Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Established December 1965 (as IPGMR) Type Public Chancellor President of Bangladesh Mohammad Zillur Rahman Location Dhaka, Bangladesh Campus Urban, at Shahbag Website www.bsmmu.org Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University is the only medical university in Bangladesh. The university offers MD, MS, MPhil, MDS, Diploma and FCPS Courses. The current vice chancellor is Prof. Pran Gopal Datta. History : The university was established in December 1965, as a Government-controlled postgraduate institute named Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research (IPGMR) (popularly called PG Hospital), by Government of Pakistan in then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). It was established in place of Hotel Shahbag, once the biggest hotel in Dhaka. The neighbourhood got its name Shahbag from the name of that hotel. From 2010, many of the medical and public health colleges/institutes have come under common affiliation to BSMMU. For example BIRDEM, BIHS, DMC, NICVD, NITOR and many others. In different post graduation courses many foreigners, notably from Nepal and Bhutan are studying. For example in main University (Rajat Kayastha, Archan Rana, Sudhanshu Jha, Satya Narayan Chaudhary) as well as in affiliated colleges like Bangladesh Institute of Health Sciences,BIHS. (Kiran Niraula, Janaki Parajuli, Pukar Thapa, Pradip Mishra, Sarswoti Shrestha from Nepal, Zahara Ali Rizvi from Pakistan and Kalyan Bhowmik from India) It was renamed as Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University by the Act (No. 1, 1998) of Jatiyo Sangshad after the first President of Bangladesh, Bongobondhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Organization : The university is now autonomous governed by a  24-member syndicate. BSMMU comprises 36 Departments under 4 faculties. The university campus is located at Shahbag. It has a compact campus with a 1500 bedded hospital. BSMMU is also equipped with a modern academic library known as BSMMU Central Library as well as a separate digital library. The Campas : BSMMU Campus and hospital at the Shahbag intersection, Dhaka, Bangladesh. BSMMU Campus has five main multistoried buildings that are identified as Blocks A, B, C, D and Cabin Block. ·                    Block A (a eight-story building) that accommodates the library, lecture theatre, auditorium, students hostel, dental faculty and blood transfusion services. ·                    Block B is a six-story building that houses the administrative offices and nursing quarters. It is the original building of Hotel Shahbag. ·                    Block C comprises a 10-story hospital. ·                    Block D, a 17-story building, houses several laboratories and emergency units. ·                    The Cabin Block is dedicated to the casualty department and several other out-patient departments.