Monno Medical College
Monno Medical College & Hospital (MoMC) (Bengali: মুন্নু মেডিকেল কলেজ) is a non-profit private medical school in Bangladesh which was established in 2011. The main campus is located beside the Dhaka–Aricha Highway at Monno City, Gilondo under Ghior Upazila, in the district of Manikganj of Dhaka Division. It is affiliated with University of Dhaka.
মুন্নু মেডিকেল কলেজ | |
Type | Private medical school |
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Established | 2011 |
Academic affiliation | University of Dhaka |
Chairman | Afroza Khan Rita |
Principal | Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman |
Director | Dr. Mahbubul Haque(Hospital section), Executive director- Rasheed Rafiul Islam |
Students | 586 |
Location | Monno City, Gilondo , , 23.8479°N 89.9533°E |
Campus | Rural |
Language | English |
Website | monnomch |
It offers a five-year course of study leading to a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree. A one-year internship after graduation is compulsory for all the graduates. The degree is recognised by the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council.
History
Harunar Rashid Khan Monno established Monno Medical College in 2011.
Campus
The college is located in Monno City, Gilondo, Ghior Upazila, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of Manikganj, on the south side of the Dhaka–Aricha Highway.[1] The main buildings on campus are ten-storied academic building; separate hostels for male students, female students,male interns and female interns, Dormitory for doctors & Professors; and Monno Medical College Hospital, the college's five-story, 500-bed teaching hospital.
Organization and administration
The college is affiliated with Dhaka University as a constituent college.[1][2] The chairman of the college is Afroza Khan Rita. The principal is Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman.
Academics
The college offers a five-year course of study, approved by the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC), leading to a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree from Dhaka University. After passing the final professional examination, there is a compulsory one-year internship. The internship is a prerequisite for obtaining registration from the BMDC to practice medicine.[1][3][4]
College infrastructures
There are 4 lecture gallaries with computer multimedia projector, 7 laboratories, 3 museums, 1 dissection room, 1 library and 1 computer lab for the students.
Hospital infrastructures
Monno Medical College Hospital is a five storied building having 1,42,000 sq.ft. floor space and functioning as a 500 bedded hospital with all modern facilities for treatment of all kind of diseases with a group of highly qualified doctors. The outdoor and emergency treatments are furnished in a two storied building annexed to the main hospital. The hospital is situated in the door step of the college building.
Hostel facilities
There are two 4 storied hostels for the students. They are H.R. Khan Boys hostel and Hurun Nahar Girls Hostel. Besides Abdus Shukur Khan Doctors dormitory for intern-male, Rabeya Khatun Doctors Dormitory for intern-female, H.R. Khan Doctors quarter, Monno Professors Quarter respectively.
Admission
Admission for Bangladeshis to the MBBS programmes at all medical colleges in Bangladesh (government and private) is conducted centrally by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). It administers a written multiple choice question exam simultaneously throughout the country. Candidates are admitted based primarily on their score on this test, although grades at Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) level also play a part. As of December 2017, the college is allowed to admit 80 students annually permitting 50% seats for foreigners.
References
- "Monno Medical College". World Directory of Medical Schools.
- "List of Constituent Colleges/Institutes under the University of Dhaka". University of Dhaka. Archived from the original on 30 August 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- "List of Recognized medical and dental colleges". Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council.
- "Full Registration- M.B.B.S, BDS". Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council.