Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University


Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University is the first public medical university in Bangladesh established in 1998. The university offers courses like MD, PhD, MS, MPhil, MDS, Diploma and FCPS. There is no undergraduate medical or dental course.

History

Establishment of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University was an upgrade of the Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research . IPGMR was established in December 1965, as a Government-controlled postgraduate institute for medical research and studies. It was housed in the now defunct Hotel Shahbag, once the biggest hotel in Dhaka. The neighbourhood got its name Shahbag from the name of the hotel.
From 2010, many of the medical and public health colleges/institutes have become affiliated to BSMMU. For example, BIRDEM, BIHS, DMC, NICVD, NITOR and others.
Many foreigners, notably from Nepal and Bhutan, study at the university.
It was renamed as Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University by the Act 1, 1998 of Jatiyo Sangshad after the first President of Bangladesh, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Organization

The university is an autonomous body governed by a 24-member syndicate. BSMMU comprises 42 departments under 6 faculties. The university campus is located at Shahbag and has a 1900-bed hospital.
BSMMU has an academic library known as BSMMU Central Library, and a digital library. The University publishes a peer-reviewed medical journal Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal. It publishes 4 issue per year.

List of Vice-Chancellors

  1. M. A. Quadery
  2. Md. Tahir
  3. Mahmud Hasan
  4. M. A. Hadi
  5. Md. Tahir
  6. Md. Nazrul Islam
  7. Pran Gopal Datta
  8. Kamrul Hasan Khan
  9. Kanak Kanti Barua

    Campus

BSMMU campus has five multistoried buildings called Blocks A, B, C, D, E, OPD-1, OPD-2 and Cabin Block.
MS Faculty of Dentistry
Phase-A 2 years and Phase-B 3 years
Phase-A 2 years Phase-B 3 Years

Notable alumni