Government Science College

Government Science College
Established 1954
Type Public
Principal Golam Mostofa
Academic staff
 34
Administrative staff
 150
Students 1500
Undergraduates No
Postgraduates No
Location Tejgaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Campus Urban
Nickname GSC
Website govtsciencecollege.info

Government Science College (Bengali: সরকারী বিজ্ঞান কলেজ) is a public educational institution (equivalent to high school in USA) located at Tejgaon in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is one of the two public colleges in Dhaka. It was formerly named Government Intermediate Technical College. This was the only college of Dhaka where science, technology, and engineering design could be studied throughout the high school level for the beginners with high ambition to become an engineer, technologist, scientist, or Doctor.

History

This historical college started from 1954 in the name of Technical High School. Later in 1962 this school changed its name as "Intermediate Technical college". In 1985, the college started the Bachelor of Science course and changed its name as Government Science College. At the beginning, the college had only science department, but from 2009 it has introduced commerce study. After continuing 4 since 2013, administration decided to go with only science, so now it is completely a science college.

Admission

The college maintains to recruit students who has academic excellence in Secondary School Certificate examination. The minimum entry to apply for the college is GPA 4.75 out of GPA 5.00 in science group. Each year college recruits 1200 students through an admission test and publishes the result after selecting the candidate based on their performance in the admission test.

Co-curriculum activities

The college encourages students to participate in co-curriculum activities and has

Dress

Students must wear following dress to attend college.

Shirt: Half sleeve light blue with college monogram.
Trouser: Off white full trouser.
Shoe: Black color oxford shoe.

Rules and regulation

Subjects

Compulsory subjects for Science group students

Elective subjects for science group students:

Govt. Science College is one of the few colleges that offers Engineering Drawing subject for students to study in HSC . In general, the college does not allow students to study HSC study without taking Mathematics unless student wants to study opting out several career prospects in future that require Mathematics.

Hostels

The college has two student accommodations for the students. Students are allocated accommodations by their level of Higher Secondary School Certificate

Name of the accommodation Year
Dr. Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda Year XI
Kazi Nazrul Islam Year XII

See also

Coordinates: 23°45′31″N 90°23′35″E / 23.75861°N 90.39306°E