Editing Dhaka (section)

== Education and research ==
{{See also|Education in Bangladesh}}
[[File:Curzon Hall, University of Dhaka 2023 department.jpg|thumb|[[Curzon Hall]] is the home of the Faculty of Science, Dhaka University]]
Dhaka has the largest number of schools, colleges and universities of any Bangladeshi city. The education system is divided into five levels: primary (from grades 1 to 5), junior (from grades 6 to 8), secondary (from grades 9 to 10), higher secondary (from grades 11 to 12) and tertiary.<ref name="CompEd">{{Cite book |last=T. Neville Postlethwaite |title=The Encyclopedia of Comparative Education and National Systems of Education |publisher=Pergamon Press |year=1988 |isbn=0-08-030853-8 |page=130}}</ref> The five years of primary education concludes with a Primary School Completion (PSC) Examination, the three years of junior education concludes with [[Junior School Certificate]] (JSC) Examination. Next, two years of secondary education concludes with a [[Secondary School Certificate]] (SSC) Examination. Students who pass this examination proceed to two years of higher secondary or intermediate training, which culminate in a [[Higher Secondary School Certificate]] (HSC) Examination.<ref name=CompEd/> Education is mainly offered in Bengali. However, English is also widely taught and used. Many Muslim families send their children to attend part-time courses or even to pursue full-time religious education alongside other subjects, which is imparted in Bengali and Arabic in schools, colleges and [[Madrasa#Bangladesh|madrasas]].<ref name=CompEd/>

There are [[List of universities in Bangladesh|52 universities]] in Dhaka. [[Dhaka College]] is the oldest institution for higher education in the city and among the earliest established in British India, founded in 1841. Since independence, Dhaka has seen the establishment of numerous public and private colleges and universities that offer undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as a variety of doctoral programs.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} The [[University of Dhaka]] is the oldest public university in the country which has more than 30,000 students and 1,800 faculty staff.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 December 2007 |title=Dhaka teachers on violence charge |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7138123.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214124759/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7138123.stm |archive-date=14 December 2007 |access-date=15 May 2008 |work=BBC News}}</ref> It was established in 1921 being the first university in the region. The university has 23 research centres and 70 departments, faculties, and institutes.<ref name="DhakaU">{{Cite web |title=Univ. Facts |url=http://www.univdhaka.edu/fastFacts.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060904074222/http://www.univdhaka.edu/fastFacts.php |archive-date=4 September 2006 |access-date=10 September 2006 |website=University of Dhaka}}</ref> Eminent seats of higher education include [[Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology]] (BUET), [[Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University]] (BSMMU), [[Jagannath University]] and [[Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History & act |url=http://www.sau.edu.bd/about/history-a-act |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928035835/http://www.sau.edu.bd/about/history-a-act |archive-date=28 September 2011 |access-date=19 October 2011 |website=Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University}}</ref> [[Bangladesh University of Professionals]] (BUP), situated in [[Mirpur Cantonment]], is the largest public university affiliated with the armed forces.<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 April 2009|title=Bangladesh University of Professionals Act, 2009 (Act No. 30 of 2009)|url=http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-1016.html?lang=en|access-date=5 September 2021|website=www.bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003192304/http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-1016.html?lang=en |archive-date=2024-10-03 }}</ref> [[Dhaka Medical College and Hospital|Dhaka Medical College]] is one of the oldest and largest [[Medical Colleges of Bangladesh|medical colleges]] in the country.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Muhammad Shamsul Huq |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000075760/PDF/75760eng.pdf.multi |title=Higher Education and Employment in Bangladesh |publisher=UNESCO |year=1983 |isbn=92-803-1102-6 |page=181 |access-date=22 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519032119/https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000075760/PDF/75760eng.pdf.multi |archive-date=19 May 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> Founded in 1875, the Dhaka Medical School was the first medical school in British East Bengal, which became [[Sir Salimullah Medical College]] in 1962.<ref>{{Citation |last=Shahida Alam |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |year=2012 |editor-last=Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal |access-date=8 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401071734/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Mitford_Hospital |archive-date=1 April 2017 |url-status=live |chapter=Mitford Hospital |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Mitford_Hospital |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> Other government medical colleges are [[Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College]], [[Mugda Medical College & Hospital|Mugda Medical College]] and [[Armed Forces Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh|Armed Forces Medical College, Dhaka]].

Two [[Nobel laureate]]s are prominently associated with the city, including [[Amartya Sen]] who grew up in the city during the 1930s and 1940s, and attended [[St. Gregory's High School and College|St. Gregory's School]];<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 Feb 2020 |title=Back to the alma mater |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/education/back-to-the-alma-mater-1580929247 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821234546/https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/education/back-to-the-alma-mater-1580929247 |archive-date=21 August 2023 |access-date=1 September 2023 |work=The Financial Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=22 July 2022 |title=Expat alumni of St Gregory's High School and College form not-for-profit organisation |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/contribute-nations-development-3076521 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821220033/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/contribute-nations-development-3076521 |archive-date=21 August 2023 |access-date=1 September 2023 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitra |first=Saheli |date=12 November 2021 |title=Amartya Sen's nostalgia: Jagat Kutir, his home in Dhaka |url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/amartya-sens-nostalgia-jagat-kutir-his-home-in-dhaka |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821220034/https://www.getbengal.com/details/amartya-sens-nostalgia-jagat-kutir-his-home-in-dhaka |archive-date=21 August 2023 |access-date=1 September 2023 |website=Get Bengal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Islam |first=Nazrul |date=4 January 1999 |title=Amartya Sen's Love/Hate for Dhaka |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/amartya-sens-lovehate-for-dhaka |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821220034/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/amartya-sens-lovehate-for-dhaka |archive-date=21 August 2023 |access-date=1 September 2023 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref> and [[Muhammad Yunus]], who studied at [[Dhaka University]], founded the [[Grameen Bank]] and lives in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 2006 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2006/yunus/biographical/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726173150/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2006/yunus/biographical/ |archive-date=26 July 2022 |access-date=1 September 2023 |website=NobelPrize.org}}</ref>

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===Learned societies and think tanks===
[[File:Bangla Academy Inside 2 by Ashfaq.jpg|thumb|The [[Bangla Academy (Bangladesh)|Bangla Academy]]]]
* [[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]
* [[Atomic Energy Centre, Dhaka]]
* [[Bangla Academy (Bangladesh)|Bangla Academy]]
* [[Bangladesh Academy of Sciences]]
* [[Bangladesh Enterprise Institute]]
* [[Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies]]
* [[Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies]]
* [[Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs]]
* [[Bangladesh Institute of Peace & Security Studies]]
* [[Centre for Policy Dialogue]]
* [[Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific]]
* [[International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh]]
* [[International Jute Study Group]]
* [[Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization]]
* [[Yunus Centre]]