University of Dhaka

The University of Dhaka (Bengali: ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), widely known as Dhaka University or DU, is a public research university in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and the oldest active university in the country, established in 1921.达卡大学（孟加拉语 ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়）通常简称 DU，是孟加拉国达卡的公立研究型大学，也是该国仍在办学的最古老大学，创校于 1921 年。

It was founded under the Dacca University Act 1920 of the Indian Legislative Council and is modelled on British universities, having begun teaching on 1 July 1921 with 847 students in three faculties.该校依 1920 年印度立法会议通过的《达卡大学法》创办，以英国大学为范本，1921 年 7 月 1 日开学时共有 847 名学生、分属三个学院。

It is the largest public research university in Bangladesh, with about 46,150 students and 1,992 faculty, or more than 2,000 faculty members by its own current count, and the QS World University Rankings 2027 place it at 600th.该校是孟加拉国规模最大的公立研究型大学，学生约 46150 人、教师 1992 人，按校方現行统计教师逾 2000 人，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中列第 600 位。

History

• Before the university existed, the site near its grounds held the former buildings of Dhaka College, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta, which were later transferred to Curzon Hall.在大学成立之前，其校址附近原为附属于加尔各答大学的达卡学院旧址，其后校舍移交至柯曾厅。

• In 1873 Dhaka College was relocated to Bahadur Shah Park, and it later moved to Curzon Hall, which would become the first building of the new university.1873 年达卡学院迁往巴哈杜尔沙公园，其后又迁至柯曾厅，该建筑后来成为新大学的第一处校舍。

• The establishment of the university was partly a compensation for the annulment of the 1905 Partition of Bengal, which had created the province of Eastern Bengal and Assam with Dhaka as its capital.大学的创办在一定程度上是对 1905 年孟加拉分治被撤销的补偿，那次分治曾以东孟加拉与阿萨姆设省并以达卡为省会。

• After the partition was abolished in 1911, a Muslim delegation led by Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah, the then Nawab of Dhaka, demanded that a university be set up in the city.1911 年分治被撤销后，由时任达卡纳瓦布霍贾·萨利穆拉爵士率领的穆斯林代表团要求在该城设立一所大学。

• Lord Curzon agreed to the demand, and 600 acres of land, part of it from the Nawab's estate, were acquired in Dhaka for the planned university as a centre of excellence.柯曾勋爵同意了这一要求，为筹办这所作为卓越中心的大学，在达卡征得 600 英亩土地，其中一部分来自纳瓦布家族的产业。

• Much of the land had been requisitioned by the British government in 1905 following the formation of the new province of East Bengal and Assam.这些土地中的大部分，是英国政府在 1905 年东孟加拉与阿萨姆新省设立后所征用的。

• In 1913 public opinion was invited before the university scheme took final shape, and the Secretary of State approved it in December 1913.1913 年校方在方案定稿前公开征询民意，同年 12 月英国国务大臣予以批准。

• Philip Joseph Hartog, formerly the academic registrar of the University of London for seventeen years, was appointed the first Vice-Chancellor of the university.曾在伦敦大学担任教务长十七年的菲利普·约瑟夫·哈托格被任命为该校首任副校长。

• Lord Ronaldshay, Governor of Bengal between 1917 and 1922, served as the first Chancellor, and on the recommendation of Nawab Syed Shamsul Huda appointed Ahmad Fazlur Rahman as a provost.1917 至 1922 年间的孟加拉总督罗纳德谢勋爵出任首任校监，并依纳瓦布·赛义德·沙姆苏尔·胡达的推荐任命艾哈迈德·法兹卢尔·拉赫曼为学监。

• Academic activities started on 1 July 1921 with 847 students, three faculties of Arts, Science and Law, twelve departments and three student dormitories.1921 年 7 月 1 日教学活动开始，时为 847 名学生、文学科学法学三个学院、十二个学系与三座学生宿舍。

• The first dormitories were Salimullah Muslim Hall, Dacca Hall and Jagannath Hall, three residential halls that still structure student life on the campus.最初的宿舍为萨利穆拉穆斯林学舍、达卡学舍与贾甘纳特学舍，这三座学舍至今仍构成校园学生生活的骨架。

