Chandpur Medical College

Government medical college in Chandpur, Bangladesh

Chandpur Medical College
চাঁদপুর মেডিকেল কলেজ
Academic building and temporary office of Chandpur Medical College
Other name	ChMC
Type	Government Medical College
Established	2018 (2018)^[1]
Academic affiliation	Chittagong Medical University
Principal	Prof (Dr.) Shahela Nazneen, Professor and Departmental Head, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Chandpur Medical College
Address	Stand Road, Kobi Nazrul Sarak , Chandpur , Bangladesh
Campus	Urban, 32 acres (13 ha)
Language	English
Website	chmc.college.gov.bd

Chandpur Medical College is a government medical college in Chandpur District, Bangladesh, founded in 2018 and affiliated with Chittagong Medical University.^[2] The Honorable Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina announced the establishment of Chandpur Medical College in a public meeting held at Chandpur on April 01, 2018. As a result of this, the academic activities of Chandpur Medical College officially started on January 10, 2019 with the admission of 50 students in the 1st batch in the 2018-2019 MBBS academic year. According to the letter dated 19/11/2018 AD of Medical Education-1 Division of Health Education and Family Welfare Department, the academic and administrative activities of the college started as a temporary campus with 13 rooms on the 4th floor of the north side of the 250-bed Chandpur General Hospital. Later, administrative permission was granted to temporarily use the 250-bed Chandpur General Hospital as Chandpur Medical College Hospital until its own Medical College Hospital was opened. The college has government approval to admit 50 MBBS students in each academic year from 2018-19 to 2022-23 academic year and the number of seats has been increased to 75 from 2023-2024 academic year. Currently 325 MBBS students are studying in this college till the academic year 2023-2024. Vacant units of residential quarter of Chandpur General Hospital with 250 beds for male students and rented house for female students are being used as hostels. Besides, the process of renting a new student hostel and intern hostel is going on. A DPP entitled “Chandpur Medical Hospital and Nursing College” project has been approved by ECNEC recently for setting up a permanent campus of the college near Chandpur city.

References

^ "Chandpur Medical College, Chandpur". Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
^ "Affiliated government institutions of Chandpur Medical University". cmu.edu.bd. Archived from the original on 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2020-07-30.