The Department of Urdu and Persian was established on 1st July in 1921. It became a separate Department from 10 March 2007. The Department offeres four year B.A. Honours and one year M.A Programs along with two year M. Phil and three year Ph.D programs as well. A minimum qualification is required for admission to M.Phil and Ph.D. programs and the students must defend thesis successfully to obtain their degrees. Linguistic, Culture and Literary Studies of the Sub-continent are major fields of the research. Prescribed and recommended books are available in the seminar library. The Department publishes of it’s journal annually "The Dhaka University Journal of Urdu".