Patuakhali Science and Technology University

Patuakhali Science and Technology University is a government financed public university situated at Patuakhali, Bangladesh. PSTU has given affiliation to the Barisal Government Veterinary College as its constituent faculty.This is the only university in Barisal division.

History:
The Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) formally started functioning after promulgation of government gazette notification on 26 February 2002 with the campus of former Patuakhali Agricultural College as its nucleus. The PSTU took off its journey with the on-going Faculty of Agriculture offering 4-years B.Sc. Ag. Degree as its primary focus of academic program. The University has a mandate of widening its scope of educational expansion in conformity to the present education policy of the national government particularity in the information communication technology (ICT) and other demand-driven disciplines in order to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Against this backdrop the PSTU has planned to start two more new faculties, namely Computer Science and Engineering(CSE) as well as Business Administration and Management(BAM), the new frontiers of knowledge added to current academic program. In the meantime, it has already given affiliation to the Barisal Government Veterinary College as its constituent faculty. It has also plan to offer degree programs in the field of fisheries, food and nutrition and social sciences in the coming years.

The Patuakhali Science and Technology University has a long history before it comes to its present stage. It has been meta-morphically developed at the private initiative of the local people through the establishment of a Higher Secondary Institute in 1972 as a private college. It was then turned to Patuakhali Agricultural College under the affiliation of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh in1979 with the mandatory objectives of producing agricultural graduates offering B.Sc.Ag. degree. Later, the college was nationalized on 1 February 1985 and was placed under the administrative control of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Ministry of Agricultural together with BAU affiliation.

The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh launched a project of establishing ‘Science and Technology University’ in the former greater districts where no such universities exist. That project advocate the transformation of Patuakhali Agricultural College into a full-fledged university entitled Patuakhali Science and Technology University that came into being through a Parliamentary Act passed on 12 July 2001.

Location:
The PSTU campus is located at Dumki Upazila under Patuakhali district. It is about 15 kilometers north from Patuakhali district town and can easily be reached by all modes of public transportation. It has compact campus with halls of residence within walking distance of the academic building. At present the campus occupies 72.00 acres (291,400 m2) of land including 37.00 acres (149,700 m2) agricultural research farm. With a view to establishing Fisheries Faculty under this University it has a plan to acquire 800.00 acres (3.2375 km2) of land at Kuakata, the southernmost tourist resort of Bangladesh. This faculty will conduct research on various exotic species of fishes covering both inland and marine fisheries apart from.

Website: http://www.pstu.ac.bd/