Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University

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.

Important Information:

Establishment: 1998
Territorial Area: Dhaka City
Faculties: Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Surgery, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry
Website: www.bsmmu.edu