PatuakhaliScience and Technology University is a government-financed public university in Patuakhali, Bangladesh. PSTU has given affiliation to the Barisal Government Veterinary College as its constituent faculty.As a outer campus is situated at Babuganj under Barishal district.. This is the only science and technology university and first public university in Barisal division.
History
PSTU formally started functioning after promulgation of government gazette notification on 8 July 2000 with the campus of former Patuakhali Agricultural College as its nucleus. The university started with the Faculty of Agriculture offering four-year BSc Ag. degrees. The Patuakhali Science and Technology University was developed at the private initiative of the local people through the establishment of a higher secondary institute in 1972 as a private college. It was then turned to Patuakhali Agricultural College under the affiliation of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh in 1979 with the objective of producing agricultural graduates offering the BSc.Ag. degree. The college was nationalised on 1 February 1985 and was placed under the administrative control of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture together with BAU affiliation. The government of Bangladesh launched a project to establish a science and technology university where none existed. The project advocated the transformation of Patuakhali Agricultural College into the full-fledged Patuakhali Science and Technology University that came into being through a Parliamentary Act passed on 12 July 2001.
Administration
Professor Dr. Md. Harun-Or-Rashid joined PSTU as its 8th vice-chancellor on 5 January 2017. Before joining as vice chancellor, he was serving the Department of Agronomy of the Patuakhali Science and Technology University as professor and also as the Director of Planning Division of the same university.
Location
The PSTU campus is at Dumki Upazila under Patuakhali District. It is about north of Patuakhali district town and can easily be reached by public transportation. It has a compact campus with halls of residence within walking distance of the academic building. The campus occupies of land including agricultural research farm. It has two campus. Main campus is located in Dumki Upazila under Patuakhali District and another is located in Babuganj Upazila under Barishal District. With a view to establishing a Fisheries Faculty, it has a plan to acquire of land at Kuakata, the southernmost tourist resort of Bangladesh. This faculty will conduct research on fish covering inland and marine fisheries.
