In Bangladesh, a medical school is referred to as a medical college. Allopathic related medical education at the graduate level are provided by medical colleges. The colleges are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), and are affiliated with a university in the respective region. They however have to be recognized after meeting a set criterion by a central regulatory authority called Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BM&DC).
All medical colleges until 1986 were established by the government. Currently, there are 37 public medical colleges, these provide 5100 seats every year for students undertaking MBBS. While the 68 private medical colleges provide 6040 seats. 7 colleges are run by Bangladesh Armed Forces which offer 425 seats.
All the medical colleges award the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). The Doctor of Medicine (MD), Master of Surgery (MS) or Postgraduate Diploma is awarded as a postgraduate degree in selected medical colleges and universities, following the medical tradition of Commonwealth countries. As per the declaration of overseas registration of the General Medical Council, the awarded MBBS degree from some of the institutions are eligible to apply for registration in the United Kingdom.
Public medical colleges Number of medical colleges: 37 Total seats: 5100 General seat : 4,794 (94% of total seat) Freedom Fighter Qouta : 255 (5% of total seat) Tribal Qouta : 51 (1% of total seat) Public Medical collegeAcronymAffiliated UniversityHospital establishedCollege StartedLocationDivisionWebsiteDhaka Medical College DMC DU 1946 1946 225 Dhaka Dhaka DivisionlinkSir Salimullah Medical College SSMC DU 1858 1972 225 Dhaka Dhaka DivisionlinkShaheed Suhrawardy Medical College ShSMC DU 1963 2006 225 Dhaka Dhaka Division linkChittagong Medical College CMC CMU 1927 1957 225 Chattogram Chattogram Division linkRajshahi Medical CollegeRMC RMU1954 1958 225RajshahiRajshahi Divisionlink Mymensingh Medical College MMC DU 1924 1962 225 Mymensingh Mymensingh DivisionSylhet MAG Osmani Medical CollegeSOMC SMU 1936 1962 225SylhetSylhet DivisionlinkSher-e-Bangla Medical CollegeSBMC DU19641968 225BarishalBarishal DivisionlinkRangpur Medical College RpMC RMU19701970225RangpurRangpur DivisionlinkCumilla Medical CollegeCuMC CMU19791992200CumillaChattogram Divisionlink Dinajpur Medical College DjMC RMU 1992 1992 200 Dinajpur Rangpur Division link Faridpur Medical College FMC DU 1992 1992 200 Faridpur Dhaka Division linkKhulna Medical College KMC KMU 19921992 200 Khulna Khulna Division link Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College SZMC RMU 19921992 200 Bogura Rajshahi Division linkCox's Bazar Medical College CoxMC CMU 2008 2008 100 Cox's Bazar Chattogram Division link Noakhali Medical College NMC CMU 20082008 100 Noakhali Chattogram Division Pabna Medical College PMC RMU 2008 2008 100 Pabna Rajshahi Division link Jashore Medical College JMC KMU 2010 2010 100 Jashore Khulna Divisionlink Gopalganj Medical College GGMC DU 20112011 125 Gopalganj Dhaka Division Kushtia Medical College KuMC KMU 20112011 100 Kushtia Khulna Divisionlink Satkhira Medical College SMC KMU 20112011100 Satkhira Khulna Divisionlink Shahid Syed Nazrul Islam Medical College SSNIMC DU 20112011 100 Kishoreganj Dhaka Divisionlink Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College STAMC DU 20132013 125 Gazipur Dhaka Divisionlink Jamalpur Medical College JpMC DU 20142014 100 Jamalpur Mymensingh Divisionlink Manikganj Medical College MkMC DU 20142014 125 Manikganj Dhaka Divisionlink Patuakhali Medical College PkMC DU 20142014 100 Patuakhali Barishal Divisionlink Rangamati Medical College RmMC CMU 2014 2014 75 Rangamati Chattogram Division link Sirajganj Medical College SjMC RMU 20142014 100 Sirajganj Rajshahi Division link Tangail Medical College TMC DU 20142014 125 Tangail Dhaka Divisionlink Mugda Medical College MuMC DU 2015 2016 100 Dhaka Dhaka Division link Habiganj Medical College HMC SMU 2018 2018 50 Habiganj Sylhet Divisionlink Chandpur Medical College ChMC CMU 2018 2018 50 Chandpur Chattogram Divisionlink Magura Medical College MaMC KMU 2018 2018 50 Magura Khulna DivisionlinkNaogaon Medical CollegeNaMC RMU 2018 2018 50 Naogaon Rajshahi Divisionlink Netrokona Medical College, Netrokona NMC DU 2018 2018 50 Netrokona Mymensingh Divisionlink Nilphamari Medical College NpMC RMU 2018 2018 75 Nilphamari Rangpur DivisionNpMCSunamganj Medical CollegeSuMCSMU2020202175SunamganjSylhet DivisionlinkThakurgaon Medical College (proposed)TAMCRMU20262027Thakurgaon Rangpur Division
