The Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College (SOMC) ( bn, সিলেট এম.এ.জি ওসমানী মেডিকেল কলেজ) is a

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, established in 1962. It is located in

Sylhet Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...

. Originally named "Sylhet Medical College", it was renamed in 1986 in the honour of General

Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani Muhammad Ataul Goni Osmani ( bn, মুহাম্মদ আতাউল গণি ওসমানী; 1 September 1918 – 16 February 1984), also known as ''Bangabir'' (the Hero of Bengal), was a Bengali military leader. Osmani's career ...

, commander-in-chief of

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during the

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of 1971. The college is affiliated with Sylhet Medical University

Campus

The college and hospital extends over an area of divided by newer and older construction. There are ten hostels (six male, four female) for student housing.

Academics

Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College offers undergraduate and graduate level courses in a variety of medical specializations. All the courses are certified by the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology are recognized by the

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. The school publishes two academic journals which publish biannually # Osmani Medical Teacher's Association Journal (OMTAJ) # Bangladesh Medical Journal

Notable alumni

* Dr.

Nurunnahar Fatema Begum Brigadier General Professor Nurunnahar Fatema Begum (born 19 September 1962) is the first ever Paediatric Cardiologist of Bangladesh and a Brigadier General under the Bangladesh Army. In 2019, she was awarded both the Independence Day Award (hig ...

, paediatric cardiologist *

Shafiqur Rahman Shafiqur Rahman ( bn, শফিকুর রহমান) is a Bangladeshi politician, physician and current amir of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. He served as Jamaat's secretary general from October 2016 to November 2019. He was elected the Jamaat- ...

, physician and Amir of the

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী, Bānglādēsh Jāmāyatē Islāmī, Bangladesh Islamic Assembly), previously known as Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, or Jamaat for short, was ...

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