[3] In 1974, the Kudrat-e-Khuda Commission stated the importance of establishing a public university in Khulna Division in its final report.

The academic program of the university commenced in August 1991 with four disciplines: Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Architecture, Business Administration (BA), and Urban and Rural Planning (URP).

At present, there are three disciplines: The School of Education began the 2017–2018 academic year by offering postgraduate degree in teachers' training.

The curricula cover all courses offered by the relevant institutions in the country as well as they incorporate Geographic Information System (GlS), Spreadsheet Analysis, and Computer Studies.

Agrotechnology Discipline also works with some modern technologies like biotechnology, tissue culture, genetic engineering, protected agriculture, heat stress mitigation, irrigation management, IPM (Integrated Pest Management), biological control (BC) of pests, etc.

The curriculum of architecture provides the students with knowledge of man, his society, his physical environment and the technological development around the world.

BAD offers a contemporary quality admission process to have the finest students be a part of it & the university.

A perfect 100% of graduates work in government and private organizations as well as in teaching professions at home and abroad.

Graduates of this renowned discipline (department) are contributing to the field of education, research, government services and other private sectors.

Besides the regular study curriculum, it conducts a project fair every year on World Telecommunication Day.

Students of ECE have operated a club named "ROUTER" for Updated Search on ICT Based Technology.

ROUTER is the club of the students of the Electronics & Communication Engineering Discipline of Khulna University.

The subject incorporates physical, chemical and biological sciences, engineering and technology, socio-economics and management.

The greater Khulna region, the southwest part of Bangladesh has been characterized by a blend of aquatic habitats; fresh, brackish and marine waters supporting a diversity of biological and physical resources.

Situated a few kilometers away from the Bay of Bengal, this region has Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest crisscrossed by creeks and canals.

Understanding the potential of such resources to the prospects of the country, the Fisheries and Marine Resources Technology Discipline was established in 1992 with a mandate to establish an avenue for research and academic programs in all aspects of fisheries for the second time in the country after Chittagong University.

Over the last fourteen years, the FMRT Discipline has experienced substantial growth resulting in a reputation for training and research, particularly concerning coastal aquaculture and mangrove ecosystems.

The course, in addition, involves socio-economics, statistics, GIS and remote sensing, computer applications, etc.

History and civilization discipline will start their journey from the academic year 2016–2017, offering a 4-year Bachelor of Arts degree (abbreviated as B.A.

Human resource management (HRM) is a newly introduced discipline at Khulna University.

Physics discipline started its journey on 28 March 2010 with 38 students in its inauguration batch in the academic session 2009–2010.

This discipline achieved two gold medalists and many trophies, with five consecutive championships in a volleyball inter-discipline tournament.

Starting in 2003, sociology is one of the prominent disciplines of Khulna University under the Social Science School.

The research areas which are mainly focused here include- Data Mining, Econometrics and Quality Control, Demography and Research Methods, Experimental Design and Inference, Sampling Techniques, Inferences and Multivariate Analysis, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Demography, Stochastic Process, Computer Package and Programming, Biostatistics and Reliability Theory, Health Statistics, Epidemiology, Bio-informatics, Environmental Statistics and so on.

The reading room has accommodation for 125 students, 25 teachers and research scholars working simultaneously.

Khulna University library has a collection of 25,000 reading materials, including 23,000 books and 200 bound volumes of journals.

Khulna University Central Masjid was inaugurated on 28 August 2020 by The then Vice Chancellor Md Fayek Uzzaman.

The construction design was done by Ali Naqi, former professor of Architecture Disciple, Khulna University.

It is situated in front of Aparajita Hall and Sir Acharya Jagadish Chandra Academic Building and beside the Lakeside walkway.

[23] They also observe Diwali every year lightening well lamp over the campus including Hadi Chattar, Main Gate.