Private medical colleges There are 68 private medical colleges in Bangladesh . + No.Medical collegeAcronymUniversityEstablishedCollege startedLocationDivisionWebsite1Bangladesh Medical College BMCHDU 19861986 120DhakaDhaka divisionlink2Gonoshasthaya Samaj Vittik Medical College GSVMCDU 19981998 50SavarDhaka divisionlink3 Institute of Applied Health Sciences IAHS CMU 19891989 75ChittagongChittagong Divisionlink4Jahurul Islam Medical College JIMCDU 19921992 100KishoreganjDhaka divisionlink5Medical College for Women & Hospital MCWDU 19921992 95DhakaDhaka divisionlink6Z. H. Sikder Women's Medical College ZHSWMCDU 19921992 100DhakaDhaka division7Dhaka National Medical College DNMCDU 19251994 130DhakaDhaka divisionlink8Community Based Medical CollegeCBMCBDU19951995 140MymensinghMymensingh Divisionlink9Jalalabad Ragib-Rabeya Medical College JRRMCSMU 19951995 130SylhetSylhet Divisionlink10 Shaheed Monsur Ali Medical CollegeSMAMCDU19941994 140DhakaDhaka divisionlink11North East Medical College NEMCSMU 19981998 125SylhetSylhet Divisionlink12Holy Family Red Crescent Medical CollegeHFRCMCDU20002000 145DhakaDhaka divisionlink13International Medical College IMCDU 20002000 130GazipurDhaka divisionlink14 North Bengal Medical College NBMCRMU 20002000 85SirajganjRajshahi Divisionlink15East West Medical College EWMCHDU 2000 2000 127DhakaDhaka division link16Kumudini Women's Medical CollegeKWMCDU20012001 120TangailDhaka divisionlink17Tairunnessa Memorial Medical College TMMCDU 2002 2002 105GazipurDhaka divisionlink18Ibrahim Medical College IMCDU20022002 120DhakaDhaka divisionlink19BGC Trust Medical College BGCTMCCMU 20022002 100ChittagongChittagong Divisionlink20Shahabuddin Medical College SMCDU 2003 2003 90DhakaDhaka divisionlink21Enam Medical College and Hospital EMCHDU 20032003 155SavarDhaka divisionlink22 Islami Bank Medical College IBMCRMU 20032003 85RajshahiRajshahi Divisionlink23Ibn Sina Medical College ISMCDU 19952005 60DhakaDhaka divisionlink24Central Medical College CEMECCMU 20052005 80ComillaChittagong Divisionlink25Eastern Medical College EMCCMU 2005 2005 115ComillaChittagong Divisionlink26Khwaja Yunus Ali Medical College KYAMCRMU 20052005 105EnayetpurRajshahi Divisionlink27Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College CMOSHMCCMU 20052005 115AgrabadChittagong Divisionlink28Sylhet Women's Medical College SWMCSMU 20052005 100SylhetSylhet Divisionlink|29 Southern Medical College SMCHCMU 2006 2006 95ChittagongChittagong divisionlink30Uttara Adhunik Medical College(BMSRI) UAMCDU 20072007 90DhakaDhaka divisionlink31 Delta Medical College DLMCDU 2006 2006 90DhakaDhaka divisionlink32 Ad-din Women's Medical College AWMCDU 20082008 100DhakaDhaka divisionlink33 Dhaka Community Medical College DCMCDU 2008 2008 100DhakaDhaka divisionlink34 TMSS Medical College TMCRMU 2008 2008 150BoguraRajshahi Divisionlink35Anwer Khan Modern Medical College AKMMCDU 2008 2008 147DhakaDhaka divisionlink36Prime Medical College PMCRMU 2008 2008 125RangpurRangpur Divisionlink37 Rangpur Community Medical College RCMCRMU 2001 2008 125RangpurRangpur DivisionLink38 Diabetic Association Medical College DAMCDU 2010 2010 80FaridpurDhaka divisionlink39 Green Life Medical College GMCHDU 2010 2010 100DhakaDhaka divisionlink40Popular Medical College PMCDU 2010 2010 90DhakaDhaka divisionlink41MH Samorita Medical College MHSMCDU 2010 2010 110DhakaDhaka divisionlink42Monno Medical College MoMCDU 