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Academic Information for Students

Student Attendance

Student attendance is recorded in attendance registers. Attendance is compulsory and students are liable for fines for failing to attend classes and exams without permission. Students are eligible for University Professional Examinations only if they have 75% attendance in classes.

An Academic Calendar is provided to every student to help him/ her to understand and schedule for the year. Every student is also assigned to a particular member of the faculty for guidance with regard to individual problems.

Student's Assessment

Student's assessments are made through periodic class examinations (card completion, written, oral and practical examinations) and professional examinations.

Discipline at the examination

Strict discipline is maintained. Indecent gesture, behavior, copying at the examinations and even talking to other candidates at the examinations are liable to disciplinary action under the University regulations.

Positions at the examination

Merit positions up to 10th position are declared at the examination.

Grading at the examinations

Pass Mark is minimum 60% in written, oral, practical & clinical subjects, 10% of written examination of each paper of each subject is allocated for formative examination and 20% is allocated for MCQ. Time allocation is 1 minute for each question consisting of 5 stems (20 questions).

Honors mark is 85% or inure of the total in the subjects of the examination. Merit positions are declared only in the cases of regular students. Irregular students have no claim over Honors declaration and Merit position declaration.

Those students who pass their examinations in the scheduled time are considered as regular students.

Promotion

  • There are 4 professional examinations conducted by Dhaka University.
  • After passing 1st Professional at the end of 1.5 year students are promoted to 3rd year.
  • After passing 2nd Professional at the end of 1 year students are promoted to 4th year.
  • After passing 3rd Professional at the end of 1 year students are promoted to 5th year.
  • MBBS degree will be awarded by the Dhaka University when students pass all subjects of the final professional examination at the end of 5th year.

Internship

Students who have been awarded the MBBS degree by University of Dhaka have to do one year of internship at the MH Samorita Hospital & Medical College for full registration with the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC). Internship Programme is conducted as per BMDC Prescribed rules.

College fees for local students

Asper Government rules.

College fees for Foreign Students

The amount to be paid is subject to changes as per instructions from the authorities.

MBBS Course and Curriculum

01. Name of the course: Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery(MBBS),

02. Basic qualifications & prerequisite for entrance in MBBS Course:

  • HSC or equivalent with Science. (Biology, Physics, Chemistry)
  • Candidate has to secure required grade point in the 88C and HSC examinations.

03. Selection procedure for MBBS course: According to decision by the proper competent authority as per merit.

04. Medium of Instruction: English.

05. Duration: Five years, followed by one year internship.

Course structure and duration

Phase Duration Subjects Examination
1st Phase 1 ½ Year Anatomy
Physiology
Biochemistry
First Professional MBBS
2nd Phase 1 Year Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Second Professional MBBS
3rd Phase 1 Year Community Medicine & Public Health
Pathology
Microbiology
Third Professional MBBS
4th Phase 1 ½ Year Medicine & Allied subjects
Surgery & Allied subjects
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Final Professional MBBS

N.B.: All academic activities including professional examination of each phase must be completed within the specified time of the phase.

BMDC recognized detailed curriculum is followed in MBBS course.