On the first day of July 1921 the University of Dhaka opened its doors to students with Sir P.J. Hartog as the first Vice-Chancellor of the University. The University was situate up in a quaint part of the city known as Ramna on 600 acres of soil.
The University started its activities with 3 Faculties,12 Departments, 60 teachers, 877 students and 3 dormitories (Halls of Residence) for the students. At present the University consists of 13 Faculties, 66 Departments, 8 Institutes, 17 dormitories, 3 hostels and more than 35 Research Centres. The number of students and teacher has risen to about 33,112 and 1,805 correspondingly.
The main idea of the University was to create latest areas of knowledge and publish this knowledge to the society through its students. Since its inception the University has a dissimilar character of having distinguished scholars as faculties who have enriched the global pool of knowledge by making notable contributions in the field of teaching and study.
The University started its activities with 3 Faculties,12 Departments, 60 teachers, 877 students and 3 dormitories (Halls of Residence) for the students. At present the University consists of 13 Faculties, 66 Departments, 8 Institutes, 17 dormitories, 3 hostels and more than 35 Research Centres. The number of students and teacher has risen to about 33,112 and 1,805 correspondingly.
The main idea of the University was to create latest areas of knowledge and publish this knowledge to the society through its students. Since its inception the University has a dissimilar character of having distinguished scholars as faculties who have enriched the global pool of knowledge by making notable contributions in the field of teaching and study.
The high standard of education and study for the University was set by its first Vice-Chancellor, Sir P.J. Hartog when in the 2nd Convocation address he said, "A man may be an excellent teacher of elementary subjects without the rule to add to knowledge. But in advanced work I maintain that no one can actually teach well unless he has the combination of imagination with serious power which leads to the original production (of knowledge), and for that if for no extra cause, a university to be a correct university must see that its teachers are men who are also capable of advancing knowledge."
At the beginning a distinct feature of the University of Dhaka was its nonaffiliating, residential personality like that of the Oxford of England. However, as 1947 the University was given an affiliate mandate in place of an exclusive residential-cum-teaching personality.
A new phase began in the history of the University with the emergence of the People's Republic of Bangladesh in 1971. This has been a phase of advance, expansion and consolidation of earlier gains. The University has unsaid a central role in the educational pursuits of the region including this new nation. The University of Dhaka has approved through turbulent times at different period of our national history and played vital, at times original, roles in all critical juncture in the making of this great nation. The University play a central role in the language group of 1952 that ultimately culminated in the recognition of Bangla as the State Language. Scores of student, teachers and employees of the University of Dhaka lay down their lives for the freedom of the country. Just after the creation of Bangladesh, the government proclaimed the University of Dhaka Order 1973 whereby free norms and autonomy became integral features of the institute.
While serving as the highest echelon of educational fineness, the University also function since a central premise for free thinking and democratic practice that would lead the nation to its march towards development. The University of Dhaka is all the time more striving to combine the pursuit of knowledge and truth with the values and needs of an evolving society. It is notable that the Governor of Bengal and the Chancellor of the University of Dacca, Loard Lytton in his words at the first Convocation of the University on 22 February, 1923 said “....this University is Dacca’s greatest possession, and will do more than no matter which else to increase and spread the notoriety of Dacca beyond the limits of Bengal or even of India itself”.
Now the University enrolls more than 5,800 students, on plus point basis, in the first year Honours series in different Departments of the Faculties and the Institutes. Besides conducting teaching courses in the 4- year Bachelor and 1-year Masters Programmes, the University also trains up a large number of researchers in different discipline. More than 842 Ph.D. and 673 M.Phil. researchers have obtained their degree as of this University.
The University of Dhaka is out-and-out to the advancement of knowledge, and is committed to promoting study in all fields of knowledge. As there are plans for further development of armed forces, plans for new avenue and opportunities, the course curricula are well-run and latest research projects are undertaken every year. As the forge and the largest seat of learning in the country, the University of Dhaka has taken the task to foster the transformation process of the person students and the country as a whole through its educational and research facilities keeping up with demands of the day. The University of Dhaka is at this moment one of the important institutions of higher education in Asia.
The University of Dhaka is well prepared to meet the challenges of the future days with its spirit of freedom, honesty and truth as organization concomitant to the objectives envisaged by the start fathers.
The activist character of the University of Dhaka embody the features of beauty and past origins can be seen as one go in the campus.
A new phase began in the history of the University with the emergence of the People's Republic of Bangladesh in 1971. This has been a phase of advance, expansion and consolidation of earlier gains. The University has unsaid a central role in the educational pursuits of the region including this new nation. The University of Dhaka has approved through turbulent times at different period of our national history and played vital, at times original, roles in all critical juncture in the making of this great nation. The University play a central role in the language group of 1952 that ultimately culminated in the recognition of Bangla as the State Language. Scores of student, teachers and employees of the University of Dhaka lay down their lives for the freedom of the country. Just after the creation of Bangladesh, the government proclaimed the University of Dhaka Order 1973 whereby free norms and autonomy became integral features of the institute.
While serving as the highest echelon of educational fineness, the University also function since a central premise for free thinking and democratic practice that would lead the nation to its march towards development. The University of Dhaka is all the time more striving to combine the pursuit of knowledge and truth with the values and needs of an evolving society. It is notable that the Governor of Bengal and the Chancellor of the University of Dacca, Loard Lytton in his words at the first Convocation of the University on 22 February, 1923 said “....this University is Dacca’s greatest possession, and will do more than no matter which else to increase and spread the notoriety of Dacca beyond the limits of Bengal or even of India itself”.
Now the University enrolls more than 5,800 students, on plus point basis, in the first year Honours series in different Departments of the Faculties and the Institutes. Besides conducting teaching courses in the 4- year Bachelor and 1-year Masters Programmes, the University also trains up a large number of researchers in different discipline. More than 842 Ph.D. and 673 M.Phil. researchers have obtained their degree as of this University.
The University of Dhaka is out-and-out to the advancement of knowledge, and is committed to promoting study in all fields of knowledge. As there are plans for further development of armed forces, plans for new avenue and opportunities, the course curricula are well-run and latest research projects are undertaken every year. As the forge and the largest seat of learning in the country, the University of Dhaka has taken the task to foster the transformation process of the person students and the country as a whole through its educational and research facilities keeping up with demands of the day. The University of Dhaka is at this moment one of the important institutions of higher education in Asia.
The University of Dhaka is well prepared to meet the challenges of the future days with its spirit of freedom, honesty and truth as organization concomitant to the objectives envisaged by the start fathers.
The activist character of the University of Dhaka embody the features of beauty and past origins can be seen as one go in the campus.
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