Kammala wannan jumla: An fara neman jami'a a 1960 kafin a fara amfani da ita.
'yancin kai na Bangladesh. A shekarar 1973, Firayim Minista Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ya bayyana cewa yana son kafa jami'a a Barishal yayin wani gangami da aka gudanar a garin. Shugaba Ziaur Rahman ya yi irin wannan sanarwa game da kafa jami'a a Barishal a ranar 23 ga Nuwamba, 1978, a wani gangami a Barishal Circuit House. A cikin 1990s, tsohon shugaban Abdur Rahman Biswas shima ya yi sanarwa don kafa jami'ar.