A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system .
77-508: PSTU may refer to: Patuakhali Science and Technology University , a university in Bangladesh Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado ( United Socialist Workers' Party ), a Brazilian political party Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores Unificado ( United Socialist Workers' Party (Argentina) ), an Argentine political party Perm State Technical University ,
154-483: A " principal and vice-chancellor." In the United States, heads of colleges and universities are typically called " president ." A multi-campus university system may be headed by a chancellor who serves as systemwide chief, with presidents governing individual institutions. This is more commonly seen in university systems which were belatedly formed by grouping together already-extant colleges or universities in
231-680: A Visiting Office. If a respected person visits, he signs the inspection form. Those who visited include SAARC Director, VCs and professors from various universities, members of Bangladesh Accreditation Council. University Central Library archive contains old newspapers, Agricultural College information, Academic Council records. Faculty of Agriculture Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering Faculty of Business Administration Faculty of Fisheries Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Faculty of Environmental Science and Disaster Management Faculty of Nutrition and Food Science Faculty of Law and Land Administration For
308-468: A binding and repair wing to preserve books that have become unusable due to heavy use. Various administrative binding works of the university are completed. 10. Circulation Section: This branch has been tirelessly providing library services by exchanging books among students, teachers, officers and employees. Open Access system is in operation to facilitate checking the need of books from this department. Books are issued through library cards. Library work
385-537: A chancellor as their figurehead leader. However, the day-to-day operations of the universities are under the directorship of a president (a provost in the case of Trinity College Dublin ). The National University of Ireland 's constituent universities do not have a chancellor each; rather, the president of each constituent university has the title of Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the NUI. In Dublin City University and
462-404: A chancellor as their titular head whose function is largely ceremonial. The governor of the state, appointed as the union's representative of state by the president, is the honorary chancellor of all State owned universities. The de facto head of any government university is the vice-chancellor. In private non-profit universities, normally the head of the foundation who has established the university
539-399: A deputy chancellor (known as the pro-chancellor in some universities). The chancellor and deputy chancellor are frequently drawn from the senior ranks of business or the judiciary (it is one of the few jobs considered compatible with judicial service). Some universities have a visitor who is senior to the chancellor. University disputes can be appealed from the governing board to the visitor (as
616-641: A few Canadian universities such as Queen's and McGill). In the Scottish practice, the one individual may have two sets of official robes, reflecting a continuing division of responsibilities between the two posts. The vice-chancellor's robes, therefore, should not be worn in the presence of the chancellor but should only be worn when deputizing for the chancellor. Almost all chief executives of institutions with university status in England, Wales and Northern Ireland use vice-chancellor as their title. The full titles of
693-787: A heavy burden. Second, university presidents are increasingly vulnerable to occupational burnout and either return to the faculty or flee academia for nonprofits or consulting. The average length of an American university president's term of office dropped from 8.5 years in 2006 to 5.9 years in 2023. A "vice-chancellor" (commonly called a "VC") serves as the chief executive of a university in England , Wales , Northern Ireland , New Zealand , Australia , Nepal , India , Bangladesh , Malaysia , Nigeria , Pakistan , Sri Lanka , South Africa , Kenya , other Commonwealth countries, and some universities in Hong Kong . In Scotland , Canada , and
770-458: A member ex officio of the board of every public university in his district. In Poland, the chancellor (kanclerz) is the head of many universities' administration and the leader of the non-academic staff while the rector is the academic head. The main academic bodies of the university consists of: rektor (the head of the university), prorector (deputy rektor), dziekan (the head of the faculty), prodziekan (deputy dziekan), senat (the main council of
847-559: A new vice-chancellor. Generally, the prime minister is considered the chancellor, and in his absence, the minister of education acts as the chancellor. In Pakistan, chancellor is normally the figurehead of the university, who is normally the provincial governor where that university exists. Day-to-day business of the university is run by the vice chancellor. In the Philippines, the De La Salle University designates
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#1732790273211924-407: 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. Swadesh Chandra Samanta joined PSTU as vice-chancellor on 17 May 2021. Before joining as vice-chancellor, he
