{{Short description|Oldest college in Mymensingh, Bangladesh}} {{Hatnote|For the college with the same name in Kolkata, See Anandamohan College, Kolkata}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox university | name = Ananda Mohan College, Mymensingh | native_name = আনন্দ মোহন কলেজ, ময়মনসিংহ | former_names = Mymensingh Institution <br/>City Collegiate School <br/>Mymensingh City College <br/>Mymensingh College | image = Logo of Ananda Mohan College.svg | image_size = 160px | caption = Logo of Ananda Mohan College | motto = ''জ্ঞানের জন্য আসো, সেবার জন্য বেরিয়ে যাও'' (Bangla) Translation: ''Come for knowledge, go for hospitality'' | type = Public Government funded college | established = {{start date and age|1880}} as Mymensingh Institution <br> {{start date and age|1908}} as College | principal = Md. Shakir Hossain (Acting) | academic_affiliation = National University, Bangladesh <br/>Mymensingh Education Board | chancellor = {{current president of Bangladesh}} | founder = Anandamohan Bose | academic_staff = 172 | administrative_staff = 7 | students = 24,987 | undergrad = 13,945 | postgrad = 9,020 | other = 2022 | address = College Road | city = Mymensingh City<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bssnews.net/news-flash/114914 | title=Mymensingh undergoes changes as PM carries out massive development| website=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha|date=11 March 2023}}</ref> | postalcode = 2200 | country = Bangladesh | coordinates = {{coord|24|45|41|N|90|23|59|E|display=inline,title}} | campus = Urban area | campus_size = {{convert|16.8|acre}} | language = Bengali | colours = | website = {{URL|https://anandamohangovtcollege.edu.bd/}} }}
'''Ananda Mohan College, Mymensingh''' ({{langx|bn|আনন্দ মোহন কলেজ, ময়মনসিংহ}}) or ''' Government Ananda Mohan College''' is a fully government-aided public college, affiliated to National University, Bangladesh and Mymensingh Education Board in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/ananda-mohan-college-vice-principals-office-ransacked | title=Ananda Mohan College vice principal's office ransacked | date=4 January 2000|work=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/ananda-mohan-college-closed-due-to-factional-tension-of-chhatra-league | title=Ananda Mohan College closed due to factional tension of Chhatra League | date=5 December 2021 |work=Prothom Alo}}</ref> One of the oldest educational premises in South Asia, the institute was established in 1880 by Ananda Mohan Bose as '''Mymensingh Institution''' during British Raj.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=History of Ananda Mohan College |url=http://www.anandamohangovtcollege.edu.bd/home/page/college-history|access-date=20 October 2022|website=anandamohangovtcollege.edu.bd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203195118/http://www.anandamohangovtcollege.edu.bd/home/page/college-history|archive-date=3 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dhakaprokash24.com/campus/news/41152 | title=আনন্দ মোহন কলেজে ব্যবস্থাপনা বিভাগের ৫০ বছর পূর্তি | website=Dhaka Prokash|access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ajsamachar.com/%e0%a6%86%e0%a6%a8%e0%a6%a8%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%a6-%e0%a6%ae%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%b9%e0%a6%a8-%e0%a6%95%e2%80%8c%e0%a6%b2%e0%a7%87%e2%80%8c%e0%a6%9c-%e0%a6%8f%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%a8%e0%a6%a4%e0%a7%81/|title=আনন্দ মোহন কলেজ এর নতুন অধ্যক্ষ মোঃ আমান উল্লাহ|date=8 August 2021|work=Aj Samachar|lang=bn}}</ref>
==History== Anandamohan Bose, who founded the City College in 1878, decided to open a branch of it at his home town in Mymensingh. In 1880, an educational institution was established at the residence of Ananda Mohan as Mymensingh Institution, later named the City Collegiate School in 1883.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/starinsight/2007/04/01/guru.htm| title=Star Insight- 125 Years: City Collegiate School|work=The Daily Star|date=14 April 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109084332/https://archive.thedailystar.net/starinsight/2007/04/01/guru.htm| archive-date=9 November 2023}}</ref> In 1901, City Collegiate School opened college section and named Mymensingh City College. Later on, the college section of the institution was shifted to College Road on 1 January 1908 as a college and then it was named after him. In 1964, the college was nationalized.<ref>{{cite news |last=Islam |first=Aminul |date=27 January 2008 |title=Centenary of AMC College, Mymensingh |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/campus/2008/01/04/feature_AMC.htm |work=Star Campus |publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/vlodbqn1lc | title=Education projects begin but don't end | date=20 December 2022 | website=Prothom Alo}}</ref>
[[File:Anandamohan Bose.jpg|thumb|Ananda Mohan Bose, founder of this college]] [[File:AM College Mymensingh Monument.jpg|thumb|A monument of the visiting of Rabindranth Tagore at the Ananda Mohan College Campus on 16 February 1926]]
==Course== Currently, this college offers education in Science, Humanities, and Commerce streams at the Higher Secondary level under the Mymensingh Education Board. Additionally, it provides undergraduate honors courses in 20 subjects, postgraduate final courses in 18 subjects, and preliminary postgraduate courses. Although permission exists for undergraduate pass courses, classes for these are currently suspended.