• In 1936 the university awarded honorary doctorates to Jagadish Chandra Bose, Jadunath Sarkar, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Allama Iqbal and Rabindranath Tagore.1936 年学校向贾加迪什·钱德拉·博斯、贾杜纳特·萨尔卡尔、萨拉特·钱德拉·查特吉、阿拉马·伊克巴尔与罗宾德拉纳特·泰戈尔授予荣誉博士学位。

• The university played a central role in the Bengali language movement when Bengalis united to oppose Urdu as the sole official language of East Pakistan.当孟加拉人联合反对以乌尔都语作为东巴基斯坦唯一官方语言时，该校在孟加拉语运动中发挥了核心作用。

• Dhaka University was the main site of that movement, and several students were killed at the spot where the Shaheed Minar now stands, after which Bengali was recognised as an official language.达卡大学是那场运动的主要场所，数名学生殉难于今烈士塔所在之处，此后孟加拉语获得官方语言地位。

• After the Partition of India the university became a focal point of progressive and democratic movements in Pakistan, and its students and teachers helped drive Bengali nationalism.印巴分治之后，该校成为巴基斯坦境内进步与民主运动的焦点，其师生推动了孟加拉民族主义的兴起。

• Its students and teachers played a very important role in the rise of Bengali nationalism and in the independence of Bangladesh in 1971.该校师生在孟加拉民族主义的兴起与 1971 年孟加拉国独立中发挥了极为重要的作用。

• The Dacca University Order, 1973, being President's Order No. 11 of 1973, reconstituted and reorganised the university to improve teaching, research and administration after the 1971 war.1973 年的《达卡大学令》（即 1973 年第 11 号总统令）在 1971 年战争后重建并改组该校，以改进教学、科研与行政。

• The spelling changed from Dacca to Dhaka by section 2 of the University Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987, Act No. XXXVI of 1987.该校拼写依 1987 年《大学法（修正案）》（第 XXXVI 号法）第 2 条，由 Dacca 改为 Dhaka。

• On 18 July 2024 the university announced an indefinite closure after protests over government job quotas turned violent across the country, and it reopened after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned.2024 年 7 月 18 日，因政府职位配额改革引发的抗议在全国范围转为暴力，该校宣布无限期停课，并在总理谢赫·哈西娜辞职后复课。

• Bengali nationalism and the language movement turned the campus into a national political stage, a role that has shaped the university's identity for a century.孟加拉民族主义与语言运动使校园成为全国性政治舞台，这一角色塑造了该校百余年来的身份。

Academics

• The university consists of 13 faculties and 83 departments, together with 13 institutes and 54 research centres, according to its own current figures.按校方現行数据，该校下设 13 个学院与 83 个学系，另有 13 个研究所与 54 个研究中心。

• Through the middle of the twentieth century the university expanded from three faculties and three halls into a broad multi-faculty institution, a growth accelerated after 1971.在二十世纪中叶前后，该校由三个学院与三座学舍逐步扩展为多科性机构，这一成长在 1971 年后明显加快。

• The Faculty of Social Sciences includes economics, political science, international relations, anthropology, public administration, sociology and development studies among its departments.社会科学学院设有经济学、政治学、国际关系、人类学、公共行政、社会学与发展研究等系。

• The Faculty of Pharmacy offers pharmacy, clinical pharmacy and pharmacology, pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmaceutical technology.药学院开设药学、临床药学与药理学、药物化学，以及制药技术等专业。

• Its Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Postgraduate Medical Sciences and Research, which contains a Department of Virology, give the university a role in medical training and research.其医学院与研究生医学科学及研究学院（下设病毒学系）使该校在医学教育与研究上占有一席之地。

• Its faculties span Arts, Social Sciences, Law, Fine Arts, Business Studies, Science, Pharmacy, Biological Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Education and Medicine.其学院涵盖文学、社会科学、法学、美术、商业研究、理学、药学、生物科学、地球与环境科学、工程与技术、教育学与医学。

• The Faculty of Arts hosts departments of Bangla, English, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Sanskrit, Pali, Buddhist Studies, Linguistics, Philosophy, History and Islamic Studies.文学院设有孟加拉语、英语、阿拉伯语、波斯语、乌尔都语、梵语、巴利语、佛学、语言学、哲学、历史与伊斯兰研究等系。

