MBBS Admission Circular 2025 for BD Medical Colleges

MBBS Admission Circular 2025 for Government and Private Medical Colleges has been published. The Directorate General of Medical Education (DGMEA) published this admission circular today, 10 January 2025. At the same time the admission policy has also been published. Medical Admission Circular 2024-25 will be applicable for the admission of students in the academic year 2023-2024 in all public and private medical colleges of Bangladesh. At the same time, the admission notice and policy for foreign students have also been published. Admission circular and policy are available on dgme.gov.bd website. Admission application can be made through dgme.teletalk.com.bd website.

On 24 December 2024, the Health Minister gave various information regarding MBBS Admission 2025. According to the information, 1 thousand 30 seats have been increased in government medical colleges this year. As a result, now the total number of seats in government medical colleges is 5 thousand 380. Apart from this, there are 6 thousand 348 seats for private medical colleges. 375 seats have been allocated for Army Medical Colleges and Hospitals. This time the admission fee has been fixed at Tk. 1000.

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Medical Admission Circular 2025

Medical Admission Circular 2024-2025 has been published. Some changes have been made in the admission circular this year. Those students, who are already admitted in any government medical or dental college, will be deducted 10 marks in total. However, the pass mark in the admission test has been kept as 40 as before. Foreign students can apply from January 4. However, the application period for Bangladeshi students is from 10 January 2024 to 23 January 2024. Separate admission circulars and policies have been published for Bangladeshi students and foreign students. Bangladeshi and foreign students should download the admission circular and policy from the Directorate General of Medical Education website dgme.gov.bd. Also all the information related to admission can be found on the Directorate General of Health Services and Ministry of Health website.

MBBS Admission 2024-25

The DGME has published the MBBS Admission Circular 2024 for government and private medical colleges of Bangladesh. The admission circular has announced the admission roadmap for the academic year 2023-2024. Admission of students in all government and private medical colleges of the country will be completed through an integrated admission test. The admission process of private medical colleges will start after the admission process of government medical colleges. Private medical colleges will admit students based on the results of the integrated admission test. The roadmap announced by the Directorate General of Medical Education along with other information is as follows.

Application Start	10 January 2024
Application Deadline	23 January 2024
Application Fee Payment Last Date	24 January 2024
Application Fee	Tk. 1000 (One Thousand)
Application Form	dgme.teletalk.com.bd
Admit Card Download	5 February to 7 February 2024
Admission Test	9 February 2024, Firday, 10 am to 11 am
Admission Test Syllabus	HSC Examination 2023 Syllabus

Application Eligibilities

The Directorate General of Medical Education has released separate eligibility criteria for admission to MBBS courses for Bangladeshi and foreign students. Bangladeshi students must have the following qualifications to apply for MBBS Admission 2023-24.

Applicant must be a Bangladeshi citizen.
Student must have passed HSC or equivalent examination in 2023 or 2022.
Student must have passed SSC or equivalent examination in 2021 or 2020.
Passed SSC/ ‘O’ Level/ Equivalent Examination in Science group and HSC/ ‘A’ Level/ Equivalent Examination with Biology, Physics and Chemistry.
Aggregate GPA should be at least 9.00 in both SSC/Equivalent and HSC/Equivalent examinations.
Tribal and Non-tribal candidates from hill districts should have an aggregate GPA of at least 8.00 in SSC/equivalent and HSC/equivalent examinations. However, GPA less than 3.50 in any single exam will not be considered eligible to apply.
All applicants must have at least Grade Point 4.0 in Biology in HSC/Equivalent Examination.

MBBS Admission Form 2024

Before submitting the application form online read the instructions carefully, understand and submit carefully as per the instructions.

Step 1: Preparation

Before filling the application form on the website, the following information and other materials should be kept with you.

A color photo of size 300 x 300 pixels. Images must be in JPG format. Maximum file size is 100 KB. Photo scanned or taken with a digital camera will do.
A scanned signature of 300 x 80 pixels in size. Signature must be in JPG format. (The paper should be signed in bold and then scanned.) The file size should be maximum 60 KB.
A link is provided on the homepage to create and match the photo and signature in the required size.
Photograph and signature should be pre-saved on computer or pen drive, so that it can be uploaded at the time of application.
Keep your district, present address, permanent address (district, police station/upazilla, post code) etc. in English.
It is necessary to write down the names of the medical colleges in order of preference. Before doing this, the help of Gurdian/relatives can be taken. It is mandatory for the candidate to mention the preference of all the government medical colleges while submitting the online admission application.
In which center you want to take the admission test should be decided in advance.
Quota information should be collected if there is quota.

