List of vice chancellors of Dhaka University

University of Dhaka, also known as Dhaka University is the oldest university in Bangladesh. It was established in 1921. Since its establishment, 27 academic scholars and educationalist have taken responsibility of the University of Dhaka as the Vice Chancellor. ASM Maksud Kamal, who resigned from his post on 10th August 2024 due to the demand of students for his resignation, was the 29th Vice Chancellor of University of Dhaka. On 26th August 2024, Dr. Niaz Ahmed Khan was appointed as the 30th Vice Chancellor of University of Dhaka.

First Indian Muslim Vice Chancellor of this university was Sir Ahmad Fazlur Rahman. After him a famous historian Professor R. C. Majumdar took over the responsibility. Prof. Sayed Moazzem Hossain was the first student of Dhaka University to become the Vice Chancellor.

In March 1971, Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury was the Vice Chancellor but he was in Geneva at that time to attend the UN Human Rights Commission summit. He became fed up seeing news in a newspaper about the death of two students of Dhaka University. He resigned from his duties sending a letter to the educational secretary of East Pakistan via the Pakistan Embassy. In that letter he wrote, "I don't find it logical to act as the Vice Chancellor while my unarmed students were killed. So, I resigned." The Mujibnagar government then assigned Justice Sayeed as the “Special representative of the expatriate government”. On 19 July, the military forces of Pakistan made D. Syed Sajjad Hussain the Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University who was the Vice Chancellor of Rajshahi University. D. Hasan Zaman & D. Meher Ali assisted him.

List of vice chancellors

Sequence Picture Name Took over Transfer the responsibility
1
Sir Philip Hartog 1920-12-01 1925-12-31
2
Professor George Harry Langley 1926-01-26 1934-06-30
3
Sir Ahmad Fazlur Rahman 1934-07-01 1936-12-31
4
Professor R. C. Majumdar 1937-01-01 1942-06-30
5 Professor Mahmud Hasan 1942-07-01 1948-10-21
6 Professor Sayed Moazzem Hossain 1948-10-22 1953-11-08
7 Professor Walter Allen Jenkins 1953-11-09 1956-11-08
8 Muhhammad Ibrahim 1956-11-09 1958-10-27
9 Judge Hamoodur Rahman 1958-11-05 1960-12-14
10 Professor Mahmud Hussain 1960-12-15 1963-02-19
11 Professor M Osman Ghani 1963-02-20 1969-12-01
12 Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury 1969-12-02 1971-03-02
13 Professor Syed Sajjad Hussain 1971-07-19 1972-01-20
14 Professor Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury 1972-01-21 1973-04-12
15 Abdul Matin Chowdhury 1973-04-13 1975-09-22
16 Professor M. Shamshul Haque 1975-09-23 1976-02-01
17
Professor Fazlul Halim Chowdhury 1976-02-02 1983-03-20
18 A K M Siddiq 1983-03-21 1983-08-16
19 Professor M. Shamshul Haque 1983-08-17 1986-01-12
20 Professor Abdul Mannan 1986-01-12 1090-03-22
21 Professor Mohammad Moniruzzaman Miah 1990-03-24 1992-10-31
22
Professor Emajuddin Ahamed 1992-11-01 1996-08-31
23 Professor Shahid Uddin Ahmed 1996-08-31 1996-09-29
24 Professor Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury 1996-09-30 2001-11-11
25 Professor Anwarullah Chowdhury 2001-11-12 2002-07-31
26
Professor A F M Yusuf Haider (Acting Vice Chancellor) 2002-08-01 2002-09-09
27 Professor Syed Muhammed Abul Faiz 2002-09-09 2009-01-15
28
Professor D. AAMS Arefin Siddique 2009-01-15 2017-01-04
29
Professor Md. Akhtaruzzaman 2017-01-04 2023-11-02
30 ASM Maksud Kamal 2023-11-04 2024-08-10
31
Niaz Ahmed Khan 2024-08-27

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