Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh

Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy of Bangladesh. Nearly half of its GDP comes from the agricultural sector. This sector is composed of crop, livestock, fisheries and forestry sub-sectors. Although Bangladesh has an agrarian economy, the share of agriculture to GDP has been decreasing over the last few years. Significant technological development has been made in recent decades leading to increase in agricultural production, but this is not sufficient to meet the increasing demand of food and agro-based industry of the country.

Further improvement in agriculture sector demands highly skilled and technically qualified manpower to run the agricultural research, extension and development activities for increasing food grain, livestock, and poultry and fish production. The Government of Bangladesh has put in place a comprehensive array of policies aimed at bringing socio-economic improvement to the people of Bangladesh.

Officially the Sylhet Agricultural University has started its formal function on 2 November 2006 following issuance of a notification by the Government as per requirement of the “Sylhet Agricultural University Act 2006” which was passed in the National Parliament on 3 October 2006. In fact, the faculty of Veterinary and Animal Science has come into being through the up gradation of Sylhet Gov...ernment Veterinary College (SGVC). The SGVC was established in 1995 and had been functioning as “School of Life Sciences” under Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet Bangladesh.

Sylhet Government Veterinary College, now Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Science has so far produced nearly 400 graduates. Graduates of this University have been playing a vital role in the development of Livestock production, up gradation, treatment, agricultural sub-system, and agro-based economy. They are involved in various national and international services ranging from civil service to RVFC (Remount Veterinary and Farm Core). Presently about 2000 undergraduate and 50 internship students are enrolled in this University.

The main task of the university is to tone up the quality and standard of higher agricultural education and to produce first rate agriculturists, agricultural scientists and technologists for shouldering the responsibilities of agricultural development of the country. To achieve the objectives over 90 percent of the recurring budget and the entire development fund come from the government through University Grants Commission (UGC).

Academic departments

Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Science

• Departments of Anatomy and Histology
• Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
• Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Department of Dairy and Poultry Science
• Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding
• Department of Animal Nutrition and Livestock Management
• Department of Pathology and Parasitology
• Department of Microbiology and Hygiene
• Department of Medicine and Surgery

Faculty of Agriculture

• Department of Agronomy and Hawor Agriculture
• Department of Soil Science
• Department of Crop Botany
• Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding
• Department of Horticulture
• Department of Plant Pathology and Seed Science
• Department of Entomology
• Department of Agricultural Extension Education
• Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
• Department of Agroforestry and Environmental Science
• Department of Agricultural Chemistry
• Department of Agronomy and Seed Science
• Department of Language
• Department of Tea Production and Technology

Faculty of Fisheries

• Department of Fisheries Biology and Genetics

• Department of Aquaculture

• Department of Aquatic Resource Management

• Department of Fisheries Technology and Resource Utilization

• Department of Coastal and Marine Fisheries

• Department of Fish Health Management

Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Business Studies

• Department of Production Economics (PEC)
• Department of Agribusiness and Marketing (AGM)
• Department of Agricultural Finance and Management (AFM)
• Department of Agricultural Statistics and Computer Application (ASC)
• Department of Rural Sociology and Development (RSD)

Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology

• Farm Structure and Environmental Engineering Department
• Farm Power, Machinery and Automobile Engineering Department
• Sewerage, Irrigation and Water Management Engineering Department
• Food Science and Engineering Department
• Computer Science and Mathematics Engineering Department

Proposed faculties

• Faculty of Food Engineering and Technology 

Website Address: www.sau.ac.bd/