Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMAU)

Established: December 1965 (as IPGMR)

Type Public

Chancellor President Mohammad Zillur Rahman

Location Dhaka, Bangladesh

Campus Urban, at Shahbag

Website www.bsmmu.org

Introduction

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) (Bengali: বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিব মেডিকেল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is the only medical university in Bangladesh. The university offers MD, MS, M.Phil, MDS, Diploma and FCPS Courses.
History
The university was established in December 1965, as a Government-controlled postgraduate institute named Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research (IPGMR) (popularly called PG Hospital), by Government of Pakistan in what was then East Pakistan (before the independence of Bangladesh).

It was renamed as Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University by the Act (No. 1, 1998) of the National Assembly of Bangladesh.
The campus
BSMMU Campus and hospital at the Shahbag intersection, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

BSMMU Campus has five main multistoried buildings that are identified as Block-A, B, C, D and Cabin Block.

* Block A (a 8-storied building) accommodates the library, lecture theatre, auditorium, students hostel, Dental Faculty and Blood transfusion services.
* Block B is another 6-storied building which houses the administrative offices.
* Block C comprises 10 storied hospital.
* Block D, a 12-storied building under construction, houses several laboratories and emergency units.
* The Cabin Block is dedicated to causality department, and several other out-patient departments.