Dhaka University/Dhaka University, founded in 192 1, is a public research-oriented comprehensive university with a huge scale (more than 30,000 people).
Dhaka University is the oldest modern university in Bangladesh, founded by the British Indian government in 192 1. Dhaka University, modeled on Niu Jian's educational model, was once called "Oriental Oxford", which had an important influence on the development of Bangladesh.
Dhaka University is the largest public university in Bangladesh with more than 30,000 students. It was rated as one of the top 100 universities in Asia by Asia Weekly. However, since 1960s, its academic research has been greatly influenced by the unstable political situation in Bangladesh.