Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University 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.HistoryEstablishment of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University was an upgrade of the Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research . IPGMR was established in East Pakistan 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.OrganizationThe 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.