From the beginning, this department is trying to teach and spread the philosophy of Islam among the students by its academic activities and arranging national international seminars, symposiums of different important issues. In the field of education and research, this department has a great contribution. To continue this process there is a research center named Dr. Sirajul Haque Research Centre. Multi-linguistic Dr. Sirajul Haque was a bright student of this department. The Dhaka University Journal of Islamic Studies and Sirajul Haque Research Centre regularly publish their research works.

There is Seminar Library named Dr. Muhammad Ishaq Seminar Library. Dr. Muhammad Ishaq was a bright student of this department who received his Ph.D. degree as a 2^nd Muslim student of Dhaka University. Both students and teachers use this library for reading and research work. There is also a computer lab. It helps to develop the skill in the field of Information and Communication Technology.

This department has two multimedia projector classrooms with high-quality sound system and air condition. There are 200 students in the undergraduate program and 100 students in post graduate program. This department also gives M Phil and Ph.D. degree for the bright student. In this department there are 23 brilliant scholars as the teacher among them 7 are professors, 5 are the associate professor, 3 are the assistant professor and 6 are the lecturer. This department has the inclusive syllabus which includes all parts of knowledge like Sociology, anthropology, Political Science, History, Computer Science etc. Apart from education this department also deals with different types of extracurricular activities like debate, sports, annual study tour etc.