The Department of Printing and Publication Studies is one of the few latest disciplines that have been inducted in the academic program of the University of Dhaka. The department has got the endorsement of University Grants Commission (UGC) on May 12, 2015. The department commenced its formal academic program from January 2017 with launching 18 months Professional Master's Program (2016-2017) spanning for three semesters (six months each). The Professional Master's program for first batch (2016-17) has already 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 three honors batches are now going on. Affiliated with the Faculty of Social Sciences, the department mostly focuses on to generate 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.