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The medical college is affiliated with the University of Dhaka as a constituent college. It offers a five-year course of study leading to a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree. A one-year internship after graduation is compulsory for all graduates. The degree is recognised by the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council.
Admission for Bangladeshis to the MBBS programme at all medical colleges in Bangladesh (government and private) is conducted centrally by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). It administers a written multiple choice question exam simultaneously throughout the country.
It is the first medical school in Bangladesh situated in a rural area. [7] Within the self-contained campus, arranged among gardens around an S-shaped lake, are an academic building, separate hostels for men and women, staff quarters, and Jahurul Islam Medical College Hospital, the college's 390-bed teaching hospital.
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.
More 346,580 patients attended at the emergency and 149,122 patients got admitted in different facilities of the hospital in 2015. [28] The surgical staffs performed 58,355 surgeries in 2015. [28] Expansion plan to turn the hospital into a 5000-bed facility has been contemplated. [29] Emblem used by Dhaka Medical College Hospital
Admission procedures for MD, MS, M.Phil., M.MEd, Diploma, MPH, BSN, [23] MSN, and PhD programs vary each year. The admission process includes a written test, followed by a viva and a final medical examination. Admission is highly competitive in Bangladesh, with only a few students being selected. [24]
Mitford Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in Bangladesh, is located adjacent to the college campus. It occupies an oblong area of about 12.8 acres of land on the bank of Buriganga river. [15] The hospital complex comprises more than fourteen buildings, most of which were originally single-storied and later have been raised to multiple storeys.
The Diabetic Association of Bangladesh wanted to create a medical institute based on the requirements of its hospital, BIRDEM in the mid-1990s. They named the proposed institute Bangladesh Institute of Health Sciences. The government of Bangladesh donated 6 acres in Darus Salam, Mirpur, Dhaka for the proposed