Medical Colleges of Bangladesh

Rangpur Medical College is one of the major Government Medical Colleges in Bangladesh, located in Rangpur District.

Brief history To meet the growing needs of modern medicine, the government of East Pakistan established a medical college in Rangpur in 1970 with a 500-bed teaching hospital. The first batch of 50 students were admitted to Rangpur Medical College, affiliated with Rajshahi University, in 1971. Currently, the yearly intake has been increased to one hundred and seventy five.34th batch is doing interne duty. And most recent batch of 2011 is 40th.

Admission process The admission process of undergraduate MBBS course for all government Medical Colleges in Bangladesh is conducted centrally by the Director of Medical Education under DGHS under the Ministry of Health. The test comprises a written MCQ exam, which is held simultaneously in all government medical colleges on the same day throughout the country. Candidates are selected for admission based on national merit and district, whether they are sons or daughters of freedom fighters, and to fill tribal quotas. For foreign students, admission is through the embassy of Bangladesh in their respective countries. The academic calendar for different years is maintained by respective departments. Aside from the MBBS course there are post graduation courses in surgery, medicine, gynecology and pediatrics. Postgraduate and diploma courses admission tests are conducted by the medical college. The admission test consists of the written MCQ exam.

Location The campus of Rangpur Medical College is located in the northwest area of Rangpur, Bangladesh. It is 210 kilometers from the Rajshahi District and 330 kilometers from Dhaka and is located next to the inter-country highway that connects India to Nepal.

Campus Rangpur Medical College is a big medical college of Bangladesh with a five story building of 6 partitions. Wards 1, 2, and 3 are medicine (3 is female), wards 4, 8 and 10 are surgery wards, and ward 5 is ENT. Wards 11, 13 & 14 are gynae and obstetrics. There are also cardiology, ENT, orthopedics, eye, skin-vd, gastro, psychiatry, pediatric surgery, pediatric medicine, urology, and neurology wards.

College building The three-story college building accommodates all of the following offices and departments:

Administrative block – Department of Anatomy Conference room – Department of Physiology Air-conditioned – Library Department of Biochemistry Medical Education- Unit Department of Pathology Research Cell – Department of Microbiology Lecture Gallery – Department of Pharmacology Post Office – Department of Forensic Medicine Guest house – Department of Community Medicine Medical Skill – Centre Department of Surgery College Canteen – Department of Medicine Teacher Lounge – Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics

Hospital building

Rangpur Medical College is a major medical college of Bangladesh. A five storied building of 6 partitions accommodates 875 beds with the following disciplines:

Department of Radiology & Imaging
Nephrology Pediatric Hematology Department of Ophthalmology Hospital Administrative Office Hospital store
Emergency & Casualty department
Department of Internal Medicine Department of Cardiology
Department of Neuromedicine Department of Dermatology & Venereology Department of General Surgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Department of PaediatricsDepartment of Paediatric SurgeryDiarrhoeal Diseases cell & Training Unit
Diarrhoeal Diseases cell & Training Unit
Hepatology MedicineDepartment of RadiotherapyDepartment of PsychiatryDepartment of Otolaryngology