Jagannath University is a legislature financed open university[2] in Sadarghat, Dhaka the capital of Bangladesh. Jagannath University is in the southern piece of Dhaka city close to the waterway Buriganga nearer to islampur and laxmibazar.

The University has a history that began in 1858 when Dhaka Brahma School was established by Dinanath Sen, Prabhaticharan Roy, Anathbandhu Mallik and Brajasundar Kaitra. The name Jagannath School was given by Kishorilal Chowdhury, the Zamindar of Baliati in Manikganj, who assumed control over the school in 1872 and renamed it after his dad.

The University began with just 48 understudies and in five years, the move raised to 396. In 1910, Raja Manmath Roy Chowdhury, the zamindar of Santosh, tangail subsidiary the Pramath-Manmath College of Tangail with Jagannath college.

Jagannath University opened honours and masters programs in 1975. That year the government by and by assumed control over the University and overhauled it into a postgraduate college.

The school delivered several thousands graduates. The Management of University is endeavoring to make this foundation as a focal point of greatness for making effective and beneficial subjects of Bangladesh.

Faculties
There are seven faculties and two institutions in Jagannath University. Today 33 departments are running at JU.

Faculty of Business Administration
Department of Accounting & Information Systems
Department of Marketing
Department of Finance
Department of Management Studies

Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences
Department of Pharmacy
Department of Microbiology
Department of Zoology
Department of Botany
Department of Psychology
Department of Geography and Environment

Faculty of Science
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
Department of Chemistry
Department of Physics
Department of Mathematics
Department of Statistics

Faculty of Arts
Department of Bengali
Department of English
Department of History
Department of Philosophy
Department of Islamic History and Culture
Department of Islamic Studies
Education Research

Faculty of Law
Department of Law

Faculty of Social Science
Department of Film and Television
Department of Sociology
Department of Anthropology
Department of Economics
Department of Political Science
Department of Public Administration
Department of Social Work
Department of Mass Communication and Journalism

Faculty of Fine Arts
Department of Fine Arts and Graphics
Department of Drama
Department of Music