• The Faculty of Business Studies was established in 1970 as the Faculty of Commerce, beginning with the departments of Accounting and Management.商业研究学院前身为 1970 年设立的商学院，最初仅设会计系与管理系。

• Two more departments were created in 1974, and the faculty introduced the semester system from the 1977-1978 session and renamed its B.Com and M.Com degrees to BBA and MBA during 1994-1995.1974 年增设两个学系，1977-1978 学年起引入学期制，并在 1994-1995 学年把 B.Com 与 M.Com 学位更名为 BBA 与 MBA。

• In 1995 the Faculty of Commerce took its current name and became the Faculty of Business Studies, and it now has nearly 153 teachers and about 6,100 students.1995 年商学院改称商业研究学院并沿用至今，现该院约有 153 名教师与 6100 名学生。

• The Faculty of Science offers mathematics, applied mathematics, physics, chemistry, statistics, biomedical physics and theoretical physics among its departments.理学院设数学、应用数学、物理、化学、统计、生物医学物理与理论物理等系。

• The Faculty of Engineering and Technology covers electrical and electronic engineering, computer science and engineering, nuclear engineering and robotics and mechatronics engineering.工程与技术学院涵盖电气与电子工程、计算机科学与工程、核工程，以及机器人与机电一体化工程。

• The Faculty of Biological Sciences includes botany, zoology, biochemistry and molecular biology, microbiology, psychology and genetic engineering and biotechnology.生物科学学院包括植物学、动物学、生物化学与分子生物学、微生物学、心理学，以及基因工程与生物技术。

• The Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences groups geography and environment, geology, oceanography, meteorology and disaster science and climate resilience.地球与环境科学学院下设地理与环境、地质学、海洋学、气象学，以及灾害科学与气候韧性等系。

• Research centres include the Bureau of Economic Research, the Bureau of Business Research, the Bose Centre for Advanced Study and the Renewable Energy Research Centre.校内研究中心包括经济研究局、商业研究局、博斯高等研究院与可再生能源研究中心。

• The university has a student body of 46,150 and a faculty of 1,992, making it the largest public research university in Bangladesh.该校学生规模为 46150 人、教师 1992 人，是孟加拉国规模最大的公立研究型大学。

• It is the highest-ranked university in Bangladesh according to the QS World University Ranking, an edge it has held for years.按 QS 世界大学排名，该校是孟加拉国排名最高的大学，且已保持多年。

• Programmes run from undergraduate to doctoral level, and the university also publishes the open-access research journal Dhaka Viswavidyalay Patrika, founded in 1973.该校专业自本科直至博士层次开设，并出版自 1973 年创刊的开放获取学术期刊《达卡大学学刊》。

• The Dhaka Viswavidyalay Patrika publishes research in Bengali across literature, history, religion, philosophy, fine arts, music, business, law, science and social science.《达卡大学学刊》以孟加拉语发表文学、历史、宗教、哲学、美术、音乐、商业、法律、科学与社会科学的论文。

Campus

• The university occupies a large green campus of some 600 acres in the heart of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.该校占地约 600 英亩，坐落在孟加拉国首都达卡市中心，是一座广阔的绿色校园。

• Its recorded geographic position is latitude 23.7104 and longitude 90.40744, placing it in the central part of Dhaka.其登记的地理坐标为北纬 23.7104、东经 90.40744，位于达卡中部。

• There are 23 residence halls for students and dormitories for teachers and university officials on the campus.校园内共有 23 座学生学舍，以及供教师与校方官员住宿的宿舍。

• The University Library, housed in three separate buildings, is the largest in Bangladesh and holds more than 617,000 volumes, including bound periodicals.大学图书馆分设于三座建筑之内，为孟加拉国规模最大者，馆藏逾 617000 册，其中包括合订本期刊。

• It also holds over 30,000 manuscripts in other languages and large numbers of microfilms, microfiche and CDs, and subscribes to more than 300 foreign journals.馆内另藏有其他语言的逾 30000 件手稿，以及大量缩微胶卷、缩微平片与光盘，并订有 300 余种外文期刊。

• The Faculty of Business Studies runs an e-library, said to be the largest of its kind in Asia, connected with 35 internationally renowned libraries and publishers.商业研究学院设有号称亚洲同类最大的电子图书馆，与 35 家国际知名图书馆及出版机构相连。

