I feel immense pleasure to welcome you in the website of Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, one of the most renowned and oldest Medical colleges in Bangladesh & also in South East Asia. Dhaka Medical College was established in 1946 and since then, this prestigious institution has produced a number of physicians, surgeons, medical scientists and teachers who are serving in the country and different parts of the world.

Dhaka Medical College, as a pioneer, leading and largest medical college and hospital, always committed to provide quality undergraduate and post graduate medical education and quality healthcare services in all specialities in the country. The college runs the MBBS and post graduate course. MBBS course is permitted to admit 197 students per year. Now Dhaka Medical College has 1000 local and around 100 foreign students in undergraduate and around 900 students in postgraduate courses. The heart and soul of this medical college is the faculty and more than 400 faculty members, 90 percent of whom hold post graduate degrees-teach and mentor these students and engage in scholarship and research as a means of staying current in their academic disciplines and building the regional and global academic reputation of Dhaka Medical College.  My administration and I am working closely with the faculty and Ministry of Health to enrich the academic offerings to include new academic specialties, research opportunities and doctoral programs with the aim to achieve excellence across the university and thus increase the reputation of Dhaka Medical College. 

I hope you will enjoy our comprehensive website and I look forward to welcoming you to Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka.  Please feel free to contact me by email principal@dmc.gov.bd if you need more information. 

Warm regards

Professor Dr. Md. Shafiqul Alam Chowdhury
MBBS, MS
Professor of Urology