Sylhet Medical University
Profile
- Ownership
- public
- Vice-Chancellor
- Prof. Dr. Md Ziaur Rahman Chowdhury
- Students
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- Faculty
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- Annual budget
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- Established
- 2018
- District
- Sylhet
New VC (4th) took office April 27, 2026 amid ongoing ACC recruitment-fraud prosecutions; 8 officials jailed January 2026 out of a 58-defendant case filed April 2024 covering illegal ad hoc appointments 2019-2023
Recent activity
- 2026-01-25 legal Sylhet Metropolitan Sessions Judge Munshi Abdul Majid orders eight more SMU officials jailed in ACC recruitment-fraud case; accused include Procurement Officer Abdul Munim, Section Officer Rinku Das, Administrative Officer Suranjit Ranjan Talukdar, and five others who surrendered to court ↗↗
- 2026-04-27 appointment Prof. Dr. Md Ziaur Rahman Chowdhury appointed 4th Vice-Chancellor of SMU for a four-year term by presidential notification from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; he was previously Principal of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital and is a specialist in neonatology and child health ↗↗↗
Provenance & notes
Name history: established 2018 as 'Sylhet Medical University'; renamed 'Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Medical University, Sylhet' by Amendment Act passed October 31, 2023; restored to 'Sylhet Medical University' by interim government ordinance April 13, 2025. The task brief's note about a possible original name of 'M.A.G. Osmani Medical University, Sylhet' is incorrect -- that name belongs to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College (an affiliated constituent college, not the university itself). The university's original 2018 name was always 'Sylhet Medical University'. Campus: Mollargaon, Dakshin Surma Upazila, Sylhet; 80.31 acres (32.50 ha), rural. The 45th public university and 4th public medical university in Bangladesh. Affiliated public institutions: Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Habiganj Medical College, Sunamganj Medical College (3 medical); Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Dental Unit (1 dental). Affiliated private institutions: Jalalabad Ragib-Rabeya Medical College, North East Medical College, Parkview Medical College, Sylhet Women's Medical College (4 medical); Sylhet Central Dental College (1 dental). VC sequence: (1) Murshed Ahmed Chowdhury 2018-2023; (2) A.H.M. Enayet Hussain 2023-2026; (3) Md Ziaur Rahman Chowdhury from April 27, 2026 (BSS/Daily Star/Dhaka Tribune confirmed). Note: one search result mentioned 'Ismail Hossain Patwary' as predecessor -- The Daily Star, BSS, and Dhaka Tribune all name Enayet Hussain as incumbent prior to Ziaur Rahman; Patwary reference unconfirmed and excluded. student_count, faculty_count, budget all null: no verified primary-source figures found in this research window. Pro-VC, Treasurer, Registrar names not publicly confirmed in current-window sources; fields set null rather than guessing. verification_status=partial due to missing counts and administrative staff names.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylhet_Medical_University
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/382058
- https://www.thedailystar.net/health/news/prof-ziaur-rahman-appointed-sylhet-medical-university-vc-4162096
- https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/campus1/408837/professor-ziaur-rahman-choudhury-appointed-sylhet
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/155833
- https://theindianawaaz.com/bangladesh-renames-medical-universities-drops-mujib-and-hasinas-names/
- https://viewsbangladesh.com/eight-sylhet-medical-university-officials-sent-to-jail/
- https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/sylhet-medical-univ-acc-sues-58-over-graft-recruitment-3581586
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/news/183357/Sylhet-Medical-University-Bill-passed-in
- https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/parliament/2018/09/14/parliament-passes-sylhet-medical-university-bill