1001-445: A room on the 4th floor of the library is currently working as a seminar room, equipped with projectors, sound boxes, chairs and tables. 8. SAARC Agricultural Center (SAC): Patuakhali University of Science and Technology and SAARC Agricultural Center were inaugurated on 26 December 2021 through a Memorandum of Understanding. It is equipped with textbooks gifted from SAC. The number of books is 138. 9. Binding Section: The library has
1078-529: A titular head called chancellor who is either an eminent person appointed by the Government of India (in central universities) or provincial governor (in state universities). The de facto head of a university is the vice-chancellor, the highest paid official of the university. Next in command are more than one pro-vice-chancellor in charge of academic as well as administrative and financial affairs. In deemed universities and institutes of national importance,
1155-633: A university in Perm , Russia Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University , a university in India Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title PSTU . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PSTU&oldid=993660029 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1232-457: Is 1338. Apart from books, videos, posters, documents and other documents related to Bangabandhu and liberation war are stored here. 6. Digital Resources Access Center: Digital Resource Access Center has 8 computers. Through which anyone can avail the online facility. The library is a registered member of UGC Digital Library(UDL) Consortium and GesLiCoB (Library Consortium of Bangladesh -formerly known as INASP-PERI consortium), through which it has
1309-550: Is a high-ranking officer below the president and equal to or below the provost, who might have vice-chancellors reporting to her or him. The title "chancellor" is sometimes used in K-12 education in a sense similar to superintendent of schools , particularly in urban school districts. The New York City Schools Chancellor is the chief executive officer of the New York City Department of Education , which manages
1386-529: Is a noteworthy anomaly as it once had the unique position of Emeritus Deputy Chancellor , a post created for John Lincoln upon his retirement from his long-held post of deputy chancellor in 2000. The position was not merely an honorary title, as it also retained for Lincoln a place in the University Council until his death in 2011. Chancellor is a titular position in Bangladesh always held by
1463-495: Is a registered member of UGC Digital Library (UDL) Consortium and GesLiCoB (Library Consortium of Bangladesh -formerly known as INASP-PERI consortium), through which it has the facility to download e-journals and e-books of reputed international quality publishers. In addition, Open Athens Remote Access Service has been activated.Vision: Aspires to be a global knowledge hub to learn, share and create. The Paviprabi Library building has 4 floors. The erstwhile Agricultural College library
1540-445: Is a significant collection of ebooks and e-journals online. The books are numbered according to the subject in duodecimal system, so that the books can be easily found. Patuakhali University of Science and Technology is working together through MoU with Vidyasagar University, India, and Bengal Library Association to maintain international standards. Moreover, work is going on for collaboration with IIT Kharagpur. The Central Library has
1617-660: Is being completed with 8 officers and 17 employees totaling 25 people. Each floor has a floor in-charge. Dr.Pankaj Kumar is currently serving as the chief librarian. He has been serving in this position since 2019. Prior to this, Md. Anwar Hossain has served since the establishment of the university. Total collection of library materials as on 30 June 2023 AD: 30487 books, 3048 journals, 2432 periodicals, 282 PhD theses, 2882 TMS theses, 789 MBA reports, 1357 BBA internship reports, 440 CSE internship reports, 670 Disaster Management InternshipsReport, there are 425 Food Science Internship Reports and 312 Fisheries Internship Reports.Moreover, there
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#17327902732111694-556: Is called a pro-vice-chancellor or deputy vice-chancellor; these were traditionally academics who were elected to take on additional responsibilities in addition to their regular teaching and research for a limited time, but are now increasingly commonly full-time appointments. In some universities (e.g. in Australian universities: Deakin University , Macquarie University ), there are several deputy vice-chancellors subordinate to
1771-470: Is called the provost , vice president of academic affairs, dean of faculties, or some other similar title. In the United States, the executive and ceremonial roles are not split, which means that a university president assumes an enormous burden in terms of the sheer breadth of their duties and responsibilities. The president is expected to preside over all major ceremonies, including graduations and presentations of awards and honors, while also reporting to
1848-591: Is currently used as the central library of the university. First there was a two storied building, now it has been enlarged to a new 4 storied building which is being used as a library. The sections of this library are:1. Reading room 2. Newspaper Zone 3. Open Discussion Room 4. Reference Section 5. Sahitya Karnar (recommended) 6. Bangabandhu corner 7. Thesis corner 8. Digital Resource Access Center 9. CIRC - Agricultural Book Centre 10. Seminar room 11. Job Corner (Recommended) 12. Binding section 13. Circulation Section 14. Library Research Development Centre A baby care center for
