Khulna University has earned a lot reputation all over the country for being the only public university campus free from student politics. It is one of the greatest University in Bangladesh. Khulna University is situated at Gollamari, Khulna.. The K.U act passed in parliament on July 1990. University started its activity through a formal inauguration of academic activities in 1991 by the then prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia. The academic programs of Khulna University started on 31 August 1991 with only 80 students in four disciplines. Currently, Khulna university has 18 disciplines under five schools and one institute.
Besides studies lots of cultural program are held in university campus by different cultural organizations run by the students of University through out the year. In spite of these national big days lots of other cultural programs are held in which biggest celebrations are yearly Rag Day, anniversary celebration of K.U on 25th November, the Pahela Baishake(1st day of Bangla new year) celebration. There are five Schools in Khulna University:
1 Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) School
2 Life Science (LS) School
3 School of Management and Business Administration (SOMBA)
4 Social Science School
5 Arts and Humanities School
Under five schools there are eighteen Disciplines:
1 Agrotechnology Discipline
2 Architecture Discipline
3 Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Discipline
4 Business Administration Discipline
5 Chemistry Discipline
6 Computer Science and Engineering Discipline
7 Economics Discipline
8 Electronics and Communication Engineering Discipline
9 English Discipline
10 Environmental Science Discipline
11 Fisheries and Marine Resources Technology Discipline
12 Forestry and Wood Technology Discipline
13 Mathematics Discipline
14 Pharmacy Discipline
15 Physics Discipline
16 Soil Science Discipline
17 Sociology Discipline
18 Urban and Rural Planning Discipline
Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) School:
Architecture (ARCH)
Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE
Mathematics (MATH
Urban and Rural Planning (URP)
Chemistry (CHEM)
Physics (PHY)
Life Science (LS) School:
Agrotechnology (AT)
Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (BGE)
Environmental Science (ES)
Fisheries and Marine Resources Technology (FMRT)
Forestry and Wood Technology (FWT)
Pharmacy (PHARM)
Soil Science (SS)
School of Management and Business Administration (SOMBA):
Business Administration (BA)
Social Science School:
Economics
Sociology
Arts and Humanities School:
English
Bangla Language and Literature
Khulna University has three halls of residence for the students:
Khan Jahan Ali Hall
Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Hall
Aparajita Hall