Chittagong Medical College

Chittagong Medical College
চট্টগ্রাম মেডিকেল কলেজ
Other name
CMC
TypePublic medical school
Established1957 (1957)
Academic affiliations
Chittagong Medical University
ChairmanMuhammad Omar Faruque Yusuf
PrincipalMd. Jashim Uddin
Academic staff
396
Undergraduates1268
Postgraduates422
Location
Chittagong
,
Bangladesh

22°21′33″N 91°49′51″E / 22.3593°N 91.8308°E / 22.3593; 91.8308
Campus
  • 80.836 acres (32.713 ha)
  • Urban
LanguageEnglish
Websitecmc.gov.bd

Chittagong Medical College, abbreviated as CMC is a public medical college located in Chittagong, Bangladesh.[1] It is the second oldest and second largest medical educational institute and hospital in Bangladesh.[2] It is affiliated with the Chittagong Medical University.

History

Official opening of CMC in 1957

Chittagong Medical College was established in 1957 in East Pakistan.[3] Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) was established in 1959, adjacent to the college, with 120 beds.[4] Construction of the present purpose-built, six-storied CMCH was completed in 1969.

College entrance

Courses

MBBS

From 2026, 225 local students admit here for MBBS course. Moreover, 20-25 foreign students also admit here from India, Pakistan, Srilanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Palestine and other countries.

BDS

Evere year, 60 students admit in Chittagong Medical College dental unit. It is the highest number of students among all dental units of public medical colleges in Bangladesh.

Post Graduation

Every year, 422 students admit here for post graduation courses. There are 39 post-graduation courses in this medical college.

They are:

[5]

FCPS

It offers FCPS degree in four subjects. They are:

Principle

On 29 August 2024, Jasim Uddin took charge as the acting principal of CMC. He succeeded Sahena Akter, who was appointed as the CMC principal on 20 January 2021.[6][7]

Facilities

  • Auditorium

There is an auditorium named Bir Uttam Shah Alam Milonayoton. It is of 1000 people capacity.

  • Conference Rooms

There is two conference rooms. One in New Academic Building and it has 80 people capacity. Another one is in Hospital Building and it has 60 people capacity.

  • Lecture Galleries

There are 2 lecture galleries and 3 lecture halls in this Medical college.

  1. Upper lecture gallery
  2. Lower lecture gallery
  3. Sutopa lecture hall
  4. Lower lecture hall
  5. Upper lecture hall
  • Distant Learning Theatre

There is a distant learning theatre.

  • Teacher's Lounge

There is a teacher Lounge in New Academic Building.

  • Common Room

There are two common rooms. They are one for male and another one for female.

  • Cafeteria

There are tow cafeteria. One is beside New Academic Building named CMC Cafe. Another one is at hospital building named Doctors Avocation Lounge. [8]

Hospital

Information at a glance:

  • Number of Bed : 2200
  • Number of Ward : 49
  • Number of Cabins :45
  • Number of OT : 19
  • Total Number of admission:302,647 (2025)
  • Emergency visits : 416,422 (2025)
  • Bed occupancy rate : 142.31
  • Major Operations : 43,170 (2025)
  • Minor Operations : 102,703 (2025)

[9]

Hostels

Undergraduate Hostels

There are 2 male hostels and 2 female hostels for undergraduate students.

CMC Main Boys hostel
It is located in Chatteswary Road, Chawkbazar. It has a building of 4 floar with 40 rooms in each floar. In addition, it has 3 reading rooms, a dinning room, a mosque and a lobby.
Nasirabad Boys Hostel
It is located in Nadirabad Housing society. It has two buildings named "Lufus Salam Hostel" and "Hafizulah Bashir Shawon Hostel"
Kanta Girls Hostel
It is located opposite to CMCH east gate.
Dilruba Girls Hostel
It is located in Panchlaish Residential Area.

Intern Hostels

There are also two hostel for intern doctors.

