Dhaka College


Dhaka College is the oldest institution of Bangladesh located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It offers higher secondary education. It has Honours and Masters programs as well which divisions are affiliated to the University of Dhaka.

History

Dhaka College is one of Bangladesh's most important as well as these earliest higher-secondary educational institutions. It was established by James Taylor Wise in1835 as an English Seminary School. Mr. Wise organized a local Committee of Public Instruction with the help of district magistrate Mr. Grant.
The school building was built partly out of public donations on the grounds of an English factory. On July 18, 1841, the school got their approval of the college. On 20 November 1841, the foundation stone of the college was placed and buildings were completed in 1846, with the aid of the Bishop of Calcutta. In the first graduating class there were both Muslim and Hindu students, as well as a number of foreign students, mainly from Armenia and Portugal.
The college was relocated in 1873 to a large building to the east of Victoria Park in order to accommodate the physics and chemistry laboratories. In 1908, it shifted to Curzon Hall while the science departments were housed in the present chemistry building of the University of Dhaka and two new halls were built there as well. In 1921, the college shifted again to the old High Court Building as University of Dhaka was established there. During the Second World War it moved to Siddique Bazar in purana Dhaka. Finally the college found its own permanent campus on Mirpur Road, Dhanmondi near Dhaka New Market since 1955.

Affiliation




Campus

Library

The library of Dhaka College was established in 1841 at the time of establishment of the college. It has a collection of 50,000 books.

Residential student halls

There are eight residential halls:
Dhaka college has 08 buses to transport students from different areas of Dhaka city.
They are:

Bus no 1. Shankhanil -starts from Mirpur 10

Bus no 2. Puspak -starts from Jatrabari Signboard

Bus no 3. Shankhachil -starts from Shahjatpur, Notun bazar, Gulshan

Bus no 4. Poddonil -starts from Malibagh Bazar

Bus no 5. starts from College Campus

Bus no 6. starts from College Campus

Bus no 7. starts from College Campus

Bus no 8. starts from College Campus

Academics

Dhaka College offers H.S.C., four years Honours and one year Masters course in various majors.

Notable alumni