Jagannath University (JnU) (Bengali: জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a public university located in Sadarghat, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.[3] Founded as Dhaka Brahma School in 1858 and renamed Jagannath School in 1872, the 158-year-old institution was taken over by the then-Pakistan government in 1968. It opened graduate and post-graduate programs in 1975 and was approved as a full-fledged public university in 2005.[4]
Jagannath University opens its first residential hall, only for females.[5] The university is in the southern part of Dhaka city near the River Buriganga and a new campus of approximately 81 ha (200 acres) is being built at Keraniganj.[6] The total campus area is more than 85 ha (210 acres) with three camps and a women’s residence hall.