1925-539: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Patuakhali Science and Technology University Patuakhali Science and Technology University ( Bengali : পটুয়াখালী বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ) commonly referred to as PSTU is a public agricultural , science and technological research university located in Patuakhali in Bangladesh . It
2002-413: Is directed by either a rector (Rektor) or a president (Präsident), whose precise role may vary among universities. Traditionally, the chancellor had the role to represent the local king or later the government in the university and to make sure that the university is compliant with government laws and policies. After universities gained more autonomy in the 20th century, they also got more freedom in choosing
2079-550: Is headed by chancellor) are mostly headed by their respective university presidents. Meanwhile, private (esp. Catholic) institutions are headed by a rector. In the United Kingdom, a university Chancellorship is almost always a ceremonial position held by a prominent person; the Vice-Chancellor runs the administration and is the de facto university leader. In Scotland, day-to-day operations are typically handled by
2156-578: Is highly unusual for a university to recruit a president who lacks a strong track record in academic research or university administration. The average salary for college presidents in private, non-profit institutions in 2015 was $ 569,932, 9 percent higher than in 2014. There are two well-known problems with the American tradition of concentrating so much power and responsibility in a single person. First, American universities are notoriously bad at training faculty members and administrators to assume such
2233-473: Is more of a social, political and even historical nature. However some administrative duties still belong to the chancellor's jurisdiction despite their often arguably ceremonial nature. Examples of these include the appointment of new professors and docents . The chancellor of University of Helsinki (the oldest and largest in Finland) has also the right to be present and to speak in the plenary meetings of
2310-499: Is one of the titles of the rector ( recteur ), a senior civil servant of the Ministry of Education serving as manager of a regional educational district ( académie ). In his capacity as chancellor, the rector awards academic degrees to the university's graduates, oversees the legality of the universities' executive acts and channels funding from the ministry. The rector has no executive function in any university but remains
2387-510: Is still the case in the UK), but nowadays, such appeals are generally prohibited by legislation, and the position has only ceremonial functions (unlike the chancellor and deputy chancellor, who frequently preside at functions such as graduations, the visitor rarely attends university functions). The vice-chancellor usually serves as the chief executive of the university. Macquarie University in Sydney
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2464-407: Is the chancellor of the university and is the head of the university. For private university unlike the chancellor who heads the conventional Indian 'state university', the private university is headed by a president or chairman of private organization and have other posts like vice-chancellors, deans of faculties, registrar and controller of examinations. In Ireland, the four universities all have
2541-556: Is the incumbent Master of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans); meanwhile, the vice chancellor is the prior provincial of the Dominican Province of the Philippines. Their roles are largely ceremonial. The University of Santo Tomas is governed mainly by its rector magnificus in overseeing its academic, financial and other affairs. The Central Seminary under the University of Santo Tomas also has an appointed Chancellor who acts as
2618-581: The Council of State when matters regarding the university are discussed. Despite their role as the chancellor of only one university, they are often regarded as the political representative of Finland's entire university institution when they exercise their rights in the Council of State. In the history of Finland the office of the chancellor dates all the way back to the Swedish Empire , and later
2695-583: The International Islamic University of Malaysia used the term chancellor. While for IIUM, the Constitutional Head which has same degree as the chancellor is used. In Nepal, universities have a chancellor as ceremonial head. The de facto head of the university is the vice-chancellor. The chancellor is primarily responsible for attending the convocation programmes and accepting the resignation and appointment letter of
2772-539: The Republic of Ireland , the chief executive of a university is usually called a principal or (especially in the Republic of Ireland) a president , with vice-chancellor being an honorific associated with this title, allowing the individual to bestow degrees in the absence of the chancellor. In Northern Ireland , a Vice-Chancellor of a university also usually has the subsidiary titles of either President or Principal;
2849-575: The Russian Empire . Historically the chancellor's duty was to function as the official representative of the monarch in the autonomous university. The number of chancellors in Finnish universities has declined over the years, and in the vast majority of Finnish universities the highest official is the rector. The remaining universities with chancellors are University of Helsinki and Åbo Akademi University . In France, chancellor ( chancelier )
