Born in Ada, Čamprag spent his primary and secondary studies in Novi Sad and entered the Faculty of Agriculture [sr] at the University of Belgrade in 1946. He graduated from the university in 1951 and became an assistant professor at the University of Novi Sad in 1957. He earned his doctorate from the university's Faculty of Agriculture in 1961 with a thesis on curculionidae in the Bačka region. He became a full professor in 1975.
In 1982, Čamprag was elected to the Hungarian Entomological Society as an honorary member. In 1989, he received a doctor honoris causa from the University of Pannonia. In 1979, he was elected as a corresponding member of the Vojvodina Academy of Sciences and Arts, and became a full member in 1987.[3] He was elected as a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1991 and became a full member in 1998.[4] In 2004, he became a foreign member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.[5]
Dušan Čamprag died in Novi Sad on 22 March 2021 at the age of 96.[6]
