University of Dhaka http://www.univdhaka.edu/The first-ever University in Bangladesh, Dhaka University began with 192 students and 3 faculties in July 1st, 1921.
The East Bengal Educational Ordinance, 1947, was promulgated, by which the University, without prejudice to its original character as a teaching and residential University was entrusted with sole authority to recognize and affiliate all educational institutions in East Bengal above Materict and High Madrasa standard Accordingly, in 1947, the University of Dhaka affiliated 58 1st and 2nd grade colleges throughout the whole of East Bengal After independence the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh promulgated the adaptation of University Laws by the Bangladesh Ordinance No. 1 of 1972. Afterwards, in pursuance to the Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, the President Order No. 11 of 1973 which is called the "Dacca University Order, 1973 was promulgated.
FACULTIES and their DEPARTMENTSFACULTY OF
ARTS· Department of
Bengali· Department of
English· Department of
Arabic· Department of
History· Department of
Islamic History and Culture· Department of
Islamic Studies· Department of
Information Science and Library Management·
Department ofLinguistics· Department of
Mass Communication and Journalism· Department of
Philosophy· Department of
Sanskrit and Pali· Department of
Theatre and Music· Department of
Urdu and Persian· Department of
World Religion FACULTY OFSOCIAL SCIENCES· Department of
Anthropology· Department of
Economics· Department of
International Relations· Department of
Political Science· Department of
Public Administration· Department of
Sociology· Department of
Population Sciences· Department of
Peace and Conflict· Department of
Women's Studies· Department of
Development Studies FACULTY OF BUSINESS STUDIES· Department of
Accounting & Information Systems· Department of
Finance and Banking· Department of
Management· Department of
Marketing FACULTY OFSCIENCE· Department of
Chemistry· Department of
Applied Chemistry & Chemical Technology· Department of
Computer Science· Department of
Geography & Environment· Department of
Geology· Department of
Mathematics· Department of
Physics· Department of
Applied Physics and Electronics· Department of
Statistics FACULTY OFBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES· Department of
Aqua-culture and Fisheries· Department of
Bio-chemistry and Molecular Biology· Department of
Botany· Department of
Clinical Psychology· Department of
Microbiology· Department of
Psychology· Department of
Soil, Water & Environment· Department of
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology· Department of
Zoology FACULTY OF LAW· Department of
Law FACULTY OF PHARMACY· Department of
PharmacyTHE LIBRARY SERVICEThe library service is an integral part of the academic activities of both the faculty members and students. By the size of the collection (over 550,000 estimated), Dhaka University Library is the largest of all academic as well as other libraries of Bangladesh. But it is not the size, but the excellence of its collection, particularly in rare books, ancient manuscripts and collections developed out of special depositories, it is an academician's playground.
Apart from two major sites, the library also maintains the collections of a Seminar section in the main library and departmental libraries. The two major sites are known as the Main Library and the Science Library.
Collections of the Main library :The main library houses reading materials including text books, reference materials, rare books, ancient manuscripts (over 30,000 manuscripts on various languages, viz., Sanskrit, Bengali, Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Maithaly, etc.) special collections (including UN collection), current journals and periodicals, Abstracts and Indexes in the Humanities and Social Sciences, old journals and periodicals and many more of interest and requirements of the faculty members and students of the disciplines of arts, social sciences, business studies and law.
Collections of the Science Library: The Science Library Collections contain text books, reference materials, journals and periodicals of interest to the faculty members and students of the pure and applied sciences. It subscribes to major abstracting and indexing journals of the world. Borrowing and photocopying facilities of reading materials for science students and teachers are available in that section of the library.
INTERNET SERVICES
Internet services to faculty members and research students have already begun in December 1998. This has been specially organized to support the Research and Development activities. And this homepage is also for the purpose of satisfying the above need.
Also see: http://www.bangla2000.com/Education/Study_in_Bangladesh/Universities/dhaka.shtm 