IPGMR
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1965 (as IPGMR) |
| Chancellor | President of Bangladesh |
| Vice-Chancellor | Kamrul Hasan Khan |
| Location |
Dhaka, Bangladesh 23°44′20″N 90°23′41″E / 23.7389°N 90.3948°ECoordinates: 23°44′20″N 90°23′41″E / 23.7389°N 90.3948°E |
| Campus | Shahbag, Dhaka city |
| Website | bsmmu |
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (Bengali: বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিব মেডিকেল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is the first and only medical university in Bangladesh and one of the zenith medical varsity in the South Asia. It is a public university, established in 1998. The university offers MD, PhD, MS, MPhil, MDS, Diploma and FCPS Courses.
Establishment of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University was an upgrade of the Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research (IPGMR). IPGMR was established in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)by the then Government of Pakistan 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.
The university is an autonomous body governed by a 24-member syndicate. BSMMU comprises 36 departments under 4 faculties. The university campus is located at Shahbag and has a 1500-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.
BSMMU campus has five multistoried buildings called Blocks A, B, C, D, E, OPD-1, OPD-2 and Cabin Block.
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