Dhaka College

Dhaka College
ঢাকা কলেজ
Dhaka College logo
Motto Know Thyself
Type Public
Established 1841 (1841)
Chancellor President of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid
Vice-Chancellor Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman
Principal Md. Muazzam Hossain Mollah [1]
Location Dhaka, Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°44′07.5″N 90°22′59.5″E / 23.735417°N 90.383194°E / 23.735417; 90.383194
Campus Urban, 18.57 acres (0.075 km²)
Affiliations University of Dhaka
Website dhakacollege.edu.bd

Dhaka College (Bengali: ঢাকা কলেজ) is a public college located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It offers higher-secondary education (HSC). It has bachelor's degree and master's degree programs as well which divisions are affiliated to the University of Dhaka. [2][3][4]

History

Dhaka College in 1904
First modern designed student hall of Dhaka College(1908), now known as Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah Hall of University of Dhaka

Dhaka College is one of Bangladesh's most important as well as these earliest higher-secondary educational institutions. It was established by James Taylor (civil surgeon at Dhaka) in July 1835 as an English Seminary School (at present Dhaka Collegiate School). Taylor organized a local Committee of Public Instruction with the help of district magistrate Mr. Grant. The school building was built partly out of public donations on the grounds of an English factory. On July 18, 1841, the school got their approval of the college. On November 20, 1841, the foundation stone of the college was placed and buildings were completed in 1846, with the aid of the Bishop of Calcutta. In the first graduating class there were both Muslim and Hindu students, as well as a number of foreign students, mainly from Armenia and Portugal.

The college was relocated in 1873 to a large building to the east of Victoria Park in order to accommodate the physics and chemistry laboratories. In 1908, it shifted to Curzon Hall while the science departments were housed in the present chemistry building of the University of Dhaka and two new halls were built there as well. In 1921, the college shifted again to the old High Court Building as University of Dhaka was established there. During the Second World War it moved to Siddique Bazar in purana Dhaka. Finally the college found its own permanent campus on Mirpur Road, Dhanmondi near Dhaka New Market since 1955.

Affiliation

(18 July 1841 - 1 July 1921) - Calcutta University
(1 July 1921 - 20 October 1992) - University of Dhaka
(21 October 1992 - 15 February 2017) - Bangladesh National University
(16 February 2017 - till now) - University of Dhaka[5][6]

Campus

Library

The library of Dhaka College was established in 1841 at the time of establishment of the college. It has a collection of 30,000 books.[7]

Residential student halls

There are eight residential halls:

  • South Hall
  • North Hall
  • International Hall
  • West Hall
  • Elias Hall
  • Shaheed Farhad Hossain Hall
  • Southern Hall
  • Sheikh Kamal Hall

Transport

Dhaka college has 04 buses to transport students from different areas of Dhaka city.

They are:
1. Shankhanil (শঙ্খনীল)-starts from Mirpur 10
2. Puspak (পুস্পক)-starts from Jatrabari Signboard
3. Shankhachil (শঙ্খচিল)-starts from Shahjatpur, Notun bazar, Gulshan
4. Poddonil (পদ্মনীল)-starts from Malibagh Bazar

Academics

Dhaka College offers H.S.C., four years Honours and one year Masters course in various majors.

  • Department of English
  • Department of Accounting
  • Department of Management
  • Department of Bengali
  • Department of Botany
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Geography & Environment
  • Department of History
  • Department of Islamic History and Culture
  • Department of Arabic & Islamic Studies
  • Department of Library & Information Science
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Marketing
  • Department of Political Science
  • Department of Psychology
  • Department of Philosophy
  • Department of Physics
  • Department of Statistics
  • Department of Sociology
  • Department of Zoology

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Notable alumni

Notable faculty

References

  1. ↑ "Principal's Message". Dhaka College. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  2. ↑ "NU ranks top 5 colleges in the country". The Daily Star. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "NU ranks top 5 colleges". New Age. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Rajshahi College achieves first, Eden College 2nd, Dhaka College 3rd". The New Nation. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Dhaka College, six other govt colleges go under Dhaka University". bdnews24.com. 16 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Seven colleges affiliated to Dhaka University". NTV Online. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  7. ↑ "Library". Dhaka College.
  8. ↑ http://www.dhakacollege.edu.bd
  9. ↑ Alam, Aksadul (2012). "Mallick, AR". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  10. ↑ Islam, Kajalie Shehreen (8 August 2007). "Giving People a Second Chance". Star Weekend Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Professor Dr. Muhammad Shahjahan". Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "Professor Dr. Nooruddin Ahmed". Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  13. ↑ "Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal". Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013.
  14. ↑ "Debapriya made envoy to UN Geneva office". The Daily Star. UNB. 21 September 2007.
  15. ↑ "Welcome to the personal world of Justice A.F.M Abdur Rahman".
  16. ↑ "A brief biographical note on Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury". University of Asia Pacific. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012.
  17. ↑ "17 named for Ekushey Padak 2017". The Daily Star. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.

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