University of Dhaka facts for kids
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ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
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| Motto |
সত্যের জয় সুনিশ্চিত
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Motto in English
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Truth Shall Prevail |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1921 |
| Chancellor | Abdul Hamid |
| Vice-Chancellor | Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman (acting) |
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Academic staff
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2,156 |
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Administrative staff
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3,887 |
| Students | 30,015 |
| Undergraduates | 23,620 |
| Postgraduates | 5,362 |
| 764 | |
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Other students
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269 |
| Location |
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Bangladesh
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| Campus | Urban, 240 hectares (600 acres) (without the Institute of leather engineering and tech.) |
| Website | www.du.ac.bd; www.univdhaka.edu |
The University of Dhaka (ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), also known as Dhaka University or simply DU), is the oldest university in modern Bangladesh. It was created in 1921 during the British Raj. It is important to the modern history of Bangladesh. After the Partition of India, the university was important to the progressive and democratic movements in Pakistan. Its students and teachers played a central role in the rise of Bengali nationalism and the independence of Bangladesh.
Today, it is the largest public university in Bangladesh, with a student body of 33,000 and a faculty of 1,800.
Images for kids
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DU Convocation of 1936, (from left) Sir Jadunath Sarkar (historian), Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (writer), Sir John Anderson (Chancellor and Governor of Bengal), Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy (chemist), Sir A F Rahman (Vice Chancellor)
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Pohela Boishakh (Bengali new year) celebrations in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Institute of Statistical Research and Training (ISRT), University of Dhaka
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See also
In Spanish: Universidad de Daca para niños
