Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University

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Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University
হাজী মোহাম্মদ দানেশ বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়,দিনাজপুর
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Former name
List
  • Agricultural Extension Training Institute (1979-1988)
    Hajee Mohammad Danesh Agricultural College (1988-1999)
Type Public
Established1979 (1979) as College September 11, 1999;25 years ago (1999-09-11) as University
Affiliation University Grants Commission
Chancellor President Mohammed Shahabuddin
Vice-Chancellor Mohammed Enamullah
Academic staff
388
Students11,203 (2023)
Location
Dinajpur
,
Rangpur
,
Bangladesh

25°41′53″N88°39′18″E / 25.6980°N 88.6550°E / 25.6980; 88.6550
CampusSuburban, 135 acres
LanguageEnglish
Colors Shuttle Grey, Deep Sky Blue, and Pigment Green
Website hstu.ac.bd
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Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, commonly known by the acronym HSTU is a public university of Bangladesh. Locally, it is known as Hajee Danesh University. It is the first science and technology university in northern Bangladesh. Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University is named after prominent political leader and social activist Hajee Mohammad Danesh to honor his legacy as a champion of education, social progress, and rural development in northern Bangladesh.

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History

HSTU was established as an Agricultural Extension Training Institute (AETI) to award a three-year diploma in agriculture. The AETI was later upgraded to Hajee Mohammad Danesh Agricultural College in 1988 having an affiliation with the Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. Then the college was upgraded to the status of a university and renamed as Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University. The first batch of students was admitted for the 1999-2000 session. The Act of the university was passed on 8 July 2001 in the Jatio Shongsad (National Assembly) followed by a gazette notification on 8 April 2002. [4]

List of vice-chancellors

The following persons served as Vice Chancellor in Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University.

SequenceNameTake responsibilityTransfer of responsibility
1Musharraf Hossain Miah08 April 200230 August 2006
2Md. Motahar Hossain Mondol31 August 200621 April 2007
3Md. Ruhul Amin22 April 200702 September 2008
4M. Afzal Hossain03 September 200812 September 2012
5Md. Ruhul Amin27 September 201226 September 2016
6Mu. Abul Kasem2 February 20171 February 2021
7Bidhan CHandra Halder (Routine Duty)22 February 202129 June 2021
8M Kamruzzaman30 June 202110 August 2024
9Mohammed Enamullah22 October 2024present

Campus

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Dr. M A Wazed Building
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The campus

Dhaka-Dinajpur highway is located next to the campus. The distance of the campus from Dinajpur City is only 10 km. This university has a ceremony for green plants. There is a magnificent red-white brick building, Shahid Minar, a gymnasium, TSC, and a canteen in memory of martyrs.

The infrastructure includes a large central Jame Masjid, central Shaheed Minar, 5 academic buildings, an administrative building, 5 student hostels (one for international students), 3 female student hostels, a 100-seat VIP seminar room with modern furnishings, two more with 600 and 250 seats. Air-conditioned auditorium. Also, to complete a university, there are teachers-staff and staff club, 2 mosques, 136 residential units/buildings, 1 children's park, post office, Rupali Bank branch, Meghna Bank branch, workers barracks, round the clock internet facility, own electric line, large playground, engineering workshops, and the university's own transport system for students. Institute of Research and Training (IRT) for coordination and smooth conduct of research and training. There is a V. I. Also a 12 bedded medical center with P Guest House, Habiprabi School, Doctor, and Ambulance. Along with researched theses, reports, and journals, there is a rich library of 25 thousand books. A rich botanical garden with an interesting collection of rare plants and Jamparsnajm Center for Research under the supervision of various departments.

Library

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Library building

HSTU Library is a well furnished multi storied building. Its daily activities are done by different sections, such as Acquisition section, Circulation section, Processing section and Reference section which are situated at different locations in the Library Building. The administrative section of the library does the administrative activities. The acquisition Section is always working hard to collect all kinds of required documents for the users. Recently it has collected a great deal of different types of books for different faculties of this university. The circulation section is set on the ground floor of the library building. All the researchers, students, and teachers of this university may borrow their required books as per the rule from the Circulation Section for reading the book outside of the library or home. Only those books that are more than 2 copies are available for loan to students/ teachers/ researchers. The processing section does an important job. It prepares the catalogue and classification of all kinds of documents by using the AACR-2 code and D.D.C. scheme. It is located on the ground floor of the library building. The reference section is another important section. It is situated at the first floor and second floor of the building. Teachers, researchers and students may read the rare documents sitting in the Reference Section. It also provides photocopy facility against a nominal fee. Another important service of this section is current awareness service. It regularly sends the list of current received documents to the faculties. Thesis, 73 titled home and abroad journals and 15 Daily newspapers are kept at the 2nd floor of the building. All kind of users can read the journal, daily newspaper and thesis here. There is a cyber center in the Library. All users may use the cyber center against a nominal fee. [5]

Medical centre

The medical center offers free medical services to students, Medical Centerteachers, staffs and family members of the teachers and staff. The center provides service round-the-clock, seven-days-a-week, with five doctors and an ambulance facility. The center has 10 bed accommodation so that patients suffering from contagious diseases may be cared for in isolation. HSTU Medical center is also offering outdoor facilities. [6]

Muktijuddho Corner

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Transport

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Halls of residence

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Dormitory 2

Male halls

  • Sheikh Russel Hall
  • Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman Hall (D-2)
  • Tajuddin Ahmed Hall
  • Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall

Female halls

  • Sheikh Fajilatunnesa Mujib Hall
  • Ivy Rahman Hall
  • Kobi Sufia Kamal Hall
  • Sheikh Sayera Khatun Hall

An extended area for foreign students.

