Jagannath University (JnU) () is a

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located in Sadarghat,

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list o ...

, Bangladesh. Founded as ''Dhaka Brahma School'' in 1858 and renamed ''Jagannath School'' in 1872, and later renamed ''Jagannath College'' in 1884, the institution was taken over by the Pakistani government in 1968, while Bangladesh was still a part of Pakistan. It opened graduate and post-graduate programmes in 1975 and was approved as a full public university in 2005. In 2022, Jagannath University opened its first residential hall, for female residents only. The university is in the southern part of Dhaka city near the River Buriganga and a new campus of approximately 81 ha (200 acres) is being built at Keraniganj. Total campus area is more than 85 ha (210 acres) with three campuses and a women's residence hall.

History

Dinanath Sen Dinanath Sen (1839/1840–1898) was a Bengal Renaissance, Bengali social reformer and journalist. He played an important role in the education and cultural spheres of 19th-century Dhaka. He served as the second editor of the first Bengali newspaper ...

, Prabhaticharan Roy, Anathbandhu Mallik, and Brajasundar Kaitra founded Dhaka Brahma School in 1858, and the university's history began there. The name Jagannath School was given by Kishorilal Chowdhury, the Zamindar of Baliati in Manikganj, who took over the school in 1872 and renamed it after his father. In 1884, it was raised to a second-grade college. Law was one of the first courses introduced. A common management committee administered the school and college until 1887, when the school section was separated to form the independent Kishore Jubilee School, now known as K. L. Jubilee School. The college administration was transferred to a board of trustees in 1907. In the following year, it became a first-grade college. The college started with 48 students. In five years, the roll rose to 396. In 1910, Raja Manmath Roy Chowdhury, the Zamindar of Santosh, Tangail, affiliated the Pramath-Manmath College of Tangail with Jagannath College. With the establishment of the

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in 1921, it stopped admission to degree courses and was renamed Jagannath Intermediate College. This status was changed after 28 years in 1949 when it reopened degree classes. The college was taken over by the government in 1968. Jagannath College opened honours and masters programmes in 1975. That year, the government took over it again and transformed it into a postgraduate college. In 1982, the college closed its programmes at the intermediate level. It introduced evening shifts in 1992. It was transformed into Jagannath University in 2005 by passage in the national parliament of the Jagannath University Act-2005.

Ranking

In 2022, The ranking position of Jagannath University is 3399. While the top position from Bangladesh is 1468, the Department of Chemistry ranked 1st among all the universities of Bangladesh according to SCIMAGO Institution ranking. (All information is updated in July 2022 edition)

Academics

Jagannath University has 36 departments under seven faculties and two Institutes. Every department follows the semester system. there are 960 teachers and 19,088 students in Honours, Masters, M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes.

Faculties

There are six faculties, 36 departments, and two institutes at Jagannath University. Jagannath University Bird View

Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences

*Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology *Department of Microbiology * Department of Pharmacy * Department of Zoology * Department of Botany * Department of

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

* Department of Geography and Environment * Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Faculty of Science

* Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) * Department of Mathematics * Department of Chemistry * Department of Physics * Department of Statistics Bose Corner

Faculty of Business Studies

* Department of Finance *Department of Management Studies * Department of

Marketing Marketing is the act of acquiring, satisfying and retaining customers. It is one of the primary components of Business administration, business management and commerce. Marketing is usually conducted by the seller, typically a retailer or ma ...

* Department of Accounting and Information Systems

Faculty of Arts

* Department of Bengali * Department of English * Department of History * Department of Philosophy * Department of Islamic History and Culture * Department of Islamic Studies * Department of Theatre *Institute of Education Research *Institute of Modern Languages

Faculty of Law

* Department of Law * Department of Land Management and Law

Faculty of Social Science

* Department of Sociology * Department of Anthropology * Department of Economics * Department of

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

* Department of Public Administration * Department of Social Work * Department of Mass Communication and Journalism * Department of Film and Television

Faculty of Fine Arts

* Department of Fine Arts * Department of Drama and Dramatics * Department of Music

List of vice chancellors

Notable alumni

The teachers and students of the then college took an active part in the Language Movement of the early 1950s, the mass movements of the 1960s and the

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in 1971. * Commander BDF Sector 11 – M. Hamidullah Khan

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– Bangladesh War of Independence 1971. *

Rafiq Uddin Ahmed Rafiq Uddin Ahmed () (30 October 1926 – 21 February 1952) was a protester killed during the Bengali Language Movement that took place in East Pakistan (currently Bangladesh) in 1952. He is considered a martyr in Bangladesh. Early life Ahmed ...

