Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University

Begum Sufiya Kamal Auditorium

Central Mosque

Modern TSC

• Administrative Building
• 5 Faculty Buildings (1 under construction)
• 4 Students Dormitory (2 for Male and 2 for Female students)
• Residential Facilities for Teachers, Officers and Employees
• Kbd. Dr. Kazi M. Badruddoza Outreach Center
• Dr. M. Wazed Mia Central Laboratory
• Technology Exhibition Center
• Prof. Dr. Yoshio Yamada Library and AV Room
• Ex-situ Gene Bank/ Eco Park
• Central Mosque
• Begum Sufiya Kamal Auditorium (Accommodation of Around 1,000 seats)
• Conference Room
• Modern TSC
• Research Field
• Digital Herbarium and Herbal museum for Crop Plant[5]
• Lake View Study Park
• Cafetoria
• Canteen
• Health Centre
• International Complex
• Shaheed Minar (Monument)
• Sports Ground
• BSMRAU Sub-postoffice
• Gymnasium
• Guest House
• Sonali Bank Branch and DBBL Fast Track with ATM Booth
• BSMRAU School
• Nursery/Children Park
• BECS Supershop
• Ansar Camp

Faculty building of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development[6] and a Veterinary Clinic is in under construction. There are also some proposed infrastructures including Students dormitory, international complex etc. For these to be accomplished govt. has to allot the university more lands which are still under the authority of Forest Department.

The university has been conducting researches from its inception shouldering active roles in national and international agricultural research arena. Teaching excellence and effective research are conclusively interrelated in academics and that of innovation in programs. Classrooms teaching are continually powered and enriched by those faculty members who are actively engaged in research. Faculty members of this university have many long and short term research projects and these projects are prepared as per national agricultural research needs and implemented. Some of the faculty members also prepare and implement research projects in collaboration with the national and international research scientists. In many cases, the postgraduate student research is linked with the research projects of the faculty members.The functions of the research management wing are to integrate the research programs undertaken by different academic departments, allocate budget, publish research abstracts, journals annual report, invite Research Management Committee (RMC) funded research project proposals, and to evaluate, implement and monitor these projects.[7] Some of the Research Journals Publishes by the University is given below:

• Annals of Bangladesh Agriculture (BSMRAU)[8]

• Bangladesh Journal of Entomology (BES/BSMRAU)

• Bangladesh Journal of Plant Breeding and Genetics (BSMRAU)

• Bangladesh Journal of Plant Pathology (BPS/BSMRAU)

Besides the University publishes An Informative Magazine about its various activities called "BSMRAU Barta".[9]

BSMRAU have developed 44 improved varieties of vegetables, cereals, pulses, fruits and flowers which are commercially cultivated by farmers throughout Bangladesh due to their high yield and nutritional potentials.[10]

As of Spain based Scimago Institutional Rankings for the Year 2020 BSMRAU Ranks 761 in the World and 6th in Overall Bangladeshi Universities and Research Institutions.[11]

Agriculture Faculty Bulilding

• Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
• Agroforestry and Environment
• Agronomy
• Agricultural Engineering
• Agro-processing
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Environmental Science
• Biotechnology
• Computer Science and Information Technology( CSIT )
• Crop Botany
• Entomology
• Genetics and Plant Breeding
• Horticulture
• Plant Pathology
• Soil Science
• Seed Science and Technology Unit

Fisheries Faculty Building

• Department of Aquaculture
• Fisheries Biology and Aquatic Environment
• Fisheries Management
• Fisheries Technology
• Genetics and Fish Breeding

Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science Faculty Building

• Department of Anatomy & Histology
• Department of Animal Breeding & Genetics
• Department of Animal Science & Nutrition
• Department of Dairy & Poultry Science
• Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics & Reproductive Health
• Department of Medicine
• Department of Microbiology & Public Health
• Department of Pathobiology
• Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
• Department of Surgery & Radiology

AERD Faculty Building

• Department of Agricultural Economics
• Department of Agribusiness
• Department of Agricultural Finance & Cooperatives
• Department of Rural Development
• Department of Statistics

SAM Hall

SAM Hall

• Shaheed Ahsanullah Master Hall (SAM Hall)
• Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Hall

• Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall
• Ila Mitra Hall

Admission in undergraduate program in BSMRAU is competitive. To be eligible to apply to BS (Agriculture), BS (Fisheries), BS (Agricultural Economics) and DVM program in both the SSC(Secondary School Certificate) / equivalence and HSC(Higher Secondary School Certificate) / equivalence examinations, Candidate must have to acquire at least GPA of 3.00 in each and at least 7.00 in total excluding the fourth subject. In the case of GCE 0 Level and A Level Passed candidates, there should be a minimum B grade in 5 subjects in 0 level examination and a minimum B grade in each of the Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology subjects in A level examination. Note that in the case of 0 level and A level students, 1 point will be considered for A grade, 1 for B grade, 5 for C grade and 5 points for D grade. On the basis of merit from the applicants, five (ten) multiples of matte seats will be given the opportunity to participate in the admission test. Furthermore Both SSC / equivalent and HSC / equivalent examinations should be separate subjects in biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics. A new system of Cluster examination is introduced from the year of 2019-2020 for seven public universities of Bangladesh which provide Education in Agricultural science. These are Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University , Bangladesh Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Sylhet Agricultural University, Khulna Agricultural University and Patuakhali Science and Technology University. The cluster system reduced students suffering and financial costs. Admission test is held on each campus but at a time with same question.[12][13]

The total numbers of seat of four faculties of BSMRAU is as follows:

• Faculty of Agriculture: 110
• Faculty of Fisheries: 60
• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences: 60
• Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development: 100

Including all freedom fighter and other quotas, the total number of seats is 330. Multiple Choice questions will be set from English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics followed by the latest courses in the upper secondary level. Examination papers written in Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) procedure will be prepared in Bengali and English. Total 200 marks exam where 100 comes from SSC and HSC or equivalent exam results and another 100 comes from MCQ test exam marks.[14]

The Faculty of Graduate studies offers MS and PhD degree in specialized disciplines of Agriculture. The Dean, faculty of Graduate Studies as academic executive of the faculty co-ordinates the academic activities of the University at graduate level. The faculty of graduate studies includes of 22 (twenty Two) academic departments, 1(one) academic unit, 1(one) institute and 2 (two) supporting departments. Each academic department/unit/institute has a Board of Studies (BOS) chaired by the head of the respective department/unit/institute. The Dean is assisted by and Additional Registrar for academic matters and Deputy Controller of Examinations for examination issues.[15]