Department Of Law, Jagannath University, Dhaka.

Jagannath University
জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়

Established 1858 ,University - 2005
Type : Public, Coeducational
Chancellor : Abdul Hamid
Vice-Chancellor : Professor Dr.Mijanur Rahman
Academic staff : 750
Administrative staff : 950
Students : 25000
Location : BangladeshDhaka, Bangladesh
23°42′37″N 90°24′40″ECoordinates: 23°42′37″N 90°24′40″E
Campus : Urban
Nickname : JnU (জবি)
Website : www.jnu.ac.bd
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Jagannath University (Bengali: জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a Government-Financed Public University in Sadarghat, Dhaka the capital of Bangladesh. Jagannath University is in the southern part of Dhaka city near the river Buriganga.

History:

The university has a history that started in 1858 when Dhaka Brahma School was founded in 1858 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. It is 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 and in five years, the roll raised 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 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 the college and upgraded it into a postgraduate college. In 1982, the college closed its programmes at intermediate level. The college introduced evening shifts in 1992.

It was transformed into Jagannath University in 2005 by passing a bill named Jagannath University Act-2005 in the national parliament.

Academics:

As a A grade ranked university by University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, Jagannath University (JnU) has 31 departments under seven faculties. Every department follows the semester system. At present 507 teachers are engaged in providing quality education to around 20,000 students in Honors, Masters, M.Phil and Ph.D Programs.

Faculties:

There are six faculties in Jagannath University.

Faculty of Business Studies:

Department of Accounting & Information Systems, Jagannath University, Dhaka
Department of Marketing, Jagannath University, Dhaka
Department of Finance
Department of Management Studies

Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences:

Department of Pharmacy
Department of Microbiology
Department of Biochemistry
Department of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology
Department of Zoology
Department of Botany
Department of Psychology
Department of Geography and Environment

Faculty of Science:

Department of Computer Science and Engineering(CSE)
Department of Chemistry
Department of Physics
Department of Mathematics
Department of Statistics

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

Faculty of Law:

Department of Law

Faculty of Social Science:

Department of Sociology
Department of Anthropology
Department of Economics
Department of Political Science
Department of Public Administration
Department of Social Work
Department of Mass Communication and Journalism

Faculty of Fine Arts:

Department of Fine Arts and Graphics
Department of Drama and music

List of vice chancellors:

Professor Dr.Shirajul Islam Khan 20.10.2005 to 2008
Professor Dr.Abu Hossain Siddique 2008 to 2009
Professor Dr.Mesbah Uddin Ahmed 2009 to 19.03.2013
Professor Dr. Mijanur Rahman 20.03.2013 to present

Cultural organizations:

Jagannath University Film Society(JnUFS)
Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC)
Udichi Jagannath University
Jagannath University Cultural Center
Jagannath University Photographic Society (JnUPS)
Management Club, Jagannath University
Jagannath University Sociology Club
Jagannath University Students Network (Facebook page)
JnU Journalists Association
JnU Rover Scout
JnU Teachers Association
JnU Central Students Union
JnU Debating Society
JnU Tourist Association
JnU Environmental Association
JnU Abriti Songho
JnU Central Cultural Center
JnU Business Glitz
JnU Economist Association
JnU Cyber Association
JnU Social Welfare Association
JnU Dramatic Association
Badhan (a voluntary blood donor organisation), JnU unit

Club:

Business Club, Department of Marketing, Jagannath University, Dhaka
Jagannath University Firefox Club

Student organizations:

Bangladesh student organizations are active in the union:

Bangladesh Chhatra League
Bangladesh Chhatra Union
Socialist Students' Front
Bangladesh Chhatra Federation
Bangladesh Chhatra Dal
Revolutionary Students Chatramaitri

Notable alumni:

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

Commander BDF Sector 11 - M. Hamidullah Khan - Bangladesh War of Independence 1971
Sufi Motahar Hosen - poet,
Abdul Hamid - sports

organiser and sports journalist,

Bhabatosh Dutta - economist,
Premendra Mitra - writer and poet,
AR Yusuf - bar-at-law, state minister of Bangladesh in early

1980s,

A KMA Rouf - artist,
Anisuzzaman - educationist, researcher,
Haidar Hosen - singer,
Brojen Das - swimmer, the first Indian to swim the English

Channel.

Imdadul Haq Milon -Novelist and editor.
Nurul Momen - Economist.

Ranking
International ranking

In 2011-2012, the Jagannath University made it into the list of "Top World Universities" in the ranking carried out by the ranking agency Times Higher Education and Quacquarelli Symonds (THE–QS), UK . Out of over 30,000 universities around the world, JnU was placed as 2204.