Department of Soil Science is one of the oldest departments of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University. The department is dedicated to teaching soil science subjects to undergraduate and post graduate students. There has been a significant increase in the areas of specialization, laboratory facilities and number of courses offered over the years in this department. So far 35 students have been awarded Master of Science (Soil Science) degree form this department. There are 3 professors, 3 associate Professors, 1 assistant professor and 4 lecturers in this department.               
OBJECTIVES

1. To carry out the fundamental and applied research on soils especially in soil physics, soil fertility, macro, secondary and micronutrients, agricultural chemicals, farm and industrial wastes, soil pollution and contamination and crop modeling.
2. To develop soil based technologies for the increased biomass production in the agricultural lands, degraded lands, waste lands, polluted and contaminated lands.
3. To offer the courses in the different disciplines of Soil Science for the undergraduate degree programmes in Agriculture and Masters programmes in Soil Science

VISION

1. Development of soil test based fertilizer recommendations for agricultural crops.
2. Optimization of Micronutrients for vegetables.
3. Development of land resource management techniques for coastal soil.
4. Development of quality indicators and testing methods for organic manures, fertilizers under organic farming.
5. Fertilizer management for improved nutrient use efficiency.

List of courses offered by the department:

1. Courses at Postgrauate (Masters) Level:

2. Courses at Undergraduate level:

List of teachers and staffs with e-mail address and fields of interest:

Research Activities:

The department is actively involved in major research areas as

• Soil Degradation & Remediation
• Nutrient Management in crops & soils
• Soil Testing Crop Response studies
• Long Term Fertilizer Experiment
• Sustainable Nutrient Management in Agriculture
• Environmental Pollution & Remediation
• Pesticide residues in soil, water and plants
• Recycling of industrial and farm wastes in Agriculture
• Heavy metal contamination in soils, plants and waters

Current Research Projects:
 
1. “Effect of Natural Inhibitors on Transformation of N- Fertilizer and Behavior of Denitrifying Bacteria in Rice Field” whom  Principle Investigator is Professor Dr. Nurul Islam.

2.  “Processing and use of crop residues, sugar mill wastes and tannery wastes as a source of plant nutrients and their effects on soil quality” sponsored by Ministry of Science and Information, Communication and Technology, Govt. of Bangladesh whom Principle Investigator is Professor Dr. Gopi Nath Chandra Sutradhar.