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Department of Fisheries, University of Dhaka
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Establishment
Department of Fisheries was established in 1997 (Initially as Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries) under the faculty of Biological sciences of the University of Dhaka.

Academic programmes
The department started its academic activities with the 1st year undergraduate (4-year BSc in Fisheries) of the academic session 1997-98. One-year Master of Science (MSc) in Fisheries programme was opened during the academic session 2001-2002. In the academic year 2019-2020, the department opened Master of Science (MS) in three branches namely Aquaculture, Fisheries Biology and Genetics, and Fisheries Management. The department also offers MPhil and PhD degrees.

Research
Department of Fisheries has 5 research laboratories which include Aquaculture Genomics, Fish Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Fisheries Microbiology, Fisheries Management, and Water Quality. World class research is being conducted in the department to tackle global problems of food security and sustainability through aquaculture. MS students conduct their thesis on different aspects of Aquaculture and Fisheries.

Collaboration
The Department has collaboration with other universities of the country as well as universities in Japan, Korea, China, UK and many European universities. The department also conduct research activities in collaboration with DoF, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), AEC (Atomic Energy Commission), DFID, Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) different fish processing plants and different pharmaceutical companies working on fisheries sector.

Faculty members
The department has 27 faculty members most of which have higher degrees from world reputed universities.

Students and Alumni
Currently around 250 students are studying in undergraduate and MS levels. The alumni of the department are holding different position in different professions including teaching at university level, fisheries officers at DoF, Police and Administrations of GoB, Researchers at in country and abroad, Entrepreneurship, Banking etc.

--Shankar.chm (talk) 12:18, 24 September 2020 (UTC)