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The Islamic University (Islami Bishwabidyalaya) is the first government university established in Bangladesh after independence. At the university level it is the country's highest Islamic seat of learning. It is the only university in the country that awards undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in theology and Islamic law. The university is run with the financial help of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. With the aim of promoting Islamic education, the institution was formed in 1980 in the Kushtia district of Khulna Division. The Islamic University began its academic activities on 28 June 1986.
The initiative to establish an Islamic seat of learning at university level is quite old. As early as 1920, Maulana Moniruzzaman Islamabadi formed a fund with the aim of founding a Muslim university at Patiya in Chittagong. In 1935 Maulana Shawkat Ali laid the foundation stone of the Muslim University. In 1941 the Maula Box Committee recommended the establishment of a 'University of Islamic Learning'. In 1946-47 the Syed Moazzem Uddin Committee and in 1949 the Maulana Muhammad Akram Khan Committee made recommendations for establishing an Islamic university. On 31 May 1963 the 'Islamic Arabic University Commission' was formed under the chairmanship of Dr. S. M. Hossain.
After independence, the government of Bangladesh announced the establishment of the Islamic University on 1 December 1976. On 27 January 1977 a seven-member Islamic University Planning Committee was formed with Professor M. A. Bari as its chairman. The committee submitted its report on 20 October 1977. On the committee's recommendation, mention was made of establishing, under the Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, the departments of (1) Al-Quran wa Ulumul Quran, (2) Ulumut Tawhid wad Da'wah, (3) Al-Hadith wa Ulumul Hadith, (4) Ash-Shariah wa Usulus Shariah and (5) Al Fal Safah wat-Tasawuf wal Akhlaq; under the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, (1) Arabic Language and Literature, (2) Bengali Language and Literature, (3) History and Culture of Islam, (4) Economics, (5) Public Administration, (6) Comparative Theology and (7) Linguistics, along with the Department of Commerce; and under the Faculty of Science, (1) Physics, (2) Mathematics, (3) Chemistry, (4) Botany and (5) Zoology.
At a conference of the heads of state and heads of government of the Muslim world, organized at the initiative of the OIC in Mecca from 31 March to 8 April 1977, the establishment of Islamic universities in various Muslim countries was recommended. On the basis of this recommendation, on 22 November 1979 martyr President Ziaur Rahman laid the foundation stone of the Islamic University at a place called Shantidanga-Dulalpur, 24 kilometres south of Kushtia town, beside the Kushtia-Jhenaidah highway, on 175 acres of land.
Academic Departments
The Islamic University has 33 departments under 5 faculties. The faculties are:
Faculty of Theology:
- Department of Al-Quran and Islamic Studies
- Department of Al-Hadith and Islamic Studies
- Department of Dawah and Islamic Studies
Faculty of Applied Science and Technology:
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Department of Applied Nutrition and Food Technology
- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Department of Information and Communication Engineering
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Department of Pharmacy
- Department of Environmental Science and Geography
Faculty of Business Administration:
- Department of Accounting and Information Systems
- Department of Management
- Department of Finance and Banking
- Department of Marketing
- Department of Human Resource Management
- Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences:
- Department of Arabic Language and Literature
- Department of Bengali
- Department of Economics
- Department of History and Culture of Islam
- Department of English
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Public Administration
- Department of Folklore Studies
- Department of Development Studies
- Department of Social Welfare
Faculty of Law and Shariah:
- Department of Law
- Department of Al-Fiqh and Law
- Department of Law and Land Management
Islamic University website:- iu.ac.bd
