Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University

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.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University
TypePublic
ChancellorPresident of Bangladesh
Vice-ChancellorKanak Kanti Barua
Location
Dhaka
,
Bangladesh

23.7389°N 90.3948°E / 23.7389; 90.3948
CampusShahbag, Dhaka city
Websitebsmmu.edu.bd

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.

List of Vice-Chancellors
  1. M. A. Quadery (30 Apr 1998 - 9 Jan 2001)[3]
  2. Md. Tahir (10 Jan 2001 - 17 May 2001)
  3. Mahmud Hasan (18 May 2001 - 23 Nov 2001)
  4. M. A. Hadi (24 Nov 2001 - 21 Dec 2006)
  5. Md. Tahir (21 Dec 2006 - 4 Nov 2008)
  6. Md. Nazrul Islam (5 Nov 2008 - 24 Mar 2009)
  7. Pran Gopal Datta (25 Mar 2009 – 24 Mar 2015)
  8. Kamrul Hasan Khan (24 March 2015 – 23 Mar 2018)
  9. Kanak Kanti Barua (24 March 2018 – Present)

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

  • Conservative dentistry and endodontics
  • Prosthodontics
  • Orthodontics
  • Child and Preventive dentistry
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

MD

Phase-A 2 years and Phase-B 3 years

  • Cardiology
  • Dermatology
  • Endocrinology
  • Haematology
  • Hepatology
  • Internal Medicine
  • Neonatology
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology
  • Oncology
  • Paediatrics
  • Paediatric Gastroenterology
  • Paediatric Hematology and Oncology
  • Paediatric Nephrology
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Psychiatry
  • Rheumatology
  • Transfusion Medicine

MS

Phase-A 2 years Phase-B 3 Years

  • Urology
  • Anesthesiology
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • NeuroSurgery
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Otolaryngology
  • Pediatric Surgery
  • Radiology and Imaging
  • General Surgery
  • Community Ophthalmology
  • Hepatobiliary Surgery
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Basic Science and Para Clinical Science
  • Anatomy (MS) 3 years
  • Biochemistry (MD) 3 years
  • Microbiology and Immunology (MD) 3 years
  • Pathology (MD) 4 years
  • Pharmacology (MD) 3 years
  • Physiology (MD) 3 years
  • Virology (MD)3 years
  • Laboratory Medicine (MD) 3 years
  • Schematic layout of BSMMU campus
  • BSMMU A block from Shahbag Square
  • B block (Academic building).
  • Wall carving of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Father of the Nation) inside B block
  • Sacred fig tree at BSMMU campus.
  • A block BSMMU.
  • Faculty of Basic Science and Para Clinical Science
  • E block BSMMU.
  • C block BSMMU.
  • C block BSMMU.
  • Cabin block BSMMU.
  • D block BSMMU.
  • OPD 1 BSMMU.
  • OPD 2 BSMMU.
  • TSC of BSMMU.
  • TSC of BSMMU.

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Welcome to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Website". Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  2. "Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University". Portal. Bangla2000. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  3. "Office of the Vice Chancellor". Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.
  4. "Lotay Tshering joins Pahela Baishakh celebration, says Bangladesh is his 'second home'". bdnews24.com. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
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