Jagannath University

Jagannath University
জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Other name
জবি/JnU
Former name
Jagannath School (1858–1884) , Jagannath College (1884–2005)
Motto
শিক্ষা, ঈমান, শৃঙ্খলা
Motto in English
Education, Faith, Discipline
TypePublic
Established1858; 166 years ago (1858) (As School), 1884; 140 years ago (1884) (As College), 2005; 19 years ago (2005) (As University)[1]
ChancellorPresident Mohammed Shahabuddin
Vice-ChancellorDr. Md. Rezaul Karim
Academic staff
960
Administrative staff
850
Students19,088[2]
Location
Dhaka
,
Bangladesh

23°42′37″N 90°24′40″E / 23.71028°N 90.41111°E / 23.71028; 90.41111
CampusUrban, 10 acres (4.0 ha)
Websitejnu.ac.bd

Jagannath University (JnU) (Bengali: জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a public university located in Sadarghat, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.[3] Founded as Dhaka Brahma School in 1858 and renamed Jagannath School in 1872, the institution was taken over by the Pakistani government in 1968, while Bangladesh was still a part of Pakistan. It opened graduate and post-graduate programmes in 1975 and was approved as a full public university in 2005.[4]

In 2022, Jagannath University opened its first residential hall, for female residents only.[5] The university is in the southern part of Dhaka city near the River Buriganga and a new campus of approximately 81 ha (200 acres) is being built at Keraniganj.[6] Total campus area is more than 85 ha (210 acres) with three campuses and a women's residence hall.

  1. ^ "The history of the Jagannath University". The Daily Observer. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Jagannath University in pursuit of academic excellence". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Jagannath University will get new campus at Dhaka's Keraniganj, education minister says" Archived 18 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine bdnews24.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  4. ^ "The strange case of JnU". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Jagannath University opened its first and only residential hall, for female students in 2022". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  6. ^ "New Jagannath University campus to attract foreigners: Nasrul Hamid". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.