As of 2024, the total number of students enrolled at the institution is 24,987, with 2,022 students at the Higher Secondary level, 13,945 in undergraduate honors programs, and 9,020 in postgraduate programs. ===Higher Secondary=== * Science * Humanities * Business Studies ===Honours & Masters=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" !'''Faculty''' !'''Department''' !'''Honours''' !'''Masters Final''' !'''Masters Preliminary''' |- | rowspan="6" |Faculty of Arts |Bangla |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |- |English |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |- |History |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |- |Philosophy |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |- |Islamic Studies |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |- |Islamic History & Culture |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |- | rowspan="4" |Faculty of Social Science |Sociology |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |- |Economics |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |- |Political Science |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |- |Social Work |{{yes}} |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |- | rowspan="3" |Faculty of Science |Chemistry |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |- |Physics |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |- |Mathematics |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |- | rowspan="4" |Faculty of Business Studies |Accounting and Information Systems |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |- |Management Studies |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |- |Marketing |{{Yes}} |{{No}} |{{No}} |- |Finance and Banking |{{Yes}} |{{No}} |{{No}} |- | rowspan="3" |Faculty of Life & Earth Science |Zoology |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |- |Geography & Environmental Studies |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |- |Botany |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |}
==Notable alumni== * Nurul Amin – Bengali Politician and 8th Prime Minister of Pakistan and acting President of Pakistan<ref>{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Amin, Nurul}}</ref> * Abul Fateh — diplomat, statesman and Sufi<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tbsnews.net/thoughts/saga-bangla-calendar-403202 | title=The saga of Bangla calendar | date=14 April 2022 |work=The Business Standard}}</ref> * Mohammad Abdur Rouf, Justice and former Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh<ref>{{cite news |title=বিচারপতি রউফের শূন্যতা পূরণ হওয়ার নয় |url=https://dailyinqilab.com/national/article/733114 |access-date=6 July 2025 |work=Daily Inqilab |date=16 February 2025 |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Former chief election commissioner Justice Abdur Rouf dies at 91 |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/e15dd4b4295f |access-date=6 July 2025 |work=bdnews24.com |date=9 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250706053725/https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/e15dd4b4295f |archive-date=6 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref> * Surendra Mohan Ghose — revolutionary<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ghosh |first1=Pansy Chhaya |year=1973 |chapter=Ghosh, Surendra Mohan (1893-) |editor-last=Sen |editor-first=S. P. |title=Dictionary of National Biography |volume=II |publisher=Institute of Historical Studies |location=Calcutta |pages=63–64 |oclc=58642818}}</ref> * Syed Waliullah — novelist<ref name="banglapedia" /> * Nirmalendu Goon — poet<ref name="banglapedia">{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Ananda Mohan College}}</ref> * Prabodh Chandra Goswami — educationist<ref>{{cite web | url=https://assamtribune.com/eminent-scholar-pc-goswami-no-more | title=Eminent scholar PC Goswami no more | date=15 September 2010 |work=The Assam Tribune}}</ref> * Ehsan Khan, architect<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:এহসান খানের স্থাপত্য ভুবন |url=https://www.ananda-alo.com/3846/|access-date=9 February 2025 |work=আনন্দ আলো |date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203002817/https://www.ananda-alo.com/3846/ |archive-date=3 December 2023 |language=bn}}</ref> * Abdul Hye Mashreki — poet<ref>{{cite web |script-title=bn:প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব |trans-title=Famous Personalities |url=http://www.iswarganj.mymensingh.gov.bd/bn/site/page/jD5T-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC |website=iswarganj.mymensingh.gov.bd Iswarganj Upazila |language=bn| access-date=15 September 2024 }}</ref> * Niharranjan Ray — Historian<ref name="banglapedia" /> * P. C. Sorcar — magician<ref name="banglapedia" /> * Ekramul Haque Titu – Bangladeshi Politician and former Mayor of Mymensingh<ref>{{citation |url=https://mcc.portal.gov.bd/site/biography/6f3a9096-5192-411e-9f13-e83492c77a01|title=জনাব ইকরামুল হক|lang=bn|website=mcc.portal.gov.bd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409111515/https://mcc.portal.gov.bd/site/biography/6f3a9096-5192-411e-9f13-e83492c77a01 |access-date=16 April 2024|archive-date=9 April 2023 }}</ref> * Illias Uddin Ahmed – footballer<ref>{{cite news|title=ইলিয়াস উদ্দিন আহমেদ : আপাদমস্তক ক্রীড়াবিদ|trans-title=Illias Uddin Ahmed: A versatile athlete|publisher=Krirajagat|page=64|date=26 September 2017}}</ref>
==See also== * Gurudayal Government College * Muminunnisa Government Mohila College * Nasirabad College, Mymensingh * Pakundia Adarsha Mohila College
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{commons category-inline}} * [http://www.anandamohangovtcollege.edu.bd/ Official Website of Ananda Mohan College]
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