Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University

Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University is a government financed public university of Bangladesh. This is the 1st University of the North Bengal at Rangpur division.

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.

Academics

There are seven faculties in HSTU with 36 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
  • Department of Telecommunication and Electronic Engineering
  • Department of Computer Engineering & Networking
  • Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
  • Department of Computer & Information Technology
  • Department of Social Science & Language
  • Department of Mathematics & Physics
• Faculty of Business Studies
  • Department of Management
  • Department of Marketing
  • Department of Accounting
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Finance and Banking
• Faculty of Agro-Industrial and Food Process Engineering
  • Department of Agricultural & Industrial Engineering
  • Department of Food Process & Preservation
  • Department of Food Engineering & Technology
  • Department of Food Science & Nutrition
• Faculty of Fisheries

• • Department of Fisheries Biology & Genetics
  • Department of Fisheries Management
  • Department of Fisheries Technology
  • Department of Aquaculture
• Faculty of Veteranary & Animal Science

This University offers eight degrees under seven faculties. These are

• B.Sc.(Hons.) in Agriculture
• B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering(CSE)
• B.Sc. in Telecommunication and Electronic Engineering(TEE)
• B.B.A.
• B.Sc. in Food & Process Engineering(FPE)
• B.Sc. in Agricultural and Bio-resources Engineering(ABE)
• B.Sc.(Hons.) in Fisheries
• Doctor of Veterenary Medicine(VAS)

For advanced studies of the university, the faculty of Postgraduate Studies and the Institute of Research and Training have also been established.