Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University

Type	Public
Established	1965 (1965) (as IPGMR)
Chancellor	President of Bangladesh
Vice-Chancellor	Kanak Kanti Barua
Location	Dhaka, Bangladesh 23°44′20″N 90°23′41″E / 23.7389°N 90.3948°E / 23.7389; 90.3948Coordinates: 23°44′20″N 90°23′41″E / 23.7389°N 90.3948°E / 23.7389; 90.3948
Campus	Shahbag, Dhaka city
Website	bsmmu.edu.bd

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (Bengali: বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিব মেডিকেল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) 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

Portal of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University

Establishment of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University was an upgrade of the Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research (IPGMR). 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.

Campus

BSMMU campus and hospital at the Shahbag intersection

BSMMU campus has five multistoried buildings called Blocks A, B, C, D, E, OPD-1, OPD-2 and Cabin Block.^[1]

• Block A (7 story) accommodates the library, lecture theatre, auditorium, students hostel, dental faculty and blood transfusion services.
• Block B (eastern-6 story, western-9 story) - houses the administrative offices min and nursing quarters. It is the original building of Hotel Shahbag,
• Block C (10 story) - is the hospital,
• Block D, (18 story) - houses laboratories and emergency units,
• Block-E, (5 story)
• The Cabin Block is the casualty department and out-patient departments.

Course offered

MS Faculty of Dentistry

1) Conservative dentistry and endodontics

2) Prosthodontics

3) Orthodontics

4) Child and Preventive dentistry

5) Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Gallery

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  BSMMU Logo
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  Schematic layout of BSMMU campus
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  BSMMU A block from Shahbag Square
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  B block (Academic building).
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  Wall carving of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Father of the Nation) inside B block
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  Sacred fig tree at BSMMU campus.
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  A block BSMMU.
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  Faculty of Basic Science and Para Clinical Science
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  E block BSMMU.
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  C block BSMMU.
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  C block BSMMU.
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  Cabin block BSMMU.
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  D block BSMMU.
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  OPD 1 BSMMU.
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  OPD 2 BSMMU.
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  TSC of BSMMU.
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  TSC of BSMMU.

Notable alumni

• ABM Abdullah
• Syed Atiqul Haq

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.

• BSMMU official website
• Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal