Dr. Md. Golam Rahman (b.1951) is Professor and was Chairman (1990-93, 2004-05) of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. 

Professor Rahman served as Head of the Department of Language and Communication Studies of Papua New Guinea University of Technology from 2008 till November 2010.

He was Head of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Daffodil International University (DIU), Dhaka, Bangladesh (2007-08). He was also the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Science of DIU. 

He conducted his postdoctoral research as a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the University of Oklahoma, U.S.A. He did his Ph.D. in Journalism and Mass Communication from Mysore University, India in 1986, a degree which is the first of its kind offered by an Indian University in this discipline. He secured the first rank in MA in Journalism from Mysore University and was awarded two gold medals for his brilliant results. 

Professor Rahman was also conferred “Ambassador for Peace” by Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace (IIFWP), New York at a ceremony held in Bangkok in 2001.

He also served the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) as National Media Specialist for a brief period. He was Editor, Communication Journal, Bangladesh and Associate Editor, The Dhaka University Studies (1995-97). He has published about 50 research articles in international and national reputed journals. He published and edited 10 books and manuals. 

International Association for Mass Communication Research (IAMCR) honored him by printing his photograph on the cover of the Who's Who in Mass Communication 1990 published from Munich, New York, London and Paris.

Countries visited, educated and worked by Dr. Rahman are India, Nepal, Thailand, U.S.A., the U.K., Canada, France, Bhutan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, Switzerland, Brazil, China, Uzbekistan, U.A.E., South Korea, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. 
Dr. Rahman is married and has two daughters and a son.