MBSTU’s Sirajganj veterinary faculty cleared to admit 40 students after a gap of several years
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The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science at the Sirajganj campus of Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU) has received approval to admit 40 students in the 2026-2027 academic session. The approval was given by the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC).
The UGC’s Public University Management Division gave its consent and advice for admitting new students to the faculty in a letter on 12 November.
This reopens the way for new admissions to the faculty after several years. It is being seen as a significant milestone in the university’s institutional and academic progress.
The university’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dr ABM Shahidul Islam, said permission to admit students to the faculty at the Sirajganj campus was very happy and positive news for the university. They have been working continuously to overcome past limitations and crises and turn the institution into a centre of quality higher education and research. He thanked the UGC for approving the admission of 40 students. He hopes the admissions will bring new momentum to the overall academic activities of the campus.
The Vice-Chancellor also said their main goal is to ensure modern, practical and internationally standard veterinary education, so that students can establish themselves as skilled and humane graduates able to tackle the challenges of the livestock sector at national and international levels. Alongside the main campus, the university administration is giving top priority to expanding infrastructure, laboratories and research opportunities at the Sirajganj campus. He sought the cooperation of all concerned in including the faculty in the agriculture cluster for the admission of its 40 students in the 2026-2027 academic session.
The faculty’s academic structure and prospects
According to the approved academic structure, the faculty has a total of nine departments or departmental areas. They are: 1. Anatomy and Histology, 2. Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, 3. Pathology and Parasitology, 4. Microbiology, 5. Medicine and Surgery, 6. Animal Science and Nutrition, 7. Genetics and Animal Breeding, 8. Dairy and Poultry Science, and 9. Agricultural Economics, Social Science and Statistics.
The faculty will award a five-year ‘BSc in Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry’ degree, with a total of 200 to 228 credits. The approved structure also includes plans to introduce MS, MPhil and PhD-level advanced research in the future in basic and applied veterinary biomedical fields and livestock production. The faculty currently has 5 teachers and 10 employees.
Background to its founding
With the aim of building a skilled workforce for the livestock sector, the infrastructure of a government development project was built at Ajugara in Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj over the period from June 2013 to June 2018. It started its journey in 2019 as ‘Sirajganj Government Veterinary College’. Affiliated with Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, it admitted students for two academic sessions (2019-20 and 2020-21). Admissions were later suspended because of a shortage of teachers, administrative complications and a session backlog caused by student protests.
To end this long deadlock, in line with a government decision, the institution was fully incorporated as a faculty of Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University on 29 June 2024. On 30 October of the same year, the first examinations under the university began successfully. The faculty currently has a total of 87 students in two batches: 43 from the first batch in the first semester of the fifth year, and 44 from the second batch in the first semester of the fourth year.
The UGC decision has opened a new door of opportunity for livestock development and higher education in Sirajganj and the wider northern region.
Admissions will begin through the proper process in accordance with the rules.
Sources
Original report: Bangladesh Pratidin
