Pabna Science and Technology 

Pabna Science and Technology University
Established	2008
Type	public
Chancellor	President Mohammad Zillur Rahman
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. Dr. Md. Mozaffor Hossain
Academic staff	3
Students	800
Location	Pabna, Bangladesh
Campus	Rajapur
Nickname	PSTU
Website	www.pust.ac.bd/

Pabna Science and Technology University is a government-financed public university in Bangladesh. This is the third public university in Rajshahi Division and first public university in Pabna. PSTU was established in 2008 and started four-year undergraduate courses in 2009. Its old name was Pabna University of Science and Technology.

History and plans

The government passed the Act in 15 July 2001 to establish a science and technology university in Pabna. The university will be located in the district head quarter of Pabna. Pabna is a central district town in northern Bangladesh having long historical and cultural heritage. The academic curriculum of the Pabna Science and Technology University was started on 15 July 2008. This university will play an innovative role in providing need-based higher education, training and research. Also the university will be committed to maintain and raise the quality and standard of higher education for the students as in international standards. This practical and need-based curricula will produce highly qualified trained scientists and technologists for the needs of Bangladesh as well as the world employment market.

The university offers education in science- and technology-based subjects for undergraduate and post graduate levels. This newly established university will occupies an area of about 30 acres, with a number of multi-storied buildings. Because of its location, it has already drawn the attention of brilliant students for admission and scholarly faculty members for teaching and research. The admission notice for undergraduate programmes for 2011 were published in the website http://www.pust.ac.bd/.

Campus

PSTU has a temporary campus at Pabna Teachers Training College. It has software and hardware labs that are equipped with high-speed Internet and updated devices. The construction of the campus is under development.

Pabna Science and Technology University is located on the south side of Pabna Nagorbary highway.

Academics

PSTU has ten departments under four faculties.

Faculty of Engineering and Technology

§                     Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)

§                     Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)

§                     Information and Communication Engineering (ICE)

§                     Applied Physics, Electronic and Communication Engineering (APECE)

Faculty of Science

§                     Mathematics

§                     Physics

§                     Geography, Urban Planning

Faculty of Business Studies

§                     Business Administration

§                     Bangla

Faculty of Humanities and Social Science

§                     Economics

Mission and Vision

The general mission of Pabna Science and Technology University is to establish the good academic public University in Bangladesh and also promote higher education at national as well as international level. However, some specific missions are:

§                     Ensure need oriented and modern technology based education

§                     Generate skilled and quality manpower in order to achieve knowledge and technology based society

§                     Ensure quality and high standard educational environment

§                     Undertake fundamental and applied research in relevant fields of human knowledge

§                     Arrange seminars, conferences, workshops and training for teachers and staffs.

The vision of Pabna Science and Technology University is to create skilled manpower through quality education and research to full-fill the future needs of the country for establishment of peaceful and prosperous Bangladesh. Some of the specific visions for next ten years are as follows:

§                     Develop adequate infrastructure facilities to enable smooth running of academic activities

§                     Accumulate as much as 7140 students by the year 2019

§                     Increase the number of faculty to 5 and subjects to 24 by the year 2019

§                     Establish research laboratory and library facilities of international standard

§                     Produce competent teachers and researchers in respective subjects

§                     Publish standard books, journals and periodicals.