2926-667: The University of Limerick , the chancellor is also the chairman of the university's governing authority. In Malaysia, the chancellor position is given to dignitaries such as royalty or prominent politicians by universities to represent the universities in the political arena. For example, the chancellor of University of Malaya , the oldest university in Malaysia is Sultan Nazrin Shah , the Sultan of Perak . All public universities except
3003-795: The 20th century, such as the State University of New York , the City University of New York , and the California State University . In many state university systems which began with a single flagship campus in the 18th or 19th century and gradually delegated operational authority to satellite campuses during the 20th century, the titles are reversed. This is the case in Arkansas , California , North Carolina , Illinois , Massachusetts , Missouri , and Wisconsin . Outside of university systems, presidents are
3080-478: The 21st century, although the title of the chief executive of Durham University as " vice-chancellor and warden " dates back to 1937 (and refers back to the use of "warden" as the title of the chief executive of the university from its foundation to 1909). Some examples of the use of "president" include the University of Manchester (in England), where the statutes define the title of the chief executive officer of
3157-502: The 3rd floor, the questions of all the exams of the university are kept. 5. Bangabandhu Corner: On one side of the second floor of the library is the Bangabandhu Corner. This corner is full of books on the great independence war of Bangladesh, history-tradition and the life and work of Bangabandhu. It contains books written by Bangabandhu, books related to Bangabandhu, books related to liberation war. The total number of books
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3234-469: The 4th floor for the study of teachers and faculty members. 2. Newspaper Zone: The newspaper zone on the ground floor has a total of 7 newspapers for students to read. Besides, the library also has old newspapers in its collection. 3. Open Discussion Room: The Open Discussion Room is located on the second floor of the old building. One day in every week, the Pathchakra is held here on the initiative of
3311-574: The Nobel prize winner Sir Martin Evans . The private London-based liberal-arts university Richmond, The American International University in London utilises the same system as in the United States but also with a ceremonial chancellor as figurehead. In most stand-alone universities and colleges in the United States, the chief executive officer is called the president, while the second-most senior officer
3388-559: The academic building. The main campus occupies 97.00 acres (39.25 ha) including a 37.00-acre (149,700 m ) agricultural research farm. It has two campus. The 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 200 acres (0.81 km ) of land at Kuakata,
3465-575: The affiliation of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh in 1979 with the objective of producing agricultural graduates offering the BSc.Ag. (Hons.) degree. The college was nationalised on 1 February 1985 and was placed under the administrative control of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Ministry of Agriculture together with BAU affiliation. The government of Bangladesh launched
3542-409: The board of trustees and personally handling certain high-level executive functions: external relations (especially public relations and fundraising) and long-range planning and strategy (especially the creation and termination of university degrees, programs, and policies). Most other decisions are delegated to their second in command, especially operational day-to-day decisions. The provost often has
3619-481: The campus of former Patuakhali Agricultural College as its nucleus. The university started with the Faculty of Agriculture offering four-year BSc Ag. (Hons.) 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
3696-503: The chancellor by themselves. However, still today the chancellor is not an administrator who is entirely subordinate to the president but an office holder who oversees a host of responsibilities assigned to him or her directly by higher education law. This can give the chancellor a considerable veto power in the university leadership. In Hong Kong, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong (and before 1997, Governor of Hong Kong ) acts as
3773-460: The chancellor heads. Assisting the vice-chancellor, the roles of deputy vice-chancellors and pro vice-chancellors have emerged to better manage the administrative overhead of the position. Canadian university vice-chancellors almost always carry the title of " president (or equivalent) and vice-chancellor"; likewise, in Scotland, they hold the position of " principal and vice-chancellor" (as do
3850-560: The chancellor of all chartered universities, which includes all eight public universities and Hong Kong Metropolitan University . Day-to-day operation is in the hands of either a vice-chancellor (older and established institutions) or a president (in newer institutions), depending on the institution. In post-Soviet states and Turkey, the head of the university is called a "rector." Some universities in Russia and Ukraine also have figurehead "presidents." In India, almost all universities have
3927-472: The chancellor. In a number of British universities, the title of president is used alongside that of vice-chancellor for the chief executive officer, as either "president and vice-chancellor" or "vice-chancellor and president". Historically, the title of president was used for the ceremonial heads of constituent institutions of the University of Wales , thus the politician Neil Kinnock was President of Cardiff University from 1998 until succeeded in 2009 by
