Jagannath University

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Jagannath University
Established:
Type:	Public
Vice-Chancellor:	Prof.Dr. Sirajul Islam Khan
Faculty:	271
Students:	27000
Location:	Chitta Ranjan Avenue, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Website:	http://www.jnuni.net/index1.html

Jagannath University (Bengali: জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a government financed public university^[1] located in Sadarghat, Dhaka the capital of Bangladesh.

Contents 1 History 2 Adminstration 3 Academics 4 Faculties 4.1 Faculty of Arts 4.2 Faculty of Social Science 4.3 Faculty of Science 4.4 Faculty of Business Studies 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

Though this university received its university status in 2005 but it counts its history as an educational institution since 1858 when it was initially formed as Dhaka Brahma School. In 1884 its status was updated to higher secondary college which was further revised in 1975 when Jagannath started taking students in Honours and Masters programs. Its higher secondary program continued for 92 years until it was officially closed in 1982. In 2005 college was granted university status and became Jagannath University.^[2]

[edit] Adminstration

Prof. Dr. Sirajul Islam Khan is the current Vice Chancellor of the university whilst Prof. Farida Rahman and Prof. Dr. Abu Hossain Siddique are performing as registrar and treasurer of the university respectively.

[edit] Academics

Now the University has 22 departments under 4 faculties. At present 271 teachers are engaged in providing quality education of around 27000 students in diverse field.

[edit] Faculties

There are four faculties in this university.^[3] These are:

[edit] Faculty of Arts

There are six departments in this faculty

• Department of Bengali

• Department of English

• Department of Philosophy

• Department of General History

• Department of Islamic History & Culture

• Department of Islamic Studies

[edit] Faculty of Social Science

There are four departments in this university:

• Department of Economics

• Department of Political Science

• Department of Sociology

• Department of Social Work

[edit] Faculty of Science

[edit] Faculty of Business Studies

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Website
• University Grants Commission of Bangladesh

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