Barisal University approved in the ECNEC meeting on 29th November 2008

Barisal University

Barisal University (BU)
বরিশাল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
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Established	2011
Type	public
Chancellor	President Mohammad Zillur Rahman
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. Dr. Harunor Rashid Khan
Location	Karnakati, Barisal, Bangladesh
Nickname	BU
Website	www.barisaluniv.edu.bd

Barisal University, approved in the ECNEC meeting on November 29, 2008, will be the only general public university in Barisal division and the country's 33rd public university. It will be built at Karnakati on the eastern bank of the River Kirtonkhola 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. Prof. Dr. Harunor Rashid Khan is appointed as the director of Barisal University Implementation Project. According to Dr. Harunor, although possession of the land for construction of the infrastructure of the BU is yet to happen, BU academic session may be started at any time or place as per decision and approval of University Grant Commission and education ministry.

History

The university was first proposed in 1979 and approved in 2008. Campus construction was to start on June, 2011 and is scheduled to finish at 2013. Academic courses would begin from 2011-2012 year and all classes will be carried on Barisal Zilla School until completion of main campus at 2013. In academic year 2011-2012 student can be enrolled in six majors under four diciplines.

Location

The campus will be on the eastern bank of the River Kirtonkhola in Sadar upazila of Barisal Division.

Academic

The admission procedure for 2011-12 academic year will start on 15 September. Admission will be offered for five subjects: Management and Marketing, English, Economics, Sociology and Mathematics.

§                     Faculty of Science: Department of Mathematics

§                     Faculty of Arts and Humanities: Department of English

§                     Faculty of Social Science: Department of Economics, Department of Sociology

Faculty of Business Studies: Department of Management Studies, Department of Marketing