Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (Bengali: বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিব মেডিকেল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) aka BSMMU is the first public medical university in Bangladesh established in 1998. The university offers courses like MD, PhD, MS, MPhil, MDS, Diploma. There is no undergraduate medical or dental course.
বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিব মেডিকেল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় | |
Former name | Institute of Postgraduate Medical Research (IPGMR) |
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Type | Public Medical University |
Established | 1965 |
Chancellor | President of Bangladesh |
Vice-Chancellor | Kanak Kanti Barua[1] |
Director (Hospital) | Zulfiquer Ahmed Amin[2] |
Location | , Bangladesh 23.7389°N 90.3948°E |
Campus | Shahbag, Dhaka city |
Nickname | BSMMU |
Website | bsmmu |
History
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.[3]
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.[4]
Library and Publication
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. ISSN :2224-7750(online); 2074-2908(print).[5] It publishes 4 issue per year.
Vice-Chancellors
- M. A. Quadery (30 Apr 1998 - 9 Jan 2001)[6]
- Md. Tahir (10 Jan 2001 - 17 May 2001)
- Mahmud Hasan (18 May 2001 - 23 Nov 2001)
- M. A. Hadi (24 Nov 2001 - 21 Dec 2006)
- Md. Tahir (21 Dec 2006 - 4 Nov 2008)
- Md. Nazrul Islam (5 Nov 2008 - 24 Mar 2009)
- Pran Gopal Datta (25 Mar 2009 – 24 Mar 2012)
- Pran Gopal Datta (25 Mar 2012 – 24 Mar 2015)
- Kamrul Hasan Khan (24 March 2015 – 23 Mar 2018)
- Kanak Kanti Barua (24 March 2018 – Present)
Campus
BSMMU campus has five multistoried buildings called Blocks A, B, C, D, E, OPD-1, OPD-2 and Cabin Block.[3]
- 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
Affiliated Institutions
- Bangladesh Institute of Child Health (BICH), Dhaka
- Bangladesh Institute of Health Sciences
- Bangladesh Institute of Research & Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM Academy), Dhaka.
- Center for Medical Education (CME), Dhaka
- Chattagram Maa O Shishu Hospital
- Institute of Child Health, Agrabad, Chattogram
- Chattogram Medical College, Chattogram
- Comilla Medical College, Comilla
- Dhaka Dental College, Dhaka
- Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka
- Dinajpur Medical College, Dinajpur
- Faridpur Medical College, Faridpur.
- Institute of Child & Mother Health (ICMH), Dhaka
- Institute of Child Health & Shishu Sasthya Foundation Hospital, Dhaka
- Institute of Community Ophthalmology, Chattogram
- Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute & Hospital, Dhaka
- Khulna Medical College, Khulna.
- Khwaja Yunus Ali Medical College, Sirajganj
- Lions Eye Institute & Hospital, Dhaka
- Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh
- National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute, Dhaka
- National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), Dhaka
- National Institute of Cancer Research & Hospital, Dhaka
- National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH), Dhaka
- National Institute of Kidney Diseases & Urology (NIKDU), Dhaka
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Dhaka
- National Institute of Neuro-Sciences & Hospital
- National Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Science, Dhaka
- National Institute of Ophthalmology (NIO), Dhaka
- National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM), Dhaka
- National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedics Rehabilitation (NITOR), Dhaka
- Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshahi
- Rangpur Medical College, Rangpur
- Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, Dhaka.
- Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College, Bogura
- Sheikh Hasina National Institute Of Burn And Plastic Surgery
- Sher-e-Bangla Medical College,Barisal
- Sir Salimullah Medical College, Dhaka
- Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Sylhet
Gallery
- 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
- ABM Abdullah
- Lotay Tshering, Prime minister of Bhutan[7]
- Syed Atiqul Haq
References
- "Vice Chancellor - BSMMU-Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University". bsmmu.edu.bd. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- "Director (Hospital) - BSMMU-Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University". bsmmu.edu.bd. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- "Welcome to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Website". Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
- "Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University". Portal. Bangla2000. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
- DOAJ. "Directory of Open Access Journals". doaj.org. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- "Office of the Vice Chancellor". Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.
- "Lotay Tshering joins Pahela Baishakh celebration, says Bangladesh is his 'second home'". bdnews24.com. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.