Jagannath University has 28 departments under four faculties

Jagannath University

Jagannath University is a government-financed public university in Sadarghat, Dhaka the capital of Bangladesh. Jagannath University is in the southern part of Dhaka city near the river Buriganga.

Jagannath University
Logo of Jagannath University
Motto
Motto in English	Education, Faith, Discipline
Established	2005
Type	Public
Chancellor	President Mohammad Zillur Rahman
Vice-Chancellor	Professor Dr. Mesbah Uddin Ahmad
Academic staff	271
Students	25 000
Location	10, Chittaranjan Avenue, Dhaka,Bangladesh 23°42′37″N 90°24′40″ECoordinates: 23°42′37″N 90°24′40″E
Campus	City
Former names	Jagannath College
Website	www.jnu.ac.bd

History

This educational establishment has a history of about 150 years that started in 1858 when Dhaka Brahma School was founded in 1858 by Dinanath Sen, Prabhaticharan Roy, Anathbandhu Mallik and Brajasundar Kaitra. The name Jagannath school was given by Kishorilal Chowdhury, the Zamindar of Baliati in Tangail, 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. It is now known as K L Jubilee School. The administration of the college was transferred to a board of trustees in 1907. In the following year, it became a first grade college.

The college started with only 48 students and in five years, the roll raised to 396. In 1910, Raja Manmath Roy Chowdhury, the zamindar of Santosh, Tangail, affiliated the Pramath-Manmath College of Tangail with Jagannath College. It was known as the best-equipped private college in Dhaka as early as 1910. With the establishment of Dhaka University in 1921 the college had to stop admission in 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 once again took over the college and upgraded it into a postgraduate college. In 1982, the college closed its programmes of intermediate level. The college introduced evening shifts in 1992. It was transformed into Jagannath University in 2005 by passing a bill named Jagannath University Act-2005 in the national parliament. At present, the university has 28 departments under four faculties. The faculties are Science, Arts, Business Studies and Social Science. Now 359 teachers are engaged in providing quality education of around 25000 students on diverse areas.

The leadership is striving to make this institution as a center of excellence for creating productive and responsible citizens of Bangladesh

 Academics

Jagannath University has 28 departments under four faculties. Every department follows the semester system. At present 359 teachers are engaged in providing quality education to around 25,000 students.

 Faculties

There are four faculties in this university

Faculty of Science

This faculty has eleven departments. The departments of this faculty are

§                     Department of Mathematics [Dr. Payer Ahmed, chairman]

§                     Department of Chemistry [Dr. Md. Shahjahan (chairman), Dr. Syad Alom, Dr. AKM Lutfur Rahman, D. Samsunnahar]

§                     Department of Physics [Prof. Dr. Md. Kamrul Alam]

§                     Department of Statistics [Prof. Md. Ashraf-Ul-Alam, professor and chairman]

§                     Department of Botany [Prof. Dr. Hasna Hena Begum, dean, Science Faculty and chairman]

§                     Department of Zoology [Dr. Md. 8AIFUL ISLAM, associate professor and chairman]

§                     Department of Geography & Environment [Md. Moniruzzaman, Assistant Professor & Chairman]

§                     Department of Psychology [Dr. Kazi Saifuddin, Chairman]

§                     Department of Pharmacy [Dr. A. Z. M. Ruhul Momen, Professor and Chairman]

§                     Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology[Dr. Zakaria Mia (Chairman), Dr. Laisa Ahmed Lisa (associate professor)]

§                     Department of Computer Science and Engineering Uzzal Kumar Acharjee (Chairman), Md. Abu Layek (Lecturer), Md. Arafat Hossain Khan, Prof. Dr.Rayhan Kabir Jewel]

 

Faculty of Arts

This faculty has seven departments. The departments of this faculty are

§                     Department of Bangla [Dr. Chanchal Kumar Bosh, chairman]

§                     Department of English [Professor Dr. M. Shahinoor Rahman, chairman]

§                     Department of History [Prof. Dr. Shamsur Nahar, chairman]

§                     Department of Philosophy [Dr Nurul Momen, chairman]

§                     Department of Islamic History & Culture

§                     Department of Islamic Studies

§                     Department of Law

Faculty of Business Studies

The faculty of business was introduced in the 2005-2006 academic session and started functioning with two departments — accounting and management — which were renamed the Department of accounting and information system and management studies in the year 2010. Two other departments, finance and marketing, were set up with a view to prepare students with specialized knowledge for positions in government, business and academia.

Since its inception the faculty of business upholds its unwavering commitment to first-rate teaching quality and teaching staffs. The faculty offers graduate and post graduate programs with a clear philosophy to develop in students the required knowledge and understanding of theoretical concepts and practical techniques for professional.

Prof. Md. Mosharraf Hossain Ph.D. is dean of the Faculty of Business Studies. This faculty has four departments:

§                     Department of Marketing [Prof. Md. Zakir Hossain, chairman]

§                     Department of Finance Prof. Dr. Md. Abu Misir, Chairman

§                     Department of Management Studies[Prof. Dr. Md. Monuruzzaman, chairman]

§                     Department of Accounting Information Systems [Dr. Ali Noor, cchairman]

Faculty of Social Science

There are seven departments in this faculty:

§                     Department of Economics [Dr. Md. Azam Khan, chairman]

§                     Department of Political Science

§                     Department of Sociology

§                     Department of Social Work

§                     Department of Mass Communication & Journalism [Junaid Ahmed Halim, associate professor and chairman]

§                     Department of Social Welfare

§                     Department of Anthropology [Shanzida Farhana, associate professor and chairman]

Notable alumni

The teachers and students of the college took active part in the Language Movement of the early 1950s, the mass movements of the 1960s and the War of Liberation of the country in 1971. The college produced tens of thousands graduates. Many of them have become famous at home and abroad. Noted among the alumni of the college are Sufi Motahar Hosen (poet), Abdul Hamid (sports organiser and sports journalist), Bhabatosh Dutta (economist), Premendra Mitra (writer and poet), AR Yusuf (bar-at-law, state minister of Bangladesh in early 1980s), A KMA Rouf (artist), Anisuzzaman (educationist, researcher), and Brojen Das (swimmer, the first Indian to swim across English Channel).