About the Department of English

The Department of English is as old as the University of Dhaka: it opened when the University started functioning on July 1, 1921. C. L. Wren, a distinguished scholar who later became Professor of English at Oxford was appointed the first Head of the Department. After 1947 several teachers left the department and for some time there was a crisis. However later eminent teacher like Professor A.G. Stock joined as teaching faculty. The Department of English contributed immensely to the...

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Dr. Tazin Aziz Chaudhury
Dr. Tazin Aziz Chaudhury Chairman, Department of English

Welcome to the Department of English! Established in 1921, ours is one of the 104-year-old founding departments in the Faculty of Arts, University of Dhaka, determined to attain the highest standards in academic excellence. For more than a century, this department has had a formative influence in fostering ...

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Department of English in numbers

35 Faculty members
713 Students
349 Female students