| Bangladesh Aviation and Aerospace University | |
| Native Name: | বাংলাদেশ অ্যাভিয়েশন অ্যান্ড অ্যারোস্পেস বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Image Upright: | .71 |
| Motto: | Space and Beyond |
| Motto Lang: | "মহাকাশের বাইরে" in Bengali |
| Students: | 330 (approx) |
| Undergrad: | 270 (approx) |
| Postgrad: | 60 (approx) |
| Address: | Tejgaon Airport, |
| City: | Dhaka (Temporary), Lalmonirhat Airport, Lalmonirhat,(Permanent) |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Postcode: | Dhaka-1215 for temporary campus, Lalmonirhat -5500 for permanent Campus |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Coordinates: | 25.8905°N 89.4356°W |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Campus Size: | 1117acres in permanent Campus |
| Language: | English |
| Free Label: | Education System |
| Free Label2: | Accreditation |
| Colors: | Metallic Gold and Midnight Blue |
Bangladesh Aviation and Aerospace University is a public university in Bangladesh.[1] It is funded by the government and is Bangladesh's first higher education institution on aerospace engineering.[2] The permanent campus of BAAU in Lalmonirhat besides Airport of Lalmonirhat. As per the admission circular the Aeronautical Engineering program began in January 2020.
On July 11, 2018, the UGC drafted a law and submitted it to the Ministry of Education for setting up an aviation university in Bangladesh.[3] At the Council of Ministers meeting on September 28, 2018, the approval for establishing this university/institution was granted, along with three more universities receiving policy approval on the same day. On February 28, 2019, education minister Dipu Moni placed a bill in the National Parliament regarding the inauguration of this institution and it was passed.[4] A temporary office has been set up at the old airport at Tejgaon, Dhaka to handle the activities of the university.[5] Air Vice-Marshal AHM Fazlul Haque has been appointed as the founding Vice Chancellor of the institution on May 26, 2019. The current Vice Chancellor of the university is Air Vice-Marshal ASM Fakhrul Islam.[6]