• That e-library was built in collaboration with Robi Axiata Limited in August 2015, occupies 12,000 square feet and can seat around 1,400 students.该电子图书馆于 2015 年 8 月与 Robi Axiata 公司合作建成，面积 12000 平方英尺，可容纳约 1400 名学生。

• Curzon Hall, the university's first building, and the Shaheed Minar monument are among its most historically significant landmarks.柯曾厅作为该校最早的建筑，与烈士塔纪念碑同为其最具历史意义的地标。

• Fuller Road, named after Bampfylde Fuller, the first lieutenant governor of Eastern Bengal and Assam, runs through Shahbag and was renamed Sir Syed Ahmed Road in 1967.富勒路以首任东孟加拉与阿萨姆副总督班普菲尔德·富勒命名，穿过沙赫巴格区，并于 1967 年更名为赛义德·艾哈迈德爵士路。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027, the edition to which this entry belongs, the University of Dhaka is placed at 600th, the highest rank of any Bangladeshi university.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，也就是本条目所属的榜单版本，达卡大学列第 600 位，为孟加拉国各校之首。

• In the 2026 QS Asia University Rankings the university was ranked 132nd in Asia, a much higher continental position than its world placing.在 2026 年 QS 亚洲大学排名中，该校列亚洲第 132 位，其地区座次明显高于世界排名。

• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place the university in the 1001-1200 band, lower than its QS standing.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将该校列入第 1001-1200 档，低于其 QS 名次。

• In the 2026-2027 US News Best Global Universities table the university is listed at 673rd, a numeric rank carried in that ranking.在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，该校列第 673 位，为该榜所载的具体名次。

• No position is recorded for the university in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, so it is absent from that year's ARWU main list.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名未录该校名次，故其缺席当年该榜主榜。

• The university reports about 34,524 works and 878,470 citations in OpenAlex, a substantial scholarly output for the South Asian region.OpenAlex 记录该校约 3.4 万件作品与 878470 次被引，就南亚地区而言学术产出可观。

• Its QS standing has risen over the years: it was placed 551st in the 2011-12 QS list and in the 701-750 band in the 2015/16 edition.其 QS 名次多年间逐步上升，曾在 2011-12 年版列第 551 位，在 2015/16 年版处于第 701-750 档。

• According to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015 for English Language and Literature, only two South Asian universities were listed, one of them Dhaka University at 251-300.依 2015 年 QS 学科排名（英语语言与文学），仅有两所南亚大学上榜，其中之一即达卡大学，列第 251-300 档。

• For 2024-2025 the university also figures among the leading Bangladeshi institutions in international tables, an advantage underpinned by its age and research base.在 2024-2025 年度的国际榜单中，该校仍属孟加拉国领先院校之列，其优势由校龄与科研基础支撑。

• As the country's only university inside the QS world top 600, it has anchored national higher education since 1921 and remains the benchmark for other public universities.作为孟加拉国唯一进入 QS 世界前 600 的大学，该校自 1921 年以来一直支撑着本国高等教育，并仍是其他公立大学的标杆。

• Among its national peers are Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi University and Chittagong University, the principal public universities founded after 1921.其国内同侪包括孟加拉国工程技术大学、拉杰沙希大学与吉大港大学，这些均为 1921 年之后创办的主要公立大学。

Student life

• The university has no single formal Latin motto recorded in its public material, and its identity is carried instead by the 1921 founding and its role in the language movement.校方公开材料未见单一正式拉丁校训，其身份更多由 1921 年创校与其在语言运动中的作用承载。

• The Dhaka University Central Students' Union, known as DUCSU, is the official students' union and was established in the academic year 1922-23 as the Dhaka University Student Union.达卡大学中央学生会（DUCSU）为官方学生组织，于 1922-23 学年以「达卡大学学生会」之名成立。

• DUCSU's first constitution was drafted at its general assembly on 30 October 1925, and in 1953 the constitution was amended and the union renamed.其首部章程于 1925 年 10 月 30 日的全体大会起草，1953 年章程修订并改称现名。

• In 2019 the last DUCSU election took place after a gap of 29 years, restoring a student body that had long been dormant.2019 年举行了时隔 29 年的最后一届 DUCSU 选举，使长期沉寂的学生自治机构得以恢复。

