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The University
of
Dhaka
is
a
public
research
university
located
in
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
It
is
the
oldest
university
in
Bangladesh.
On
the
first
day
of
July
1921,
the university
opened
its
doors
to
students. Today,
it
is
the
largest public
research
university in
Bangladesh,
with
a
student
body
of
37,018
and
a
faculty
of
1,992.
It
was
identified
by Asia
Week as
one
of
the
top
100
universities
in
Asia.
It
has
made
significant
contributions
to
the
modern
history
of
Bangladesh.
Its
students
and
teachers
played
a
central
role
in
the
rise
of
Bengali
nationalism
and
the
independence
of
Bangladesh
in
1971.Â
In
2021,
hundred
years
of
Dhaka
University
was
completed.
The
Dhaka
University
Library
comprises
three
buildings:
The
administrative
building,
the
main
library
building,
and
the
science
library
building.
The
administrative
building
has
administrative
offices,
a
book
acquisition
section,
a
book
processing
section,
a
reprographic
section,
a
bookbinding
section,
a
manuscript
section,
and
a
seminar
section.
Dhaka
University
is
one
of
the
best
known
universities
in
Bangladesh.
It
was
established
in
1921,
thus
it
holds
the
distinction
of
being
the
oldest
university
in
Bangladesh.
As
it
boasts
a
list
of
famous
alumni
who
include
the
Nobel
peace
prize
winner
and
the
first
president
of
Bangladesh
Sheikh
Mujibur
Rahman
and
more
than
10
former
presidents
and
multiple
prime
ministers,
who
studied
there.
Today,
it
is
the
largest
public
research
university
in
Bangladesh.
It
has
a
student
body
of
37,018
and
a
faculty
of
1,992.
Nawab
Bahadur
Sir
Khwaja
Salimullah,
played
a
pioneering
role
in
establishing
the
university
in
Dhaka,
he
donated
600
acres
of
land
from
his
estate
for
this
purpose.
DhakaÂ
University
hosts
various
inter-collegiate
sports
tournaments
at
inter-city
and
national
levels.
The
University
of
Dhaka
ground
is
the
official
stadium
of
the
University
of
Dhaka.
ItÂ
organizes
sports
and
other
extracurricular
and
recreational
activities.
Office
of
the
director
of
physical
education
provides
three
types
of
programs:
Compulsory
Physical
Education,
Certificate
course
in
coaching
major
games
and
sports,
and
Intramural
and
extramural
programs.