University of Dhaka

Motto সত্যের জয় সুনিশ্চিত (Bengali)
Motto in English Truth Shall Prevail
Established 1921
Type Public, Coeducational
Chancellor Mohammad Zillur Rahman, President of Bangladesh
Vice-Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique
Academic staff 1,645
Students 32,700
Location Dhaka, Bangladesh
Campus Urban, 600 acres (2.43 km²)
Website www.du.ac.bd; www.univdhaka.edu

The University of Dhaka is the oldest university in Bangladesh. It is a multi-disciplinary research university and is among the top universities in the region. Established on July 21, 1921, as per the Government of India Act, 1920, it was modelled on the Universities in England and soon gained prominence. Students and teachers of this university have played a major part in shaping the history of Bangladesh.

From its beginning, the University of Dhaka has been a place for many great scholars and scientists. From 1926 - 1945 the renowned physicist Satyendranath Bose served as a professor. It was during this period that he published his famous papers in collaboration with Albert Einstein, most notably defining Bose-Einstein condensate. After independence from the British Empire in 1947 it gained prominence as the leading university in East Pakistan.

The university was witness to another historical event, as it was in the campus of Dhaka University that the original flag of Bangladesh was unfurled for the first time, at a time of national crisis with the Bangladesh Liberation War looming closer.

Currently, it is the largest public university in Bangladesh, with more than 30,000 students and nearly 1,300 teaching staff. It is the only university in Bangladesh to have been listed in AsiaWeek’s listing of top 100 Universities in Asia (64th). [1].