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#17327902732114004-560: The children of female officers may be added in future so that they can perform their duties smoothly. 1. Classroom: The reading room is located on the second floor of the library building. 200 people can sit together and study in it. All reading rooms are Wi-Fi enabled and air-conditioned. Besides, necessary and rare books are kept around the reading room for the students. They can read about it. But these books cannot be taken out. Carroll Services for Teachers aims to create an environment of focused study and research. There are separate rooms on
4081-584: The city's public school system (the largest in the United States). The leader of the District of Columbia Public Schools system is also referred to as the chancellor. University president is the title of the highest-ranking officer within the academic administration of a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as chancellor or rector . The relative seniority varies between institutions. In France,
4158-406: The executive head of a specific campus may have the title of chancellor and report to the overall system's president, or vice versa. In both Australia and New Zealand, a chancellor is the chairperson of a university's governing body; thus, as well as having ceremonial duties, the chancellor participates in the governance of the university (but not its active management). The chancellor is assisted by
4235-624: The executive secretary of the rector and the guardian of the archives of the seminary. Sem. Gerard Louiez P. Mapalo I is currently the Chancellor of the seminary. On the other hand, the San Beda System has the prior or the abbot of Our Lady of Montserrat Abbey (Manila) as its chancellor for its constituent units while a rector-president heads each constituent unit. Other universities in the Philippines (such as state universities like Mindanao State University where each constituent campus
4312-413: The facility to download e-journals and e-books of reputed international publishers. It has access to and download of e-journals and e-books of world renowned Emerald, JSTOR, IEEE, Wiley online Library, HINARI, AGORA, Research4Life. Moreover, there is Turn It In software for plagiarism checking. Which has access to teachers and students engaged in research. 7. Seminar Room (Recommended): Although proposed,
4389-411: The final say on resource allocation decisions, difficult tenure decisions, whether to initiate recruiting of star faculty from other institutions, and whether to initiate defensive measures against such recruiting of the institution's own star faculty. University presidents typically ascend to the position from academic careers (i.e., after earning tenure and becoming professors and then deans), and it
4466-475: The functional chief executive officers of most standalone U.S. universities. However, a few universities, such as Syracuse University and the University of Pittsburgh , have a chancellor as their chief executive officer. There are occasional other uses of the title "chancellor." The College of William & Mary uses the term "chancellor" in the British sense, as a figurehead leader, but the actual executive of
4543-411: The governing body; if not, this duty is often held by a chairperson who may be known as a pro-chancellor . In many countries, the administrative and educational head of the university is known as the president, principal or rector . In the United States, the head of a university is most commonly a university president. In U.S. university systems that have more than one affiliated university or campus,
4620-511: The head of its university as the chancellor. For the University of the Philippines, the entire system is headed by a president, while the eight constituent universities under the system is each headed by a chancellor. The chancellor designates the different vice-chancellors for different areas of concern of the university: academic affairs, finance, and community affairs, among others. Some more universities like University of Santo Tomas and other colleges institutions have chancellors. Its chancellor
4697-437: The head of the institution is either called director general or director , the latter designation being more commonly used in academic terms in the subcontinent. The President of Bangladesh is the titular chancellor of all universities in Bangladesh, public or private. The vice chancellor is the executive head, and his/her deputy, the pro-vice chancellor holds a full-time administrative office. The Prime Minister of Nepal
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#17327902732114774-512: The incumbent President of Bangladesh under the Private Universities Act 1992. The position in public universities is not fixed for the president under any acts or laws (since the erection of a state university in Bangladesh requires an act to be passed in itself), but it has been the custom so far to name the incumbent president of the country as chancellor of all state universities thus established. The day-to-day business of
4851-427: The male students For the female students Vice-chancellor In most Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor is usually a ceremonial non-resident head of the university. In such institutions, the chief executive of a university is the vice-chancellor, who may carry an additional title such as president (e.g. "president & vice-chancellor"). The chancellor may serve as chairperson of
4928-408: The president is the elected chair of the board and chief executive officer in universities. The president is always elected by the board among the professors of the university. The president serves a four-year term which is renewable once. The chancellor is a servant of the Ministry of Education who supervises regional educational districts. There is no hierarchical relation between the president and
