North Bengal Medical College
Description
This college was established in 2000 as per the permission of the Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh and it is situated in a beautiful location on the bank of River Jamuna which covers an area of 6.17 acres (18.17 bighas) of land in the district town of Sirajganj, Bangladesh. Moreover, the campus has a special scenic beauty with lush green trees and meadows interspersed by newly constructed modern buildings and the old heritage buildings.
It is located at J.C. Road, Dhanbandi, Sirajganj, and offers the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) under the Rajshahi Medical University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
In the northern region of Bangladesh, it is the first private medical college and the founder of this college was a well-known personality in Bangladesh i.e. Late Prof. M. A. Martin. He is a very renowned Ophthalmologist, and the president of the Bangladesh College of Physician and Surgeon, Bangladesh Medical Association, and Ophthalmic Society of Bangladesh. Prof. M.A. Matin envisioned this college in his home town Sirajganj by considering the poor Medicare facilities in the northern region of Bangladesh. The founder Principal of North Bengal Medical College and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology was Late Professor Dr. Tashmina Matin and she served for this college till his last breath. Moreover, her untiring efforts with Prof. Dr. M.A. Matin established this medical college as one of the best medical colleges in the northern part of the country.
It is affiliated under the Medical University of Rajshahi and its MBBS curriculum is adopted by the faculty of medicine of the university. Also, the college is recognized by The Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council (BM&DC) and this college offers a 5-year medical education course leading to MBBS to their students with a one-year internship after graduation which is compulsory for all the graduate students. This college already produced around more than 500 teen medical graduates who are now working as graduate and postgraduate doctors in the country and abroad.
