Jagannath University

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Jagannath University

জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Motto	শিক্ষা, ঈমান, শৃঙ্খলা Shikkha, Iman, Shringkhola (Bengali)
Motto in English	Education, Faith, Discipline
Type	Public
Established	1858, University: 2005
Chancellor	Abdul Hamid
Vice-Chancellor	Mijanur Rahman[1]
Academic staff	507
Administrative staff	950
Students	20,000
Location	Dhaka, Bangladesh 23°42′37″N 90°24′40″E / 23.71028°N 90.41111°E / 23.71028; 90.41111Coordinates: 23°42′37″N 90°24′40″E / 23.71028°N 90.41111°E / 23.71028; 90.41111
Campus	Urban, 15.75 acres
Website	jnu.ac.bd

Jagannath University (Bengali: জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় Jagannath Bishwabiddaloy) is a government financed public university^[2] in Sadarghat, Dhaka the capital of Bangladesh. Jagannath University is in the southern part of Dhaka city near the river Buriganga and very closer to Bahadur Shah Park, Islampur and Laxmibazar.

History[edit]

The university has a history that started in 1858 when Dhaka Brahma School was founded by Dinanath Sen, Prabhaticharan Roy, Anathbandhu Mallik and Brajasundar Kaitra. 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. 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 48 students. 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. With the establishment of University of Dhaka 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 once again took over and upgraded 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 passing a bill named Jagannath University Act-2005 in the national parliament.^[3]

Academics[edit]

As an A+ grade ranked university by University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, Jagannath University (JnU) has 36 departments under seven faculties. Every department follows the semester system. At present 507 teachers are engaged in providing quality education to around 20,000 students in Honors, Masters, M.Phil and Ph.D programs.

Faculties[edit]

There are seven faculties and two institutions in Jagannath University. Today 36 departments are running at JnU.^[4]

Administrative building of Jagannath University.

Muktijoddher Prostuti, a sculpture on the Bangladesh Liberation War, at the heart of Jagannath University campus.

Building of Faculty of Business Studies at Jagannath University.

Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences[edit]

• Department of Microbiology
• Department of Pharmacy
• Department of Zoology
• Department of Botany
• Department of Psychology
• Department of Geography and Environmental science
• Department of Biochemistry and Molecular biology
• Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Faculty of Science[edit]

• Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Physics
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Statistics

Faculty of Business Studies[edit]

• Department of Finance
• Department of Management studies
• Department of Marketing
• Department of Accounting & Information Systems

Faculty of Arts[edit]

• Department of Bengali
• Department of English
• Department of History
• Department of Philosophy
• Department of Islamic History and Culture
• Department of Islamic Studies
• Education Research

Faculty of Law[edit]

1.Department of Law 2.Department of Land Law and Management.

Department of Law: Department of Law is one of the leading department of Jagannath University. It was established in 2008. The first batch was 2008-2009. and the number of students were 25.The founder chairman of this department is famous legal academician Prof. Dr. Sarkar Ali Akkas. and also a founder dean of the faculty of Law.

2. Department of Land Law and Management. This is a newly established department of this University. Department of Land Law and Management is established in 2016. The first batch of this Department started with 2016-2017 batch. Honorable Chief Justice of Bangladesh Supreme Court Mr. Surendra Kumar Sinha popularly known as S K Sinha was present in the inauguration ceremony. The founder chairperson of Department of Land Law and Management is Christine Rechardson.

Faculty of Social Science[edit]

• Department of Film and Television
• Department of Sociology
• Department of Anthropology
• Department of Economics
• Department of Political Science
• Department of Public Administration
• Department of Social Work
• Department of Mass Communication and Journalism

Faculty of Fine Arts[edit]

• Department of Fine Arts and Graphics
• Department of Drama
• Department of Music

Institution of Education and Research[edit]

IER started in 2015-2016 session. This institution is at Pogos Laboratory School and College, Jagannath University.

Institution of Modern Language[edit]

IML started at Jagannath University in 2010.

List of vice chancellors[edit]

1. Shirajul Islam Khan 20 October 2005 to 2008
2. Abu Hossain Siddique 2008 to 2009
3. Mesbah Uddin Ahmed 2009 to 19 March 2013
4. Mijanur Rahman 20 March 2013 to present

Notable alumni[edit]

The teachers and students of the then college took active part in the Language Movement of the early 1950s, the mass movements of the 1960s and the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971.

• Commander BDF Sector 11 - M. Hamidullah Khan - Bangladesh War of Independence 1971
• Abdul Hamid - sports organizer and sports journalist,
• Bhabatosh Dutta - economist,
• Premendra Mitra - writer and poet,
• Anisuzzaman - educationist, researcher,
• Haider Hussain - singer,
• ATM Shamsuzzaman- actor
• Brojen Das - swimmer, the first Indian to swim the English channel.
• Imdadul Haq Milon - novelist and editor.
• Nurul Momen - economist
• Mohammed Nasim - Bangladeshi minister
• Zahir Raihan - filmmaker, novelist, writer

Ranking[edit]

International ranking[edit]

In 2011-2012, the Jagannath University made it into the list of "Top World Universities" by the ranking agency Times Higher Education and Quacquarelli Symonds (THE–QS), UK. Out of over 30,000 universities around the world, JnU was placed as 2204.^[5]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website
• Information Technology Research and Resource Center (ITRRC)
• University Grants Commission of Bangladesh