Dr. Mizan Intern Hostel.
Dr. Jannat Female Intern Hostel. [10]

Departments

There 77 Departments in this medical college.

Basic

  1. Anatomy
  2. Physiology
  3. Biochemistry

Para Clinical

  1. Pharmacology and Therapeutics
  2. Pathology
  3. Microbiology and Immunology
  4. Virology
  5. Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
  6. Community Medicine and Public health

Clinical

  1. Medicine
  2. Surgery
  3. Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  4. Pediatrics
  5. Pediatric surgery
  6. Neonatology
  7. Neonatal Surgery
  8. Orthopedics
  9. Orthopedic surgery
  10. Neurology
  11. Pediatric Neurology and Development
  12. Neuro surgery
  13. Cardiology
  14. Pediatric Cardiology
  15. Cardiac surgery
  16. Pediatric Cardiac surgery
  17. Urology
  18. Pediatric urology
  19. Nephrology
  20. Pediatric Nephrology
  21. Gastroenterology
  22. Hepatology
  23. Endocrinology and Metabolism
  24. Reproductive endocrinology and infertility
  25. Hematology
  26. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
  27. Paediatric Surgical Oncology
  28. Anesthesiology
  29. Cardiac Anesthesiology
  30. Radiology
  31. Neuro Radiology
  32. Pediatric Radiology
  33. Radiotherapy
  34. Critical Care Medicine
  35. Respiratory Medicine
  36. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  37. Rheumatology
  38. Casualty
  39. Plastic surgery
  40. Thoracic surgery
  41. Vascular Surgery
  42. Otolaryngology abd Head neck surgery
  43. Transfusion Medicine
  44. Psychiatry
  45. Dermatology and Venereology
  46. Opthalmology
  47. ENT

Dental

  1. Science of Dental Materials
  2. Dental Anatomy
  3. Dental Pharmacology
  4. Oral Microbiology
  5. Periodontology and Oral Pathology
  6. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  7. Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics
  8. Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
  9. Prosthodontics
  10. Dental Public Health
  11. Pediatric Dentistry
  12. Dental Radiology
  13. Dental Jurisprudence and Ethics
  14. Oral Surgery
  15. Periodontology
  16. Removable Orthodontics
  17. Removable Prosthodontics
  18. Orthodontics
  19. Children Dentistry
  20. Dental Jurist Law's & Ethics
  21. Maxillofacial Surgery

[11]

Notable alumni

Tausiful H.

Notable faculty

References

  1. ↑ হৃদরোগের চিকিৎসা বন্ধ চট্টগ্রাম মেডিকেল কলেজ হাসপাতালে [Heart disease treatment stopped at Chittagong Medical College Hospital]. SA TV. 14 January 2024.
  2. ↑ Report. Retrieved 28 January 2025
  3. ↑ Ahmed, A. F. Salahuddin; Khan, A Majeed (2004). "Education in Bangladesh: Historical Overview". In Ahmed, A. F. Salahuddin; Chowdhury, Baziul Mobin (eds.). Bangladesh, national culture and heritage: an introductory reader. Dhaka: Independent University. p. 283. ISBN 984-8509-00-3.
  4. ↑ Rizvi, S. N. H., ed. (1970). East Pakistan District Gazetteers: Chittagong (PDF). Government of East Pakistan Services and General Administration Department. pp. 297–298. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. ↑ https://cmc.gov.bd/About/BasicInformation
  6. ↑ "Former Principals". Chittagong Medical College.
  7. ↑ "চমেকের নতুন অধ্যক্ষ ডা. জসিম উদ্দিন - বাংলার পত্রিকা" [CMC's new principal Dr. Jasim Uddin - Banglar Patrika]. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  8. ↑ https://cmc.gov.bd/About/BasicInformation
  9. ↑ https://cmc.gov.bd/About/BasicInformation
  10. ↑ https://cmc.gov.bd/About/BasicInformation
  11. ↑ https://cmc.gov.bd/Departments
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