Jagannath University
জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Other name
জবি/JnU
Former name
Jagannath School (1858-1884) , Jagannath College (1884-2005)
Motto
শিক্ষা, ঈমান, শৃঙ্খলা
Motto in English
Education, Faith, Discipline
TypePublic
Established1858 (1858) (As School), 1884 (1884) (As College), 2005 (2005) (As University)[1]
ChancellorPresident Mohammed Shahabuddin
Vice-ChancellorSadeka Halim
Academic staff
960
Administrative staff
850
Students19,088[2]
Location
Dhaka
,
Bangladesh

23°42′37″N 90°24′40″E / 23.71028°N 90.41111°E / 23.71028; 90.41111
CampusUrban, 10 acres (4.0 ha)
Websitejnu.ac.bd

Jagannath University (JnU) (Bengali: জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a public university located in Sadarghat, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.[3] Founded as Dhaka Brahma School in 1858 and renamed Jagannath School in 1872, the 158-year-old institution was taken over by the then Pakistan government in 1968. It opened graduate and post-graduate programmes in 1975 and was approved as a full-fledged public university in 2005.[4]

Jagannath University opens its first residential hall, only for females.[5] The university is in the southern part of Dhaka city near the River Buriganga and a new campus of approximately 81 ha (200 acres) is being built at Keraniganj.[6] Total campus area is more than 85 ha (210 acres) with three campi and a women's residence hall.

History

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, 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 rose 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 the 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 passage in the national parliament of the Jagannath University Act-2005.[7]

Ranking

In 2022, The ranking position of Jagannath University is 3399.[8] While the top position from Bangladesh is 1468. The Department of Chemistry ranked 1st among all the universities of Bangladesh according to SCIMAGO Institution ranking. [9] (All information is updated in July 2022 edition)

Academics

Jagannath University has 36 departments under seven faculties and two Institutes. Every department follows the semester system. As of November 2020 there are 960 teachers and 19,088 students in Honours, Masters, M.Phil. and PhD programmes.

Faculties

There are six faculties, 36 departments, and two institutes at Jagannath University.[10]

Jagannath University aerial view
Administrative building of Jagannath University
Muktijoddher Prostuti, a sculpture on the Bangladesh Liberation War, at the heart of the campus
New Academic Building

Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences

  • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Department of Microbiology
  • Department of Pharmacy
  • Department of Zoology
  • Department of Botany
  • Department of Psychology
  • Department of Geography and Environment
  • Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Faculty of Science

  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)[11]
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Physics
  • Department of Statistics
Bose Corner

Faculty of Business Studies

  • Department of Finance
  • Department of Management Studies
  • Department of Marketing[12]
  • Department of Accounting and Information Systems

Faculty of Arts

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

Faculty of Law

  • Department of Law
  • Department of Land Management and Law

Faculty of Social Science

  • Department of Sociology[13]
  • Department of Anthropology
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Political Science
  • Department of Public Administration
  • Department of Social Work
  • Department of Mass Communication and Journalism
  • Department of Film and Television

Faculty of Fine Arts

  • Department of Fine Arts
  • Department of Drama and Dramatics
  • Department of Music
Monument for the Martyred of 1857

List of vice chancellors

No Name From To
1. A. K. M. Sirazul Islam Khan 8 February 2006 26 July 2008
2. Abu Hossain Siddique 2008 2009
3. Mesbah Uddin Ahmed 2009 19 March 2013
4. Mijanur Rahman 20 March 2013 19 March 2021
5. Kamaluddin Ahmed (acting) 20 March 2021 31 May 2021
6. Md. Imdadul Hoque 1 June 2021 11 November 2023
7. Sadeka Halim 30 November 2023 Incumbent

Notable alumni

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

References

  1. ↑ "The history of the Jagannath University". The Daily Observer. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Jagannath University in pursuit of academic excellence". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Jagannath University will get new campus at Dhaka's Keraniganj, education minister says" Archived 18 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine bdnews24.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "The strange case of JnU". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Jagannath University opened its first and only residential hall, for female students in 2022". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "New Jagannath University campus to attract foreigners: Nasrul Hamid". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Handbook Universities of Bangladesh 2009: Public Universities 21–31". University Grants Commission. 2009. Archived from the original (DOC) on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "World University Rankings 2022 Top Universities". Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  9. ↑ https://www.scimagoir.com/rankings.php?year=2016&area=1600&ranking=Overall&country=BGD
  10. ↑ University Grants Commission of Bangladesh Archived 6 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ "N Lakhimpur students develop hybrid car" Archived 18 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine Assam Tribune. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "faculty members". Archived from the original on 12 June 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  13. ↑ "Department of Sociology". Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  14. ↑ "Haq, Zahurul". Banglapedia. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  15. ↑ "2 more named for Independence Award". The Daily Star. 20 March 2018. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  16. ↑ "ATM Shamsuzzaman: The star who won the world". New Age. 23 November 2019. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  17. ↑ ফুটবল নক্ষত্র মারী | PaharBarta.com. 15 August 2016. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
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