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Popular
Medical
College
(PMC)
(Bengali:
পপুলার
মেডিকেল
কলেজ)
is
a
private
medical
school
in
Bangladesh,
established
in
2010.
It
is
located
in
Dhanmondi,
Dhaka.
It
is
affiliated
with
the
University
of
Dhaka
as
a
constituent
college.
It
offers
a
five-year
course
of
study
leading
to
a
Bachelor
of
Medicine,
Bachelor
of
Surgery
(MBBS)
degree.
A
one-year
internship
after
graduation
is
compulsory
for
all
graduates.
The
degree
is
recognised
by
the
Bangladesh
Medical
and
Dental
Council.
Popular
Group,
a
healthcare
company
in
Bangladesh,
established
Popular
Medical
College
in
2010.
The
college
is
located
in
Dhanmondi
Thana,
Dhaka.
The
associated
Popular
Medical
College
Hospital
lies
250
metres
(820
ft)
east
of
the
college.
The
college
is
affiliated
with
Dhaka
University
as
a
constituent
college.
The
chairman
of
the
college
is
Md.
Mustafizur
Rahman.
The
principal
is
Khan
Abul
Kalam
Azad.
The
college
offers
a
five-year
course
of
study,
approved
by
the
Bangladesh
Medical
and
Dental
Council
(BMDC),
leading
to
a
Bachelor
of
Medicine,
Bachelor
of
Surgery
(MBBS)
degree
from
Dhaka
University.
After
passing
the
final
professional
examination,
there
is
a
compulsory
one-year
internship.
The
internship
is
a
prerequisite
for
obtaining
registration
from
the
BMDC
to
practice
medicine.
In
October
2014,
the
Ministry
of
Health
and
Family
Welfare
capped
admission
and
tuition
fees
at
private
medical
colleges
at
1,990,000
Bangladeshi
taka
(US$25,750
as
of
2014)
total
for
their
five-year
courses.
Admission
for
Bangladeshis
to
the
MBBS
programmes
at
all
medical
colleges
in
Bangladesh
(government
and
private)
is
conducted
centrally
by
the
Directorate
General
of
Health
Services
(DGHS).
It
administers
a
written
multiple
choice
question
exam
simultaneously
throughout
the
country.
Candidates
are
admitted
based
primarily
on
their
score
on
this
test,
although
grades
at
Secondary
School
Certificate
(SSC)
and
Higher
Secondary
School
Certificate
(HSC)
level
also
play
a
part.
As
of
July
2014,
the
college
is
allowed
to
admit
75
students
annually.
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