Message from the Chairman

Welcome to the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism

The Department began with a four-year Bachelor's and a one-year Master's programme, and later introduced MPhil and PhD programmes. Across these levels, we bring theory, research, and professional practice into dialogue. Classroom inquiry is complemented by hands-on, practice-based learning, helping students develop critical thinking, analytical ability, effective communication, research capacity, and professional competence. We believe a university education should do more than prepare students for employment. It should enable them to understand society, engage with it critically and responsibly, communicate truthfully, and contribute meaningfully to the world around them.

Digital platforms, artificial intelligence, changing audience habits, and the rapid spread of misinformation are reshaping media and communication. Rather than simply chasing every new tool or trend, we seek to help our students understand these transformations in depth and respond to them critically, creatively, and responsibly. Technical skill alone is not enough. We seek to cultivate accuracy, sound judgement, respect for diversity, ethical awareness, and a deep sense of responsibility to the public good.

Research is central to our academic identity. We value scholarship that is rigorous, intellectually curious, and open to interdisciplinary inquiry, particularly research that addresses questions of genuine social and scholarly significance. Our location in Bangladesh does not limit the reach of our scholarship; rather, it gives us a distinctive vantage point from which to contribute to wider conversations in media, journalism, and communication.

I am deeply grateful to my faculty colleagues for their commitment to teaching, research, and the intellectual growth of our students. I am equally appreciative of our students, who are active participants in the academic life of the Department, and of our graduates, who have pursued diverse professional paths at home and abroad. Together, we aspire to strengthen a Department that is academically rigorous, research-driven, professionally connected, ethically grounded, student-centred, nationally relevant, and internationally engaged.

We want our graduates to succeed in their professions, but our aspirations go beyond professional success. We hope they will think independently, communicate with integrity, act responsibly, and use their knowledge in the service of society and the country. To our students, scholars, professionals, alumni, and visitors, I extend a warm welcome. We invite you to engage with our academic community, explore our work, and join us in the continuing pursuit of knowledge, integrity, and meaningful communication.

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