College of Home Economics, Dhaka
Type | Govt. Institution |
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Established | 1961 |
Location | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Campus | Azimpur, Green Road, Lalmatia, Dhaka |
Affiliations | University of Dhaka |
The Home Economics Unit, Dhaka University is a constituent college[1] of the University of Dhaka, a new unit of Dhaka University, Biological Science Faculty. which monitors its academic activities. The college is a government institution whose administrative & financial concerns are managed by the Ministry of Education of the Government of Bangladesh.
History
American Ford Foundation & Oklahoma State University, USA and the government of East Pakistan started the college in the year 1961 with just twenty-five students. This is the first college of Bangladesh for studying Home Economics. Mrs Hamida Khanam was the founder principal of this college.[2]
Campus
The college is located at Azimpur, Dhaka having Total campus 10.3 acres of land. there are 21 classrooms, 5 seminar room, 8 laboratory, 1 Library etc.
Courses
Level of education is HSC, B.Sc (Hons.) & M.S. there are 5 Honours Department. This corses are conducted under Biology Faculty of the University of Dhaka.
Departments
There are five[3] departments in five major area of home econmics:-
- 1. Food and Nutrition
- 2. Resource Management and Entrepreneurship
- 3. Child Development and Social Relationship
- 4. Art and Creative Studies
- 5. Clothing and Textile
Admission
B.Sc: Admission test is conducted by Faculty of Biological Science of University of Dhaka. Students give separate admission test for Home Economics Unit. 1000 students can get admitted each year for B.Sc Course in this college.[4][5][6] There is separate admission test for HSC admission.
Notable alumni
Notable faculty
References
- ↑ http://www.du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=list-of-colleges
- ↑ http://www.banglavasha.com/image_gallery.php?action=browse&spot_id=575
- ↑ http://www.govhec.edu.bd/
- ↑ http://admission.eis.du.ac.bd/
- ↑ http://www.results.com.bd/home-economics-college-admission-result-circular-2014-15-govhec-edu-bd/
- ↑ http://edubdresult.com/home-economics-college-admission-result-2015/
Coordinates: 23°43′52″N 90°23′11″E / 23.7310°N 90.3863°E