*Department of Information Science & Library Management, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
University of Dhaka is the largest university of Bangladesh established in 1921. Currently there are 13 faculties and 66 departments under these faculties. At present around 33000 students are studying at the University of Dhaka. Faculty of Arts is one of the largest faculties of the University of Dhaka having 15 departments. More than seven thousand students currently study in various departments of the Faculty of Arts. The prime objective of the study is to analyze the use of the internet among the students of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Dhaka. A well structured questionnaire was distributed among 480 students studying in different departments but residing at the various residential hall of the University of Dhaka given for students of the Faculty of Arts. The present study demonstrates and elaborates the various aspects of internet use, such as frequency of internet use, most frequently used place for internet browsing, most frequently used search engines, purposes for which the internet is used, use of internet services, problems faced by the students and satisfaction level of students with the internet facilities provided. The researcher also attempts to give some recommendations to increase internet use among the students and to promote internet infrastructure and services at the University of Dhaka premises.
