Khulna University
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1991 |
| Chancellor | President Abdul Hamid |
| Vice-Chancellor | Md. Fayek Uz Zaman |
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Academic staff
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348 |
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Administrative staff
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594 |
| Students | 5,616 [2016] |
| Undergraduates | 3,963 |
| Postgraduates | 1,015 |
| 44 | |
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Other students
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387 |
| Location |
Khulna, Bangladesh 22°48′07″N 89°31′59″E / 22.802°N 89.533°ECoordinates: 22°48′07″N 89°31′59″E / 22.802°N 89.533°E |
| Campus | Urban, 106 acres |
| Affiliations |
ACU UGC (BD) |
| Website | ku |
Khulna University (Bengali: খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a public university in Bangladesh. It is situated at Gollamari, Khulna, Bangladesh, by the river Moyur, beside the Khulna-Satkhira highway. The academic programs of Khulna University started on 31 August 1991 with 80 students in four disciplines. Khulna University has 28 disciplines under six schools and one institute. It is the only university in Bangladesh where student politics is not allowed. Students passing the Higher Secondary Certificate examination are very much interested in their admission in Khulna University for this politics-free environment. Khulna is an administrative division as well as the third largest metropolitan city in Bangladesh. The Mongla Sea Port, the Shipyard, the Bangladesh Naval Base are in Khulna. Khulna is an industrial city and famous for the Sundarbans.
In 1974, the Kudrat-e-Khuda Commission stated the importance of establishing a public university in Khulna Division in its final report. The government finalized the programme of establishing a university at Khulna on 4 January 1987 and the Khulna University Act was passed in the Bangladesh National Parliament in July 1990. Distinctive law named খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় আইন (The Khulna University Act, 1990) passed in the parliament empowers the university. The university started its formal inauguration of academic activities on 25 November 1991.
The academic program of the university commenced in August 1991 with four disciplines: Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Architecture, Business Administration (BA), and Urban and Rural Planning (URP).
In the following year, Forestry and Wood Technology (FWT) and Fisheries and Marine Resources Technology (FMRT) disciplines started up. Now there are 22 disciplines under five schools and one institute. The medium of instruction is English.
There are five schools in Khulna University, which have 28 discipline:
Agrotechnology Discipline started its academic activities in 1996 with a production-oriented course curriculum having provisions for field crops, horticultural crops, fisheries, agribusiness, livestock, agricultural extension as a whole integrated curriculum offering four years undergraduate course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. The Discipline has started enrolling students for MS in Agronomy, MS in Horticulture & PhD in Agronomy, Horticulture and some other major subjects of agriculture.
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