Background
The nation has a commitment to develop an equitable healthcare system to ensure ‘Health for All’ and a sustainable quality of life for the people of Bangladesh. To fulfill this purpose, Ibrahim Medical College (IMC) was established in 2002 at 1/1, Ibrahim Sarani, Segunbagicha, by Bangladesh Diabetic Samity (BADAS) in honor of the late National Professor Dr. Mohammad Ibrahim — a legendary physician, teacher, and social reformer.
BADAS founded IMC with a vision to develop it as a ‘trendsetter’ medical institution in high medical education and research standards. BIRDEM General Hospital, a ~750-bed multi-disciplinary complex at Shahbagh and Segunbagicha, serves as its teaching hospital and is a WHO Collaborating Center for diabetes and endocrine disorders.
Vision
To be recognized at home and abroad as a leading and trend-setter institute of medical education and research.
Mission
To achieve and maintain excellence in medical education by:
- producing graduates with a high level of intellectual inquiry and professionalism
- producing competent and committed medical graduates with a strong sense of ethics and commitment to serve the community and humanity
- creating future leaders of the medical profession
Affiliation & recognition
- Permission by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh
- Affiliation by the University of Dhaka
- Recognition by the Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council (BM&DC)
- Listed in IMED and FAIMER — graduates eligible for USMLE, PLAB, AMC and related exams
Why IMC
- Top-ranking private medical college in Bangladesh
- Two large training hospitals — BIRDEM General Hospital and BIRDEM General Hospital for Mothers and Children
- Largest hospital in Asia serving the diabetic population
- More than 11,30,000 patients served annually
- Comprehensive BMDC curriculum; highly qualified faculty; modern labs and clinical training
Campuses
Main campus: 1/A, Ibrahim Sarani, Segunbagicha, Dhaka-1000. Second campus: 122, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbag, Dhaka-1000. Departments are air-conditioned with classrooms, dissection halls, skill labs, laboratories, museums, and library facilities. Student–teacher ratio is 1:5.
Teaching hospital
BIRDEM General Hospital houses two major buildings (15- and 13-storied). Over 4,168 patients attend OPD daily; among 750 beds, 30% are free. After the first professional MBBS examination, students are placed in BIRDEM departments for 3½ years of clinical training (student–bed ratio ~1:7).