In 2005, about 50 distinguished physicians of the country started a Hospital to give specialized care in the private sector. They named it Green Life Hospital and it turned out to be a great success. So in 2009, they decided to make a medical college which will be a non-government, non-profit, self-financing project and will serve the humanity.
This College came into existence in 2009. The college commences its activities with the enrollment of 51 students in the 1st batch in 2010. Since inception, the college has undergone tremendous development and became a splendid centre for learning and development. At present we are enrolling 120 students each year. Among them, numbers of seats are reserved for overseas students. Right at this moment 104 foreign students are studying , among them 68 students are male and 36 are female.
We continue to evaluate and improve our program to ensure the best medical education for the students. Our educational strategy is to create a conducive learning environment and to steer our students to acquire adequate knowledge, skills and temperament to practice medicine and be a competent health care professional group.
Green Life Medical College (GLMC) is approved by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) and affiliated to the University of Dhaka. It has the recognition of General medical Council, United Kingdom and it is enlisted in World Directory of Medical School and Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.
Aims:
To create a diverse and vibrant graduate scholars in medical discipline and to create highly competent and committed physicians for the country.
Objectives:
- To provide an appropriate learning environment where medical students can acquire a sound theoretical knowledge and practical skills with empathetic attitude to the people.
- To carry out research in medical sciences to scale up the standard of medical education in the country.
Location and different facilities:
The campus is located at 31 and 32, Bir Uttom K. M. Shafiullah Sarak (Green Road), Dhanmondi, Dhaka. The location is at the heart of the mega city Dhaka and is facilitated with very good communication networks.
The Medical College and the Hospital complexes have been raised in two multistoried fully air-conditioned buildings with an arrangement of approximately 600 beds for patient. The building is equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure, excellent with an out-patient department and adequate in-patient facilities.
It has sixteen storied own academic building , run its activities since January 2018, before that period all the academic activities were carried out in the hospital building. The medical college has 200 decimal lands in Purbachal new city for further expansion. There are five lecture galleries with multimedia, over head projector, and sound system facilities, and twenty-four tutorial class rooms .For anatomy department dissection hall floor space is with 2500 square feet at 14th floor. There are ten operation theatres including two teaching operation theatres. Among these operation theatres two at 6th floor of academic building . Other eight operation theatres are at the 6th floor of hospital building. Along with these facilities there is a modern outpatient department complex at the level four of academic building and hundred (100) bedded free bed complexes at level thirteen (13) of hospital building. There are five museums and five laboratories and all are placed within the respective department of academic building. There are two common room with lavatory facilities for the male & female of medical college. Each year in MBBS course 5 %( total 6) of the local students out of 120 get full admission fees and tuition fees for full course (five years) waive as scholarship. Each year college authority organize annual picnic, sports competition and cultural program as extracurricular activities.
Land Owned by Green Life Medical College and Size of the Building:
The Medical College academic building is located in its 16-storied (with 2 basement) building built on 3058.708 Ojutangsho of land
- Amount of Land: 0.30896 acres (3058.708 Ojutangsho) of owned land
- Floor Space: 2,18,483.316 square feet
Area of land allocated in Purbachal New Town Project of Green Life Medical College
- Amount of Land: 2.00 acres of owned land
The Medical College Hospital is located in adjacent 16-storied (with 2 basement) building built on 4,800 Ojutangsho of land
- Amount of Land: 0.4800 acres (4800 Ojutangsho) of owned land
- Floor Space: 2,97,115.168 square feet
The Green Life Medical College Ladies Hostel is located in its 11-storied building built on 2203 Ojutangsho of owned land
- Amount of Land: 2203 Ojutangsho of owned land
- Floor Space: 60,500 square feet
- 350 sit for local and foreign students
The Green Life Medical College Boys Hostel is located in its 6-storied building built on 825 Ojutangsho of owned land
- Amount of Land: 825 Ojutangsho of owned land
- Floor Space: 4320 square feet
- 140 sit for local and foreign students
Land Owned by Green Life Medical College Hospital and Size of the Building:
The medical college hospital is located in its 16-storied (with 2 basement) building built on 0.4848 acres (4800 Ojutangsho) of owned land
- Floor Space on each level: 16,660 square feet
- Total Floor Space: 2,98,800 square feet
- Amount of land required for the college as per policy: 2 acres/own land
- Floorspace required for building as per policy: 1,00,000 square feet
Academic Approval Sessions:
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW): 2023-2024 [Applied for Session 2024-2025 & 2025-2026]
- Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BM&DC): 2018-2019 (when this batch completes MBBS) [Applied from Session 2019-2020 till dated]
- Dhaka University (DU): 2022-2023 [Applied for Session 2023-2024 & 2024-2025]
Other Details:
- Approved Sits for Admission: 120 (one hundred and twenty)
- Number of total Students: 665 (five hundred and sixty-five)
- Number of Hospital Beds: 600 (six hundred)
- Free Beds: 100 (one hundred)
- Bed Occupancy: above 80 Percent