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Printing and Publications Studies is an interdisciplinary branch at Faculty of Social Sciences in University of Dhaka.

The Department of Printing and Publication Studies is one of the few latest disciplines that have been inducted into the academic program of the University of Dhaka. The department has got the endorsement of the University Grants Commission (UGC) on May 12, 2015. The department commenced its formal academic program in January 2017 by launching 18 months Professional Master's Program (2016-2017) spanning three semesters (six months each). The Professional Master's program for the first batch (2016-17) has already been completed and for 2nd and 3rd batch is still running. The department has also commenced its Honors Program from 2017-2018 sessions, and the programs for four honors batches are now going on. Affiliated with the Faculty of Social Sciences, the department mostly focuses on generating competence for the students on technical knowledge and know-how in the field of printing and publication keeping in mind the widely stretched big printing and publishing industry of the world, especially Bangladesh. The students have the obligation to accomplish six-month-long research or/and internship program of their last semester both at Honors and Masters level. Professor Dr. Sudhangshu Sekhar Roy is the Chairman of the department since 06 September 2015.