On 6 October 2021, the Government of Bangladesh approved the establishment of this university.
[1][2][3][4] On June 10, 2021, former deputy water resources minister AKM Enamul Haque Shamim, Iqbal Hossain Apu and Nahim Razzak, three former parliamentarians from Shariatpur together gave a semi-official letter to the education minister.
On January 9, 2022, the cabinet gave in-principal approval to the draft of the Sheikh Hasina Agricultural University Act, 2022.
[5][6][7] On 12 June 2023, the cabinet gave final approval to change the name of Sheikh Hasina Agricultural University to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Agricultural University.
[8] After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Agricultural University was renamed to Shariatpur Agriculture University.