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Government Hazi Mohammad Mohsin College () is one of the renowned colleges of Bangladesh located in
Chittagong Chittagong ( ), officially Chattogram, (, ) (, or ) is the second-largest city in Bangladesh. Home to the Port of Chittagong, it is the busiest port in Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal. The city is also the business capital of Bangladesh. It ...
, Bangladesh. Named after
Muhammad Mohsin Haji Muhammad Mohsin ( – 29 November 1812) was a prominent Bengali Muslim philanthropist and Educator. His most notable contribution was establishing the Hooghly Mohsin College and the Hooghly Imambara. He also played a significant role during ...
, a 19th-century philanthropist, it is one of the oldest educational institutions in the country, originally established in British India in 1874 as the Chittagong Madrasha. It offers Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) (classes 11–12) in the national curriculum of Bangladesh coupled with bachelor's degree and master's degree in various disciplines in association with
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.


History

Chittagong Madrasha was established in 1874 using a ''
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'' donated by Muhammad Mohsin. In 1918, plans to improve education at the institution were developed and by 1927 it had gradually evolved into Islamic Intermediate College. Forty years later, a government-run higher secondary college was founded at the foot of the hill on which Islamic Intermediate College stood. On 20 July 1979, Hazi Muhammad Mohsin College came into existence when the two institutions merged. In 1996, the attached high school was relocated as Mohsin School.


Campus

The college has eight buildings which cover almost of land. Two
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s situated to the west of the Administrative Building offer housing for one hundred students. Another hostel and the dean's residence are situated south of the Commerce Department Building. On top of a hill stands the college
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. One of the buildings is almost a century old. It is called
Darul Adalat Darul Adalat (), better known as the Portuguese Building (), is a historic landmark located in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It was the first court building of the city. Location The building is located at the top of the hill besides the Collage Road ...
, and it was the first court of Chittagong under British colonial rule; the site may also have been fortified by Portuguese pirates in the 16th century. The locals refer to it the Portuguese Building due to its architectural style. Mohsin College (then Chittagong Madrasa) bought the hill, along with the building, for 30,000 Taka in 1879, and it remained central to the institution for many years, though by 2013, it had fallen into disrepair and was in danger of being demolished to make way for a library. The Mohsin School was previously located in this campus.


Faculties and department

The college teaches honours and offers master's degrees in 14 subjects. It has the faculties : *Faculty of Arts & Social Science *Faculty of Science *Faculty of Commerce


Faculty of Arts & Social Science

The faculty comprises the following departments: * Department of Bengali * Department of English * Department of Economics * Department of Political Science * Department of Islamic History and Culture * Department of Philosophy * Department of Sociology * Department of Arabic & Islamic Studies


Faculty of Science

The faculty comprises the following departments: * Department of Physics * Department of Chemistry * Department of Botany * Department of Zoology * Department of Mathematics


Faculty of Commerce

The faculty comprises the following departments: * Department of Accounting * Department of Management


College facility


Student dormitories

There are two male and one female student dormitories.


College ground

The college has a large ground known. n this ground students from the college and from other colleges play cricket, football, and volleyball.


Co-curricular activities

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, HQ of Karnaphuly Battalion-2 of Bangladesh National Cadet Corps. Two Sections are Army Wing and Naval Wing *
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* Mohsin College Debating Club-MCDC * Cultural Podium Of Mohsin College-CPMC * Bangladesh Red Crescent Society of Mohsin College


Administrative and academic buildings

*College mosque


Notable alumni

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, co-founder of
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, dramatist, playwright, singer-songwriter *
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, 5th Vice-Chancellor of the
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See also

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Bangladesh Open University The Bangladesh Open University (BOU) , established on 21 October 1992, is a public university with its main campus in Board Bazar, Gazipur District, Dhaka Division. It is the List of largest universities by enrollment, 8th largest university in ...
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Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Chattogram The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Chattogram (), also known as BISE, Chittagong is an autonomous organization in Chittagong, Bangladesh, mainly responsible for organization, control, supervision and development of secondary and hi ...
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Education in Bangladesh Education in Bangladesh is administered by the country's Ministry of Education (Bangladesh), Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education implements policies for primary education and state-funded schools at a local leve ...
* List of colleges in Chittagong *
National University, Bangladesh National University (NU; ) is a public collegiate university of Bangladesh that was established in 1992 by an Act of Parliament as an affiliating university of the country to impart graduate and post-graduate level education to students through ...
* Hazi Mohammad Mohsin Government High School


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