20112012 85ManikganjDhaka divisionlink43Dhaka Central International Medical College DCIMCDU 2011 2011 90DhakaDhaka divisionlink44Dr. Sirajul Islam Medical College SIMCDU 2011 2011 100DhakaDhaka divisionlink45 Marks Medical CollegeMarksMCDU 2011 2011 50DhakaDhaka divisionlink46 Mainamoti Medical College MMCHCMU 2011 2011 100ComillaChittagong Divisionlink47 Ad-din Sakina Medical College ASMCSHMU 2012 2012 65JessoreKhulna Divisionlink48Gazi Medical College GMCSHMU 2011 2011 90KhulnaKhulna Divisionlink49 Barind Medical College BMCRMU 2011 2011 100RajshahiRajshahi Divisionlink50 City Medical College CiMCDU 2011 2011 80GazipurDhaka divisionlink51Ashiyan Medical College AMCDU 2012 2012 50DhakaDhaka divisionlink52Aichi Medical CollegeAIMCDU2013201350DhakaDhaka divisionlink53Bashundhara Ad-din Medical CollegeBAMCDU2014201450DhakaDhaka divisionlink54President Abdul Hamid Medical CollegePAHMCDU20132013100KishoreganjDhaka divisionlink55Bikrampur Bhuiyan's Medical College BBMCDU 2014 2014 50MunshiganjDhaka divisionlink56Universal Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka UMCDU 1996 2013 50DhakaDhaka divisionlink57Brahmanbaria Medical College BBMCCMU 2010 2013 50BrahmanbariaChittagong Divisionlink58 Parkview Medical College PMC SMU 2013 2013 72 Sylhet Sylhet Divisionlink59Marine City Medical CollegeMCMCCMU2014201465ChittagongChittagong Divisionlink60Chattagram International Medical CollegeCIMCHCMU2013201350ChittagongChittagong Divisionlink61US-Bangla Medical College USBMCDU 2013 2015 60NarayanganjDhaka divisionlink62Ad-Din Akij Medical CollegeAAMCSHMU 2013 2013 50KhulnaKhulna Division link 63Monowara Sikder Medical College MSMCDU 2015 2016 50ShariatpurDhaka divisionlink64Khulna City Medical CollegeKCMCSHMU2013201650KhulnaKhulna Divisionlink65United Medical CollegeUnMCDU2020202050DhakaDhaka divisionlink66South Apollo Medical CollegeSAMCDU2018202150BarishalBarisal divisionlink67Ahsania Mission Medical CollegeAMMCDU2021202150DhakaDhaka divisionlink68Asgar Ali Medical CollegeAAMCDU202450DhakaDhaka Divisionlink
Military medical colleges No. Medical CollegeAcronymUniversityEstablishedCollege startedEnroll.LocationDivisionWebsite1Armed Forces Medical CollegeAFMCBUP19991999125Dhaka CantonmentDhaka Divisionlink2Army Medical College, BoguraAMCBBUP2014201450Bogra CantonmentRajshahi divisionlink3Army Medical College, ChattogramAMCCBUP2014201450Chittagong CantonmentChittagong divisionlink4Army Medical College, CumillaAMCCuBUP2014201450Cumilla CantonmentChittagong divisionlink5Army Medical College, JashoreAMCJBUP2014201450Jashore CantonmentKhulna Divisionlink6Army Medical College, RangpurRAMCBUP2014201450Rangpur CantonmentRangpur Divisionlink7Navy Medical College, ChattogramNMCCBUP2024202450BNS Issa KhanChattogram Divisionlink
Public medical universities
UniversityAcronymFoundedLocationDivisionSpecialization Ph.D. grantingWebsiteBangladesh Medical University BMU 1965 Dhaka Dhaka Division Medical Yes link Chittagong Medical UniversityCMU2016ChittagongChittagong DivisionMedicalNolinkRajshahi Medical UniversityRMU2017RajshahiRajshahi DivisionMedicalNolink Sylhet Medical UniversitySMU2018SylhetSylhet DivisionMedicalNolink Khulna Medical UniversityKMU2020KhulnaKhulna DivisionMedicalNolink
See also List of dental schools in Bangladesh Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council List of universities in Bangladesh List of schools in Bangladesh List of colleges in Bangladesh List of institutes in Bangladesh Textile schools in Bangladesh List of architecture schools in Bangladesh University Grants Commission (Bangladesh)
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External links List Of Affiliated Medical & Dental Colleges with University of Dhaka Affiliated Colleges & Institutions with Rajshahi Medical University Affiliated Colleges with Chittagong Medical University Affiliated Colleges with Sheikh Hasina Medical University, Khulna DGME Approved Public & Private Medical & Dental College List BM&DC Approved Medical & Dental College