Step 2: Apply Online

First visit http://dgme.teletalk.com.bd website.
There are two options here. One for those who have passed SSC/Equivalent and HSC/Equivalent exams.The other for those who have passed O-Level/A-Level or from abroad. Second type of candidates should collect Equivalence Certificate ID from Director, Medical Education, Directorate General of Medical Education, Mohakhali before filling the application form. Form cannot be filled without ID. Click on the first option. Next button will be highlighted at the bottom of the page and click on it. The second page will appear.
Roll Number, Registration Number, Board, Year of SSC/Equivalent, HSC/Equivalent etc. must be filled here. If the candidate has an opportunity in the tribal quota, click on Tribal applicant or a non-tribal applicant from Hill tract’s option. If you don’t click here, tribe related option will not be available on the next page and GPA 8.00 assigned to tribal quota will not be effective. Candidates applying in Non-Tribal Quota of Tribal/Hill Districts should enter Memo Number/Certificate Number and Date of Non-Tribal Certificate of Tribal/Hill Districts in online application; No Online Entry in Tribal/Hill District Non-Tribal Quota without Memorial Number/Certificate Number and Date. If you get an opportunity to get admission in the quota, if you do not show the required documents at the time of admission, the admission opportunity will be cancelled.
If something is wrong here click Reset and fill again. If all information is filled correctly, click Next to go to the next page.
At the top of the page the candidate’s name, parents’ name, date of birth and letter grades and grade points obtained in the middle of the page will appear automatically. (O level/ A level candidates will go to the option and fill it manually).
If English questions are required during the exam, the Question Language English option must be filled here.
Home District must be filled. If the admission seat is allotted in the filled district quota, if the district certificate is not shown at the time of admission, the allotted seat will be cancelled. As there is no gazette notification of 2021 census, the district quota will be determined according to 2011 census. If you have clicked on Tribal Quota on the previous page, here you have to select one from the Tribal Quota list (Table-4).
Eligible for Freedom Fighter Quota (children, children’s children) should be clicked here.
Then fill Present Address and Permanent Address. If Present Address and Permanent Address are the same, click on the button in front of Permanent Address.
One (11) digit mobile number is mandatory which must be kept active at all times during the admission process. After paid the application fees, USER ID, PASSWORD and exam center name will be sent to this mobile via SMS. Another mobile number should be provided in the second box for communication if necessary.
Applicant must fill Choice Option. Highlighting the preferred college from the list of colleges on the left and clicking the Add button will move it to the right. In this way one by one you have to take all the colleges on the right in the order of your choice. The list on the right side will be in order of preference. Candidates should mention the preference of all the Government Medical Colleges.

Step 3: Upload Photo and Signature

Pre-prepared photo and signature should be selected by browsing from computer or pen drive. Validation Code should be typed as given.
Click on the Declaration button at the end of the page and click Submit.
After some time the photo and signature will be uploaded and the next page will be displayed. If the size of the photo and signature are not the same, it will not be uploaded. Options to customize photo and signature size are available online.
A User ID number will appear on this page. This number should be saved carefully, as it will be used to pay the application fee from the Teletalk prepaid number. All information including applicant’s photo and signature will be displayed. This page must be printed. Because applicant will be known everywhere in this photo and signature.

Step 4: Fee Payment

The examination fee of Tk 1000 must be paid from Teletalk pre-paid number to fill the online application form. No changes can be made in the submitted application form after the payment of the fee and the application form will be accepted as final. If any part of the submitted application form needs to be corrected after the submission of the first application fee, the application can be re-applied subject to re-submission of the application fee. But in this case the last application form will be considered final. Method of Fee Deposit:

(a) Go to Teletalk pre-paid mobile phone message option and write MBBS, write User ID with space and Send to 16222

Example: Send MBBS <Space> FRLGCT and send to 16222. Here FRLGCT is the User ID obtained by filling the form

The return SMS will ask for consent with a PIN, name of the candidate and information to deduct Tk.1000/- (one thousand) as examination fee. To consent send SMS as below to 16222

(b) Go to Message option and write MBBS, write YES with space, write PIN with space and send SMS to 16222 by writing maximum four Center Code (Note Table No. 1) with comma (,) (Example: given below). Example: Type MBBS <Space> YES <Space> 456789 <Space> 19, 38, 47, 26 and send to 16222. Here 456789 is the PIN number received in the previous SMS and the numbers 19,38,47,26 are the code number of the examination center. If the PIN number is written correctly, Tk. 1000/- (one thousand) will be deducted from the pre-paid mobile phone of the Teletalk and a User ID and Password will be given to the candidate in the return SMS stating the name of the examination center.

Center Code

The examination center must be selected at the time of payment of the application fee. The center code should be entered as the examination center. The names and codes of the examination centers are given below.