- protester killed during the Bengali Language Movement that took place in East Pakistan (currently Bangladesh) in 1952. He is considered a martyr in Bangladesh. * Sergeant Zahurul Haq - was a

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sergeant. He was among the 35 persons accused in the

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in 1969. He received the

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from the

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in 2018. ''Sergeant Zahurul Haq'' Hall of the

is named after him. ''BAF Zahurul Haq base'', a

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base is named after him. * Bhanu Bandopadhyay- an Indian actor, known for his work in Bengali cinema. He acted in over 300 movies, in numerous plays, and frequently performed on the radio. * Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury – Freedom Fighter of

Crack Platoon The Crack Platoon was a special commando team of the Mukti Bahini. which was formed in 1971, during the Bangladesh Liberation War. It was formed by young members of the Mukti Bahini, which carried out commando operations in Dhaka and its surr ...

, Bangladeshi Minister, Member of Parliament, Bangladesh Awami League leader *

Abdul Hamid ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd (ALA-LC romanization of ; ; ), also spelled as Abdulhamid, Abdelhamid, Abd-ul Hamid, and Abd ol-Hamid, is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is a Muslim theophoric name built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd' ...

– sports organizer and sports journalist * Bhabatosh Dutta – economist *

Premendra Mitra Premendra Mitra (4 September 1904 – 3 May 1988)Samsad Bengali Charitabhidhan Vol.II edited Anjali Bose, Published by Sagitta Samsad, Kolkata, Edition January,2019,Page-240 was an Indian poet, writer and film director in the Bengali language. ...

– writer and poet * Anisuzzaman – educationist, researcher * Nurul Alam Khan – educationist, mathematician * Kaliprasanna Vidyaratna – Sanskrit scholar, author * Haider Hussain – singer * ATM Shamsuzzaman - actor *

Brojen Das Brojen Das (; 9 December 1927 – 1 June 1998) was a Bangladeshi (East Pakistan) swimmer, who was the first Asian to swim across the English Channel, and the first person to cross it six times. Early life and education Brojen was born in th ...

– swimmer, the first Indian to swim the English channel * Imdadul Haq Milan – novelist and editor *

Mohammed Nasim Mohammed Nasim (2 April 1948 – 13 June 2020) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who served as Bangladesh's minister of home affairs and minister of health and family welfare during 1999–2001 and 2014–2019, respectively. He was a six ...

– Bangladeshi minister *

Mustafa Kamal Mustafa Kamal, Mostafa Kamal or variations may refer to: * Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal (1936–1989), professor of Bengali literature * AKM Mustafa Kamal Pasha (born 1963), Major General of Bangladesh Army * Lotfi Mustafa Kamal (born 1952), Egyptian ...

, former Chief Justice of Bangladesh and Chairman of Law Commission * Ajit Dutta - Bengali writer & poet *

Arfin Rumey Arfin Rumey (born 23 September 1987) is a Bangladeshi singer, musician, composer, and model. 15th Meril-Prothom Alo Awards-Best Singer (2012) 16th Meril-Prothom Alo Awards-Best Singer (2013) Biography Arfin Rumey attended the Dhaka Government M ...

– Singer and Actor * Chinghla Mong Chowdhury Mari – footballer * Amer Khan – footballer * Zahirul Haque – footballer * Zakaria Pintoo – footballer * Pratap Shankar Hazra – footballer * Shohidul Islam - Bangladeshi

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* B. Roy Chowdhury - footballer and politician

References

External links

Official website

Ministry of Education

University Grants Commission Bangladesh
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