At Dhaka Post graduate Medical education was
introduced in 1940’s with establishment of School of
tropical Medicine and Hygiene. This offered Diploma
in Tropical Medicine of university of London. In 1961
Dhaka University Ordinance for Post Graduate courses
were adopted. Courses in both Basic Medical science
and Clinical Science were approved under Faculty of
Medicine.1 The College of Physicians and Surgeons
Pakistan was established in 1962. In 1965 Institute of
Post Graduate Medicine and Research started
functioning. In 1973 Faculty of Post Graduate Medical
science and research started as a separate entity. National
Professor Nurul Islam was the first Dean. Government
of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh constituted an
ad hoc committee of the College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Bangladesh with Professor K S Haque as
the President in 1972.2 All fellows of the College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan who hailed from
Bangladesh were admitted as the founder fellows. With
great endeavors and untiring efforts, these people were
able to hold the first examination in July 1972.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University is the
first and only medical university in Bangladesh,
established in 1998.3