Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) Overview
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) is a public agricultural university in Bangladesh, established in 1998. It is located at South Salna, in Gazipur District. Which is 9.5 km from Gazipur Chowrasta, just beside the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway. BSMRAU is the 3rd agricultural university and 13th public university financed by the government of Bangladesh. It was established on 22 November 1998. Previously, it was established as Institute of Post Graduate Studies in Agriculture (IPSA). In 1983, IPSA was originally established as the Bangladesh College of Agricultural Sciences (BCAS). It was an academic part of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) and associated academically with Bangladesh Agricultural University. IPSA was transformed in an autonomous institution by the government of Bangladesh and started course credit based MS and PhD programs in 1991. The graduate program of IPSA was developed by the teachers of IPSA led by L. M. Eisgruver of Oregon State University (OSU).
With the following success in agricultural studies and research on the term based course credit system, IPSA was nationally and internationally recognised as the “Center of Excellence” for its outstanding performance. In 1998 IPSA transformed into BSMRAU as a public university continuing the post graduate program and launched Undergraduate program as follow as the term based course credit system. In 2005, BSMRAU started to offer Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture.
In 2008, BSMRAU established Faculty of Fisheries and started to offer BS degree in Fisheries. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences was established in 2009 and started the degree in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM). After 3 years in 2012, BSMRAU established the Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development and started offering BS in Agricultural Economics. Now, BSMRAU has five faculties. Some faculties are proposed to establish such as Agro-forestry and Environment, Agricultural Engineering, Food Science and Technology etc.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University Department and Seats
Department, Course Period & No. of Seats are given below:
Department | Coures Period | Seats |
Agriculture | 4 Years | 110 |
Fisheries | 60 | |
Veterinary Medicineand Animal Science | 5 Years | 60 |
Agriculture Economics and Rural Development | 4 Years | 100 |
Requirements For Admission Test
- Interested applicants should pass SSC/Equivalent exam and HSC/Equivalent exam to give examination for Science group.
- HSC or equivalent exam with minimum grade ‘B’ in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics and English subjects.
- Students must have minimum GPA 3:50 in SSC and HSC separately and total GPA 7:50 with 4th subject.
- For A’ level and O’ level with minimum grade ‘B’ in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics and English subjects.
Application & Admission Test Procedure
Every applicant should be applied for their expected subjects/department through official website http://bsmrau.edu.bd/
BSMRAU admission will be MCQ based. MCQ question will be on Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English and General Knowledge. Exam Duration will be 1 hour.
After the Admission test, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University Admission Test Result will be published on their official website (http://bsmrau.edu.bd/).