Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University was established by the Government of Bangladesh on 01 March 2005, though the initiative for its establishment was taken some years before, firstly by a non-official group of socio-cultural local elites, namely Greater Mymensingh Cultural Forum. The university was originally conceived to be built as the first cultural university in Bangladesh, but the JKKNIU Act enacted in 2006 made it a general university with a special focus on liberal-cum-performing arts education and research.
The name of the university comes from our national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. This university publicly appears as a multidisciplinary university on 2006 in Trishal, Mymensingh. This university is formed to facilitate the opportunity of higher education to people in the Mymensingh region. The University is built on 42 acres of land. There are four academic buildings containing four faculties and one administration building. Other building structural constructions are on progress for expansion. For supporting student residence there are two hostels, one for male and another for female. There are two more residential hostels are under construction. Vice-chancellor of this university is Prof. Dr. AHM Mustafizur Rahman, a renowned scholar, researcher, visionary and a multi-talented human being, under whose guidance this university become a place for cultivating knowledge. Computer Science and Engineering is one of the departments under the faculty of science and engineering. There are three labs, such as software lab, network lab, hardware lab in the department. The first batch of student intake is on 2006, earlier of the university. There are around 240 students in different academic semester. All of the faculty members here are very research-oriented beside their academic work for nurturing and developing their capabilities. In spite of the insufficiency in resources, all faculty members devote themselves to academic research. This environment is very positive in research development.
The academic programs of the university started effective from 03 June 2007 with four departments under two faculties, i.e., the three Departments of Bengali Language & Literature, English Language & Literature, and Music under the Faculty of Arts and the single Department of Computer Science and Engineering under the Faculty of Science & Engineering. Two more departments were established next year under two new faculties, i.e., the Department of Accounting and Information Systems under the Faculty of Business Administration and the Department of Economics under the Faculty of Social Sciences. Two other departments were established beginning in the academic year 2009-2010 under two existing faculties, i.e., the Department of Finance and Banking under the Faculty of Business Administration and the Department of Fine Arts under the Faculty of Arts. Four additional departments were established in the academic year 2010-11 under four existing faculties, i.e., the Department of Dramatics under the Faculty of Arts, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering under the Faculty of Science & Engineering, Department of Public Administration under the Faculty of Social Sciences, and the Department of Human Resource Management under the Faculty of Business Administration. A single department of Folklore was established beginning in the academic year 2014-15 under the existing faculty social science. Three other departments were established beginning in the academic year 2015-2016 under three existing faculties, i.e., the Department of Film & Media Studies under the Faculty of Arts, the Department of Environmental Science & Engineering under the Faculty of Science & Engineering and the Department of Law & Justice under the Faculty of Social Science. Three other departments were established beginning in the academic year 2016-2017 under the existing faculty, i.e., the Departments of Local Government & Rural Developments, Anthropology and Populations Science under the Faculty of Social Science. As of November 2017, there were in all nineteen departments under the four faculties of JKKNIU.
Source: http://jkkniu.edu.bd/