• The University of Dhaka Ground is the official stadium and hosts many inter-collegiate and intra-collegiate tournaments at inter-city and national levels.达卡大学运动场为官方体育场，举办众多校际与校内赛事，兼及城市与国家级比赛。

• The Office of the Director of Physical Education runs compulsory physical education, coaching certificate courses and intramural and extramural programmes.体育教育主任办公室负责必修体育课、教练证书课程以及校内与校外体育项目。

• There are cafeterias on campus with historical and architectural interest, including the Teacher-Student Centre cafeteria and the Madhur Canteen whose owner was killed by Pakistani soldiers in 1971.校园内的多处餐厅兼具历史与建筑意趣，其中包括师生中心的餐厅，以及店主於 1971 年被巴基斯坦士兵杀害的「Madhur Canteen」。

• A free medical centre near the Science Annex Building offers round-the-clock service with 30 doctors on shifts, a dental unit, an eye unit and two ambulances.科学附楼附近的免费医疗中心提供全天候服务，配备 30 名轮班医生、牙科诊室、眼科诊室与两辆救护车。

• Campus life is inseparable from Dhaka, the capital and a city of more than ten million people, whose political and cultural currents the university has long mirrored.校园生活与达卡密不可分，这座首都城市人口逾千万，长期以来该校亦映照着此城的政治与文化潮流。

Notable people

• Satyendra Nath Bose, the physicist known for Bose-Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose-Einstein condensate, is among the university's most celebrated alumni and teachers.因玻色-爱因斯坦统计与玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚理论闻名的物理学家萨特延德拉·纳特·玻色，是该校最负盛名的校友与教师之一。

• Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize and pioneer of microcredit, is counted among the university's distinguished alumni.2006 年诺贝尔和平奖得主、小额信贷先驱穆罕默德·尤努斯，被列为该校杰出校友。

• Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh who led the independence movement, studied at the University of Dhaka.领导独立运动、并出任孟加拉国首任总统的谢赫·穆吉布·拉赫曼，曾在达卡大学就读。

• Muhammad Shahidullah, the linguist and scholar of Bengali, is among the university's noted academic alumni.孟加拉语语言学家与学者穆罕默德·沙希杜拉，是该校知名的学界校友之一。

• Nurul Momen, honoured as Natyaguru and a pioneer of the university's cultural, sports and theatrical activities, was both a student and later a teacher there.被誉为「戏剧大师」、并开创该校文化、体育与戏剧活动的努鲁尔·莫门，既是该校学生、后来亦在校任教。

• Buddhadeb Bose, the twentieth-century Bengali poet, and Mohammad Ataul Karim, the physicist, are also numbered among its alumni.二十世纪孟加拉语诗人布达德布·博斯与物理学家穆罕默德·阿陶尔·卡里姆，亦在其校友之列。

• Serajul Islam Choudhury, scholar and founding editor of the Dhaka Viswavidyalay Patrika, is among the university's long-serving academic figures.学者、《达卡大学学刊》创刊主编塞拉朱尔·伊斯兰·乔杜里，是该校长期服务的学术人物之一。

• Philip Joseph Hartog, the first Vice-Chancellor and formerly academic registrar of the University of London, shaped the university's early British-model administration.首任副校长、曾任伦敦大学教务长的菲利普·约瑟夫·哈托格，奠定了该校早期仿英式行政的格局。

• Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah, the Nawab of Dhaka who pioneered the university and donated part of his estate for its land, is regarded as its principal founder.推动创校并捐出部分家产作为校地的达卡纳瓦布霍贾·萨利穆拉爵士，被视为该校的主要创办人。

• Lord Ronaldshay, the first Chancellor, and Nawab Syed Shamsul Huda, appointed a life member, stand among the institution's founding figures.首任校监罗纳德谢勋爵，以及被任命为终身成员的纳瓦布·赛义德·沙姆苏尔·胡达，同属该校的创校人物。

• The university awarded honorary doctorates in 1936 to Rabindranath Tagore, Allama Iqbal and Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, tying it to the leading literary figures of Bengal.该校於 1936 年向泰戈尔、伊克巴尔与萨拉特·钱德拉·查特吉授予荣誉博士学位，使其与孟加拉最重要的文学人物相连。