Study MBBS in Dhaka University

The University of Dhaka is the oldest and largest university in Bangladesh and one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions for higher education and research in the Indian subcontinent. The University was established in 1921 under the Dhaka University Act 1920 of the Legislative Council of India. It was established with about 600 acres of land in the Ramna area of   Dhaka city. The faculty of Dhaka College and its buildings (now Curzon Hall) is a large part of its initial infrastructure. It opened its doors to academic activities on July 1, 1921, as a residential university. The University began its operations with 3 faculties (arts, science, and law), 12 teaching departments, 60 faculty, 847 students, and 3 residential halls. There were eight departments under the Department of Art. Sanskrit and Bungalow, English, Education, History, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Persian and Urdu, Philosophy and Political Economy; The Faculty of Science started with three departments. Physics, chemistry, and mathematics; And the legal profession began with the legal department. Of the total students from the three faculties, 386 were admitted as resident and non-resident students in Dhaka (Shahidullah) Hall, 313 in Jagannath Hall, and 178 in Salimullah Muslim Hall.

Today, it has 13 faculties, 67 departments, 8 institutions, 30 bureau and research centers, 1,693 faculty, approximately 32,540 students and 17 residential halls, and three hostels. Two-thirds of existing faculty have graduated from universities in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia. Many of them gained international fame for their scholarship. Many have experience teaching at well-known institutions of higher learning abroad. Dr. Mohammad Yunus, a student of the University and a renowned Bangladeshi economist and founder of Grameen Bank, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.

Initially, the university’s faculty and students worked hard to create the best record of academic achievement, earning a reputation as the Oxford of the East. The university contributed to the emergence of generations who distinguished themselves from different levels.

Until the partition of Bengal in 1947, it maintained its uniqueness as one of the few higher education institutions in Asia. In 1947, it gained the power of education overall secondary educational institutions coming into East Bengal. In the process, it became teaching and connecting institution. This change, with its unprecedented growth in the following years, put immense pressure on its human and material resources.

The emergence of many new universities later did little to ease the burden on the University of Dhaka. Its academic career was severely affected during the Liberation War, with its eminent teachers and a significant number of students and staff losing their lives.