| Government Saadat College | |
| Motto: | "আলোকিত মানুষ সৃষ্টি করা" |
| Mottoeng: | To create enlightened human being[1] |
| Established: | 1926 |
| Faculty: | 120 |
| Principal: | Subrata Nandi |
| Students: | 20000 |
| State: | Dhaka |
| Postalcode: | 1903 |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Coordinates: | 24.22°N 89.976°W |
| Campus: | Karatia, |
Government Saadat College (Bengali: সরকারী সা'দত কলেজ) is an old public college in Karatia, Tangail, Bangladesh. It is often referred to as Karatia College.It was established in July 1926. The college is located at Karatia near the Dhaka-Tangail highway and about from the Tangail district. First Principal of the college Ibrahim Khan who is the Founder and Principal of Bhuapur College at Bhuapur, Tangail. Later named Ibrahim Khan Govt. College.
Sadat college is the first college in Bangladesh established by a Muslim Zamindar.[1] It was founded by Wazed Ali Khan Panni, a zamindar and educationalist of Tangail. He named it after his grandfather Saadat Ali Khan Panni. The founder member of Saadat college was Principal Ibrahim Khan. He was the first chief executive of the college. He worked in college till 1947.[2] The college was upgraded as a degree college in 1938. In Saadat college, the Honours course was commenced in 1966 and the Masters course was commenced in 1974. The Government of Bangladesh promulgated the Saadat college as a national university college on July 7, 1979. It has Honours programme in 16 subjects and Masters programme in 10 subjects. The college is recognised as a postgraduate college.The college played a vital role in the liberation war of Bangladesh.
Saadat University comprises following four faculties:
The college offers Master degree in English, Zoology, Chemistry, Mathematics.
The main building of this college is surrounded within 27acres of area. Inside the campus area there are one college auditorium, two students' common room, one central library, Health services, one sports office, one B.N.C.C office room, one Rover scouts office, one Mosque and one canteen available for students. There are 5 laboratories available for science faculty - (I) Physics (ii) Chemistry (iii) Math (iv) Zoology and (v) Botany. The college also has 16 seminar rooms.
The college library has 200 rare medieval manuscripts, including some other manuscripts written by Shahnama.[1] Since its inception, the college has been providing lodging facilities for its students.
After the establishment of the Bangladesh National Cadet Corps, The BNCC made its debut at Government Saadat College. The unit's first P.U.O. Md. Abdul Majid and the first C.U.O. Md. Nobi Haider Badal. From that point inwards, the unit of Saadat College BNCC got modernized through the many changes and the arrival of the BNCC Women's Platoon on 1 August 2018. The cadets of Saadat College have been able to play a vital role in the development activities undertaken for the welfare of the country and the nation. The unit hopes to establish itself as a second-class self-contained military unit in the future.
There are 6 halls to provide a convenient accommodation for Saadat college students. The 4 for males and the other 2 is for females. The halls for male students are:
And the halls for female students are:
In addition, More steps are being taken to increase accommodation for female students.
Some of the notable alumni of Government Saadat College.