bangabandhu sheikh mujib medical university bangabandhu sheikh mujib medical university bangabandhu sheikh mujib medical university (bsmmu) is a graduate medical university in bangladesh. it was established in 1965. the university offers postgraduate degrees only, not offering undergraduate medical or dental degrees. bangabandhu sheikh mujib medical universityবঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিব মেডিক্যাল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়crest of bangabandhu sheikh mujib medical universityother namebsmmuformer nameinstitute of postgraduate medical research (ipgmr)typepublic medical universityestablished1965 (1965) as pg hospital, 1998 (1998) as medical universitychancellorpresident of bangladeshvice-chancellormd. sharfuddin ahmeddirector (hospital)brig. gen. dr. md. nazrul islam khanlocationdhaka, bangladesh23.7389°n 90.3948°e﻿ / 23.7389; 90.3948campusshahbag, dhaka citywebsitebsmmu.edu.bd history establishment of the bangabandhu sheikh mujib medical university was an upgrade of the institute of postgraduate medicine and research (ipgmr). ipgmr was established 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 hotel got its name shahbag from the name of the neighborhood. from 2010, many of the medical and public health colleges/institutes have become affiliated to bsmmu. for example birdem, bihs, dmc, ssmc, nicvd, nitor and others. 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. library and publications bsmmu has an academic library known as bsmmu central library, and a digital library. the university publishes a peer-reviewed medical journal, bangabandhu sheikh mujib medical university journal. issn 2224-7750(online) 2074-2908 (print). it publishes 4 issue per year. vice-chancellors the institution's top leadership, the vice-chancellor, has had ten individuals since it began in 1998: m. a. quadery (30 apr 1998 - 9 jan 2001) md. tahir (10 jan 2001 - 17 may 2001) mahmud hasan (18 may 2001 - 23 nov 2001) m. a. mishu (24 nov 2001 - 21 dec 2006) md. tahir (21 dec 2006 - 4 nov 2008) md. nazrul islam (5 nov 2008 - 24 mar 2009) pran gopal datta (25 mar 2009 – 24 mar 2012) pran gopal datta (25 mar 2012 – 24 mar 2015) kamrul hasan khan (24 march 2015 – 23 mar 2018) kanak kanti barua (24 march 2018 –23 march 2021) md. sharfuddin ahmed (29 march 2021–present) campus bsmmu campus has five multiple-floor buildings which house a variety of academic, medical, and residential spaces. affiliated health sciences institutions list of affiliated colleges/institutes under bsmmu: armed forces medical institute (afmi), dhaka bangabandhu sheikh mujib medical college, faridpur bangladesh institute of child health (bich), dhaka bangladesh institute of health sciences bangladesh institute of research & rehabilitation in diabetes, endocrine & metabolic disorders (birdem academy), dhaka center for medical education (cme), dhaka chattagram maa o shishu hospital institute of child health, agrabad, chittagong chattogram medical college, chittagong comilla medical college, comilla dhaka dental college, dhaka dhaka medical college, dhaka dinajpur medical college, dinajpur enam nursing college, savar, dhaka faridpur medical college, faridpur ibrahim cardiac hospital & research institute institute of child & mother health (icmh), dhaka institute of child health & shishu sasthya foundation hospital, dhaka institute of community ophthalmology, chittagong ispahani islamia eye institute and hospital, dhaka khulna medical college, khulna khwaja yunus ali medical college, sirajganj kumudini welfare trust, mirzapur, tangail lions eye institute & hospital, dhaka mymensingh medical college, mymensingh national institute of advanced nursing education and research, dhaka national heart foundation hospital & research institute, dhaka national institute of cardiovascular diseases (nicvd), dhaka national institute of cancer research & hospital, dhaka national institute of diseases of the chest and hospital (nidch), dhaka national institute of kidney diseases & urology (nikdu), dhaka national institute of mental health (nimh), dhaka national institute of neurosciences & hospital national institute of nuclear medicine & allied science, dhaka national institute of ophthalmology (nio), dhaka national institute of preventive and social medicine (nipsom), dhaka national institute of traumatology and orthopedic rehabilitation (nitor), dhaka national institute of ent, tejgaon, dhaka rajshahi medical college, rajshahi rangpur medical college, rangpur shaheed suhrawardy medical college, dhaka shaheed ziaur rahman medical college, bogra sheikh hasina national institute of burn and plastic surgery sher-e-bangla medical college, barisal sir salimullah medical college, dhaka sylhet mag osmani medical college, sylhet tmss medical college, bogra. gallery schematic layout of bsmmu campus bsmmu a block from shahbag square b block (academic building). wall carving of bangabandhu sheikh mujibur rahman (father of the nation) inside b block sacred fig tree at bsmmu campus. a block bsmmu. faculty of basic science and para clinical science e block bsmmu. c block bsmmu. c block bsmmu. cabin block bsmmu. d block bsmmu. opd 1 bsmmu. opd 2 bsmmu. tsc of bsmmu. tsc of bsmmu. notable alumni lotay tshering, prime minister of bhutan