Academic Information Of BSMMU

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (Bengali: বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিব মেডিকেল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is the first and only medical university in Bangladesh. It is a public university, established in 1998. The university offers MD, PhD, MS, MPhil, MDS, Diploma and FCPS Courses. The vice chancellor is Professor Dr. Kamrul Hasan Khan.Formerly Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research (IPGMR) and popularly called PG Hospital is now Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). It  is the only medical university in Bangladesh.  IPGMR started in 1965 with an aim to providing postgraduate medical education in Bangladesh. It was then a Government-controlled institute. The university is now  autonomous governed by a syndicate comprising 24 members. It comprises of  31 Departments under 4 faculties. The university campus is in the center of Dhaka city- the capital of Bangladesh. It has a compact campus with three multistoried buildings housing a 750 bedded hospital.