Gono University was founded by the non profit
Gonoshasthaya Kendra in 1994. In December 2013, students of Gono University and its sister medical university,
Gonoshasthaya Samaj Vittik Medical College, vandalized their own university and hospital over the death of a doctor of the institute in remote area of
Patuakhali. Gonoshasthaya Kendra requires the students and doctors to work in 46 health care centres located in remote rural parts of Bangladesh. On 12 September 2015, students of Gono University blocked Dhaka-Aricha highway protesting the government decision to impose vat on private university tuitions. Students of Gono University got into scuffles with protestors outside PHA building of the Gonoshasthaya Kendra in 2018. In December 2017, students of Gono University protested in Savar demanding
University Grants Commission recognize BBA program of the university. The University Grant Commission issued a warning against students joining Gono University over management irregularities at the university in 2019. On 13 September 2020, the registrar of Gono University was fired for sexual harassment. Bijon Kumar Sil, lead virologist at Gono University, developed a low cost COVID-19 test kit during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. It failed to secure approval from the government of Bangladesh and Sil, a citizen of Singapore, was forced to leave Bangladesh after failing to get a renewed work permit. == Vice-chancellor ==