International halls

  • An extended area for international students.

Faculties

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Side view of Agriculture building
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One of the academic buildings 3Veterinary Building
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There are 9 faculties in HSTU with 45 departments:

  1. Faculty of Postgraduate
  2. Faculty of Agriculture
    • Department of Agronomy (AGN)
    • Department of Horticulture (HRT)
    • Department of Soil Science (SC)
    • Department of Entomology (ENT)
    • Department of Plant Pathology (PLP)
    • Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding (GPB)
    • Department of Crop Physiology and Ecology (CPE)
    • Department of Agricultural Extension (AEX)
    • Department of Agricultural Chemistry (ACH)
    • Department of Agroforestry and Environment (AGF)
    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB)
  3. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering
    • Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
    • Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE)
    • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)
  4. Faculty of Business Studies:
    • Department of Accounting (ACT)
    • Department of Management Studies (MGT)
    • Department of Marketing (MKT)
    • Department of Finance and Banking (FIB)
  5. Faculty of Fisheries
    • Department of Fisheries Biology and Genetics (FBG)
    • Department of Fisheries Management (FMG)
    • Department of Fisheries Technology (FTL)
    • Department of Aquaculture (AQC)
  6. Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Science
    • Department of Microbiology (MIC)
    • Department of Pathology and Parasitology (PPS)
    • Department of Dairy and Poultry Science (DPS)
    • Department of Anatomy and Histology (ANH)
    • Department of General Animal Science and Nutrition (GASN)
    • Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding (GAB)
    • Department of Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics (MSO)
    • Department of Physiology and Pharmacology (PPH)
  7. Faculty of Engineering
    • Department of Agricultural and Industrial Engineering (AIE)
    • Department of Food Processing and Preservation (FPP)
    • Department of Food Engineering and Technology (FET)
    • Department of Food Science and Nutrition (FSN)
    • Department of Architecture (ARCH)
    • Department of Civil Engineering (CE)
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME)
  8. Faculty of Science:
    • Department of Chemistry (CHE)
    • Department of Statistics (STAT)
    • Department of Mathematics (MAT)
    • Department of Physics (PHY)
  9. Faculty of Social Science & Humanities
    • Department of English (ENG)
    • Department of Economics (ECN)
    • Department of Sociology (SOC)
    • Department of Development Studies (DS)

Academics

Degrees offered

The university offers 23 undergraduate degrees under 9 faculties along with several postgraduate and doctoral courses.

Undergraduate degree programs

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A gate of the university

There are 1795 seats available for undergraduate admission. [9]

Undergraduate degrees offered by HSTU
FacultySubjectDegreeSeat
Faculty of Agriculture Agriculture B.Sc. (Hons.) 375
Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science and Engineering B.Sc. (Engineering) 60
Electronics and Communication Engineering B.Sc.(Engineering)60
Electrical and Electronic Engineering B.Sc.(Engineering)60
Faculty of Business Studies Accounting BBA 70
Marketing BBA70
Management BBA70
Finance & Banking BBA70
Faculty of Fisheries Fisheries B.Sc.(Hons.)80
Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Science Veterinary medicine DVM 80
Faculty of Engineering Food and Process Engineering B.Sc.(Engineering)60
Agricultural Engineering B.Sc.(Engineering)60
Architecture B.Arch. 30
Civil Engineering B.Sc.(Engineering)50
Mechanical Engineering B.Sc.(Engineering)50
Faculty of Science Physics B.Sc.(Hons.)75
Chemistry B.Sc.(Hons.)75
Mathematics B.Sc.(Hons.)80
Statistics B.Sc.(Hons.)80
Faculty of Social Science & Humanities English BA 70
Economics BSS 70
Sociology BSS60
Development Studies BSS40

Postgraduate degree programs

Faculty of Postgraduate Studies:
  • PhD
  • MA
  • MS
  • MBA
  • Evening MBA

Research

Three years of research under Md. Hasanuzzaman, chairman of the Genetics and Plant Breeding Department, led in 2014 to two new varieties of sweet pumpkins. The varieties, named "Hajee" and "Danesh", are higher yielding, sweeter, and have less fiber than other varieties grown in Bangladesh. [10]

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Saheed Minar at HSTU

Notable people

T. M. T. Iqbal, professor of horticulture [11] [12] [13] [14]

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  2. "Vice Chancellor's Message". HSTU.
  3. "HSTU at a glance". HSTU.
  4. "Home". Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University.
  5. "Library". HSTU.
  6. "Medical". HSTU.
  7. "Muktijuddho Corner". HSTU.
  8. "Transport". HSTU.
  9. "Admission". HSTU.
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