| Bangladesh Aviation and Aerospace University | |
| Native Name: | বাংলাদেশ এভিয়েশন অ্যান্ড অ্যারোস্পেস বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Image Upright: | .71 |
| Other Name: | BAAU |
| 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 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]