Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University


Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University is a public university located in Dinajpur, Rangpur Division, Bangladesh. It is the first science and technology university in the northern part of the country. This 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.
WWW hstu.ac.bd

History

HSTU was established as an Agricultural Extension Training Institute 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 followed by a gazette notification on 8 April 2002.

List of vice-chancellors

The following persons served as Vice Chancellor in Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University:
No.NameTerm startTerm end
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
6M. Abul Kashem2 February 20171 February 2021
7Bidhan Chandra Halder 22 February 202129 June 2021
8M Kamruzzaman30 June 202110 August 2024
9Mohammed Enamullah22 October 2024Present

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, 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 for coordination and smooth conduct of research and training. There is a V. I. P Guest House, Habiprabi School. Also a 12 bedded medical center with 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

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.

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.

Halls of residence

Male halls

  • Shaheed Nur Hossain Hall
  • Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman Hall
  • Shaheed Abrar Fahad Hall
  • Bijoy 24 Hall

Female halls

  • Begum Rokeya Hall
  • Nawab Faizunnesa Hall
  • Kobi Sufia Kamal Hall
  • Khurshid Zahan Haque Hall
An extended area for foreign students.

International halls

  • An extended area for international students.

Faculties

There are 9 faculties in HSTU with 45 departments:
  1. Faculty of Postgraduate
  2. Faculty of Agriculture
  3. * Department of Agronomy
  4. * Department of Horticulture
  5. * Department of Soil Science
  6. * Department of Entomology
  7. * Department of Plant Pathology
  8. * Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding
  9. * Department of Crop Physiology and Ecology
  10. * Department of Agricultural Extension
  11. * Department of Agricultural Chemistry
  12. * Department of Agroforestry and Environment
  13. * Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  14. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering
  15. * Department of Computer Science and Engineering
  16. * Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
  17. * Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  18. Faculty of Business Studies:
  19. * Department of Accounting
  20. * Department of Management Studies
  21. * Department of Marketing
  22. * Department of Finance and Banking
  23. Faculty of Fisheries
  24. * Department of Fisheries Biology and Genetics
  25. * Department of Fisheries Management
  26. * Department of Fisheries Technology
  27. * Department of Aquaculture
  28. Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Science
  29. * Department of Microbiology
  30. * Department of Pathology and Parasitology
  31. * Department of Dairy and Poultry Science
  32. * Department of Anatomy and Histology
  33. * Department of General Animal Science and Nutrition
  34. * Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding
  35. * Department of Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics
  36. * Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
  37. Faculty of Engineering
  38. * Department of Agricultural and Industrial Engineering
  39. * Department of Food Processing and Preservation
  40. * Department of Food Engineering and Technology
  41. * Department of Food Science and Nutrition
  42. * Department of Architecture
  43. * Department of Civil Engineering
  44. * Department of Mechanical Engineering
  45. Faculty of Science:
  46. * Department of Chemistry
  47. * Department of Statistics
  48. * Department of Mathematics
  49. * Department of Physics
  50. Faculty of Social Science & Humanities
  51. * Department of English
  52. * Department of Economics
  53. * Department of Sociology
  54. * Department of Development Studies

Academics

Degrees offered

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

Undergraduate degree programs

There are 1795 seats available for undergraduate admission.
FacultySubjectDegreeSeat
Faculty of AgricultureAgricultureB.Sc. (Hons.)375
Faculty of Computer Science and EngineeringComputer Science and EngineeringB.Sc. (Engineering)60
Faculty of Computer Science and EngineeringElectronics and Communication EngineeringB.Sc.60
Faculty of Computer Science and EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringB.Sc.60
Faculty of Business StudiesAccountingBBA70
Faculty of Business StudiesMarketingBBA70
Faculty of Business StudiesManagementBBA70
Faculty of Business StudiesFinance & BankingBBA70
Faculty of FisheriesFisheriesB.Sc.80
Faculty of Veterinary and Animal ScienceVeterinary medicineDVM80
Faculty of EngineeringFood and Process EngineeringB.Sc.60
Faculty of EngineeringAgricultural EngineeringB.Sc.60
Faculty of EngineeringArchitectureB.Arch.30
Faculty of EngineeringCivil EngineeringB.Sc.50
Faculty of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringB.Sc.50
Faculty of SciencePhysicsB.Sc.75
Faculty of ScienceChemistryB.Sc.75
Faculty of ScienceMathematicsB.Sc.80
Faculty of ScienceStatisticsB.Sc.80
Faculty of Social Science & HumanitiesEnglishBA70
Faculty of Social Science & HumanitiesEconomicsBSS70
Faculty of Social Science & HumanitiesSociologyBSS60
Faculty of Social Science & HumanitiesDevelopment StudiesBSS40

Postgraduate degree programs

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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.