Chancellor: | Professor Md. Ruhul Amin |
| Location: | Middle Balubary, Dinajpur, Bangladesh |
| Nickname: | HSTU |
| Website: | http://www.hstu.info/ |
Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University is a government financed public university of Bangladesh. This is the first and only Science and Technology University of the North Bengal(Rajshahi division).
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[edit] History
Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University was established as an Agricultural Extension Training Institute (AETI) to award a three years diploma in agriculture.The AETI was later upgraded to Hajee Mohammad Danesh Agricultural College in 1988 having an affiliation from the Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh.Then the college was upgraded to the status of a university renaming it as Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University in 8 April 2002.
[edit] Academics
There are five faculties in HMDSTU with 32 departments.
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Department of Agronomy
- Department of Agroforestry
- Department of Animal Husbandry
- Department of Agricultural Extension
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Bio-chemistry
- Department of Crop Botany
- Department of Entomology
- Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding
- Department of Horticulture
- Department of Plant Pathology
- Department of Soil Science
- Department of Statistics
- Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering
- Faculty of Business Studies
- Faculty of Agro-Industrial and Food Process Engineering
- Faculty of Fisheries
For advanced studies of the university, the faculty of Postgraduate Studies and the Institute of Research and Training have also been established.
