Historical Background
The University of Dhaka was established in 1921 under the Govt. of India Act. XVIII of 1920 as a teaching and residential University with a constitution similar in many respects to those of the then contemporary English University. It began its journey with 192 students and 3 faculties in July 1st, 1921. The current Emergency Building of Dhaka Medical College was the Main building of the University. P. J. Hartog was the first Vice Chancellor and the first Registrar was Khan Bahadur Nazir Uddin Ahmad.
At the beginning there were 60 professors working in three faculties - Arts, Science and Law. The total number of students in the first and the second year was 877. Total number of Residence halls was 3.
Faculties & Departments
Currently, there are 9 faculties.
- Arts Faculty
- Physical Science Faculty
- Law Faculty
- Social Science Faculty
- Biological Science Faculty
- Pharmacy Faculty
- Business Studies Faculty
- Medicine Faculty
- Education Faculty
Departments under Faculties
Social Science
- Economics
- Political Science
- Sociology
- International Relations
- Public Administration
- Journalism and Mass Communication
- Anthropology
- Population Science
- Peace and Conflict Studies
- Women Studies
- Development Studies
Science
- Physics
- Mathematics
- Chemistry
- Statistics
- Geography & Environment
- Geology
- Applied Physics & Electronics
- Applied Chemistry & Chemical Technology
- Applied Statistics
- Computer Science
Law
Pharmacy
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Arts
- Bengali
- English
- Arabic
- Persian & Urdu
- Sanskrit & Pali
- History
- Philosophy
- Islamic Studies
- Islamic History and Culture
- Library & Information Science
- Theatre and Music
- Linguistic
- World Religion Studies
Biology
- Soil Science
- Botany
- Zoology
- Bio-Chemistry
- Psychology
- Micro Biology
- Aqua-culture and Fisheries
- Clinical Psychology
- Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Business Studies
- Finance and Banking
- Accounting & Information Systems
- Marketing
- Management
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Institutes
The institutes are the constituent schools of the university with separate governing bodies. They function under the executive and academic control of the University.
There are nine institutes in all :
- Institute of Education and Research
- Institute of Business Administration
- Institute of Statistical Research and Training
- Institute of Social Welfare and Research
- Institute of Nutrition and Food Science
- Institute of Modern Languages
- Institute of Fine Arts
- Institute of Health Economics
- Institute of Information Technology
