The Department Graphic Design of the Faculty of Fine art established in 1948 by eminent artist Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin, founder of art institute of Bangladesh. During that time the name of this department was Commercial Art Department. Artist Quamrul Hasan was the Head of the Department. Artist Khawaja Shafique Ahmed, Artist Quayyum Choudhury, Artist Mustafa Monwar, Artist Samarjit Roy Chowdhury Artist Syed Ali Azam and Artist Jameer Uddin joined as teachers.
For the last seven decades this department has promoted generations of artists and educationalists who have been making contributions on both national and international levels.
To meet the demands of different eras, the technological aspects and application media of graphic design have evolved and modernized, which in turn has influenced Bangladesh's visual arts through the ages. Thus the Department of Graphic Design keeps updating its academic curriculum accordingly.
At present the Department offers courses for a four-year BFA (Honors) and a two-year MFA degree in Graphic Design. The Department also provides supervision for PhD research degrees.
The academic programs of this department are proceeding with 8 teachers, 4 staffs and 150 students in the session of 2019-2020.