College Code	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College, Faridpur.
13	Pabna Medical College, Pabna
15	Chattogram Medical College, Chattogram
18	Cumilla Medical College, Cumilla
19	Dhaka Medical Colleqe, Dhaka
21	Khulna Medical College, Khulna
23	Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshahi
24	M.A.G. Osmani Medical College, Sylhet
26	M Abdur Rahim Medical College, Dinajpur
27	Mymensinqh Medical College, Mymensingh
31	Ranqpur Medical College, Rangpur
33	Sher-E-Bangla Medical College, Barishal
35	Mugda Medical College, Dhaka
42	Sher-E-Banqla Medical College, Barishal
38	Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, Dhaka
39	Shaheed Syed Nazrul Islam Medical College, Kishoreganj
41	Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College, Bogura
46	Sheikh Sayera Khatun Medical College, Gopalganj
47	Sir Salimullah Medical College, Dhaka
99	Dhaka Dental College, Dhaka

Equivalent Certificate

Bangladeshi citizens who have passed SSC/HSC equivalent examination in foreign education (O-Level/A-Level) program can apply online after converting their marksheets to GPA prevailing in Bangladesh and collecting Equivalence Certificate. In that case, they should apply to the Director, Medical Education, Directorate General of Medical Educaton, Mohakhali, Dhaka with a bank draft/pay-order of Tk 2000/- (room no. 204 of the Medical Education Branch of the Directorate General of Medical Education) to get the ID number while collecting the Equivalence Certificate. will be To collect the Equivalence Certificate, the original mark sheets and certificates of SSC and HSC equivalency examination and certified copies of the mark sheets and certificates must be brought along.

Bangladeshi citizens, who have passed SSC and HSC equivalent examinations from abroad, their marksheets must be compulsorily attested by Bangladeshi Embassy/High Commission in the concerned country, designated Embassy/High Commission for Bangladesh in the concerned country and Ministry of Education/Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Foreign passport holders of Bangladeshi origin studying in any Bangladeshi institution will not be considered for this opportunity in any way.

After passing the HSC/equivalent examination, the Bangladeshi citizen students who wish to study in MBBS courses outside the country must participate in the central admission test and obtain a minimum of 40 marks.

Admission Test Marks Distribution

1 (one) hour written examination of 100 (one hundred) MCQ questions of 100 (one hundred) marks will be held. Subject-wise Distribtuion in Written Examination: Biology 30; Chemistry 25; Physics 20; English 15; General Knowledge (History of Bangladesh and Liberation War) 10. There are 0.25 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer in written examination. Candidates scoring less than 40 marks in the written examination will be considered as failed. Result will be published along with merit list of eligible candidates.

The GPA obtained in SSC and HSC or equivalent examination will be determined as a total of 200 marks and will be evaluated as follows:

a) 15 times the GPA obtained in SSC/equivalent examination = 75 marks (Maximum)

b) 25 times the GPA obtained in HSC/equivalent examination = 125 marks (Maximum)

The merit list will be prepared on the basis of the marks obtained in the written admission test and the sum of the marks obtained in the SSC/equivalent and HSC/equivalent examinations in the process described in paragraph 07.

Merit List will be prepared by deducting 05 (five) marks from the aggregated marks of the candidates who passed the HSC examination of the previous year and 10 (Ten) marks from the aggregate marks obtained in the case of students admitted in the previous year’s Government Medical College or Dental College/Unit.

Admit Card Download

From 5 February 2024, candidates can download and print their admit card with User ID and Password. It can be Downloaded till the 7th of February 2024 through the dgme.teletalk.com.bd website. The Admission Test will be held on 9th February 2024.

MBBS Admit card Download information will be notified via SMS. If the admit card is lost, the admit card can be collected again in the same process. Downloaded Medical Admit Card and HSC/equivalent registration card must be brought to the exam hall.

Seat Plan

All the seat related information will be mentioned in the admit card of the admission test. Admission test center, venue, address etc. information will be mentioned in detail. Also there will be seating arrangements in the respective Venus.

MBBS Admission Result 2024

The result of the admission test will be informed through SMS on the candidate’s mobile and through the website dgme.gov.bd and result.dghs.gov.bd.

The National Merit List (regarding special quota if any) will be published with 5 times the number of approved seats of private medical colleges from among the successful candidates on the date of publication of the admission circular along with the total number of approved seats of the government medical college. However, candidates who scored below 40 marks in the admission test will not be considered eligible for admission.

For admission to Government Medical Colleges candidates will be selected on 80% national merit and 20% district quota in the remaining seats except for the seats reserved for freedom fighters, tribals and non-tribals. Simultaneously merit based waiting list of reasonable number of candidates will also be released. Candidates will be selected on the basis of merit from among the aspirants in the reserved seats and respective categories. Based on the selected candidate’s merit rank and college choice, the candidate will be admitted to a college automatically.

2% seats reserved in Freedom Fighter quota will be limited out of total seats. Freedom fighters’ children and children’s children can apply for FF quota.

After the scheduled date for migration or college transfer admission, students admitted against vacant seats will be given the opportunity to change college (automigration) maximum 4 (four) times according to application, merit and college preference. After the migration, the vacant seats in the medical colleges will be filled in the order of merit from the waiting list. No other medical college can be transferred from a government or private medical college.

Conclusion

Online form filling rules for MBBS admission and detailed information related to admission can be found on dgme.gov.bd, mefwd.gov.bd and dghs.gov.bd website.

Application processing, monitoring, evaluation of answer sheets, finalization of results and re-scrutiny will be done in digital process. The answer sheet will be checked on the “OMR/ICR” machine.