5005-466: The school is the "president", not a "vice-chancellor." Some schools, such as Lubbock Christian University , give the ceremonial title of "chancellor" to a retiring university president. The Catholic University of America is headed by a president (formerly "rector"), with the Archbishop of Washington serving as chancellor, a ceremonial position but one which does require the archbishop to represent
5082-604: The southernmost tourist resort of Bangladesh. This faculty will conduct research on fish covering inland and marine fisheries. Central Library of Patuakhali University of Science and Technology, the largest library in Patuakhali district was established during the Agricultural College period. The current book collection of this library is around 45 thousand. The library is controlled and managed by Patuakhali Science and Technology University Authority. .The library
5159-447: The title is Vice-Chancellor and President at The Queen's University of Belfast . The role of the VC contrasts with that of the chancellor, who is usually a prominent public figure who acts as a ceremonial figurehead only (e.g., the chancellor of the University of Cambridge for 36 years was Prince Philip ), while the vice-chancellor is the chief executive. An assistant to a vice-chancellor
5236-629: The university as "President and Vice-Chancellor", Queen's University Belfast (in Northern Ireland) and Cardiff University (in Wales). The chief executives of some member institutions of the University of London also use the title vice-chancellor, e.g. Birkbeck , the London School of Economics (as "president and vice-chancellor") and St George's, University of London In India, most central and state level universities have
5313-515: The university before the Holy See . This scenario, while not always exactly duplicated, is typical in other Catholic universities due to the Catholic hierarchy. In some schools run by Catholic religious orders, the rector of the community supersedes the president when the latter is a member of that religious order. In some universities, such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology , the chancellor
5390-413: The university has a chancellor (Finnish: Kansleri , Swedish: Kansler ), they are the leading official in the university. The duties of the chancellor are mainly to promote sciences and to look after the best interests of the university. As the rector of the university (Finnish: rehtori , Swedish: rektor ) remains the de facto administrative leader and chief executive official, the role of the chancellor
5467-405: The university is run by the vice chancellor. The vice chancellor has a deputy called the pro-vice-chancellor. Canadian universities have a titular chancellor similar to those in England and Wales , with day-to-day operations typically handled by a principal . The vice-chancellor usually carries the joint title of " president and vice-chancellor" or " rector and vice-chancellor." In Finland, if
5544-458: The university students. 4. Reference Section: Reference Section on 3rd Floor of the Library. Various theses, journals, term papers, reports are collected here for the research of teachers and students. Moreover, the library collection has access and download facility of e-journals and e-books of world renowned Emerald, JSTOR, IEEE, Wiley online Library, HINARI, AGORA, Research4Life. Moreover, on
5621-461: The university). In universities with presidential constitution, the university's president holds both the functions of chancellor and rector. Similarly, in Germany the chancellor (Kanzler) is the head of the administration, and regularly is recruited not from a scholarly but from an administrative background. The chancellor is a member of the governing body of the university (Hochschulleitung), which
5698-404: The vice-chancellor, with pro-vice-chancellor being a position at executive level ranking below deputy vice-chancellor . The executive head of an Australian university is the vice-chancellor, who serves as the university equivalent of a chief executive officer. The vice-chancellor is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the university and reports directly to the University Council, which
5775-529: The vice-chancellors of Oxford and Cambridge universities, used only in formal address, are "the Reverend the Vice-Chancellor" and "the Right Worshipful the Vice-Chancellor" respectively. Additional titles are sometimes used alongside vice-chancellor in England and Wales. Most of these involve the use of either "president and vice-chancellor" or "vice-chancellor and president", and have arisen in
5852-628: Was established as Patuakhali Agricultural College in 1972 and gained university status in 2000. PSTU has given affiliation to the Barisal Government Veterinary College as its constituent faculty. An outer campus is situated at Babuganj under Barishal district. This is the only science and technology university and first public university in Barisal division. PSTU formally started functioning after promulgation of government gazette notification on 8 July 2000 with
5929-626: Was serving the Department of Agronomy of the Patuakhali Science and Technology University as professor and also as the Dean of Faculty of Agriculture of the same university. The PSTU campus is at Dumki Upazila under Patuakhali District . It is about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) 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
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