Sher-e-Bangla Medical College, Barishal

Sher-e-Bangla Medical College is a public medical college in Barishal. Ulkaa lists 1968 as its founding year. It teaches the MBBS degree and is affiliated with University of Dhaka.

Ulkaa's medical college table will publish once enough public data is available, so this college does not have an Ulkaa rank yet. Until then this page sticks to published facts, each with its year, and says plainly where a figure has not been checked against an official source. The official website is https://www.sbmc.edu.bd/.

Construction began on 6 November 1964 under the name Barisal Medical College. The college opened to students in 1968 and was renamed in 1977 for A. K. Fazlul Huq, known as Sher-e-Bangla, the Tiger of Bengal.

Entry to the MBBS course at a public medical college goes through the national MBBS and BDS admission test, held once a year under the Directorate General of Medical Education (DGME) of the Ministry of Health. For the 2025-26 session the test was held on 12 December 2025. Prothom Alo reported 122,632 applicants and a pass mark of 40 out of 100, with 66.57 percent passing. Government colleges offered 5,645 seats that year, 5,100 for MBBS and 545 for BDS.

The test score alone does not decide a place. As Prothom Alo described it, the merit ranking adds the SSC GPA multiplied by 8, the HSC GPA multiplied by 12 and the test marks, with deductions for some repeat candidates. Candidates then list their preferred colleges and seats are filled by merit and preference. Results are posted on dgme.gov.bd, dghs.gov.bd and result.dghs.gov.bd.

Sher-e-Bangla Medical College fills its seats through this central system. Which seats go to which colleges is decided each year from the merit list and the preferences that candidates submit. Rules change between sessions, so check the current circular before you apply.

The main programme is the MBBS. Ulkaa lists 225 MBBS seats for 2025, taken from the medical college list on Wikipedia and not yet checked against the Directorate General of Medical Education (DGME) or the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC). Seat numbers are fixed each year, so treat this as a guide and confirm it in the current admission circular.

The college is affiliated with University of Dhaka. Ulkaa records 1,000 hospital beds (2025).

The attached hospital is Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital. Ulkaa records 1,000 beds for 2025. Wikipedia mentions a 30-bed burn and plastic surgery unit and a 10-bed ICU, and the campus covers about 81.5 acres with hostels, a nursing institute and staff housing.

For a medical student the attached hospital is where clinical training happens, so the hospital's size and wards matter as much as the lecture halls.