ADMISSION OF FOREIGN STUDENTS IN THE MBBS AND BDS COURSES IN THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED MEDICAL COLLEGES / DENTAL COLLEGES IN BANGLADESH FOR 2007-2008 ACADEMIC YEAR UNDER SELF-FINANCE SCHEME

The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh has offered a number of seats at the MBBS and BDS courses at the government-owned Medical/Dental Colleges for foreign students for the academic year 2007-2008 under self-finance scheme. The interested applicants must fulfill the following criteria of eligibility for admission in either the MBBS course or BDS course for the academic session 2007-2008.

•  Applicants must have passed qualifying examinations i.e. 12 th grade (10+2=12 years) of schooling at a public school/board/college or passed an examination in any foreign country which is recognized by the Government of Bangladesh as equivalent to the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination.

•  Applicants must have passed Higher Secondary Certificate Examination or equivalent examinations with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as their major/compulsory subjects.

•  Applicants must have obtained at least 65% marks in average (which is equivalent to GPA 3.5 ) or equivalent grade in Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary Certificate examinations or in equivalent examinations respectively (i.e ‘C' grade in A-level or O-level examination), and should have at least 60% marks separately in either of these examinations (i.e. GPA 3.00 or ‘D' grade ). In case of ‘O'-level examination, marks/ grades of only six subjects (top 6 subjects on the basis of marks/ grades obtained) will be considered. In case of ‘A'-level examination, marks/ grades of Physics, Chemistry and Biology will be considered for evaluation.

•  Applicants must have passed Secondary School Certificate or equivalent examination not before 2004 & Higher Secondary Certificate or equivalent examination not before 2006 .

•  Applications should be submitted in prescribed forms in quadruplicate. Attested copies of certificates and mark sheets etc, have to be furnished along with the application. All certificates and mark-sheets must be attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the respective country of the applicant's academic institution. No application will be accepted without such attestation. (পররাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয়ের সত্যায়িত কপির ফটোকপি গ্রহণযোগ্য হইবে না)

•  The successful applicants will require to produce all academic certificates and mark-sheets in original during their admission.

•  Students from SAARC countries will require to pay tuition and other fees at the rate charged to a Bangladeshi student. The students from other countries will require to pay US$2000 (US Dollar two thousand only) per academic year in addition to the tuition and other fees at the rate charged to a Bangladeshi student.

•  Applications must be submitted to the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission, 9 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Sarani, Kolkata-700017 by 05 th December 2007 .  

•  Each applicant must attach with his/her application a non-refundable Demand Draft (DD) of US$50 (US Dollar fifty only) payable to the Director, Medical Education & HMPD, DGHS, Mohakhali, Dhaka , Bangladesh .