# List of dental schools in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, dental schools are well known as Dental colleges or Dental units. Like medical education, dental education are conducted by different dental colleges located all over the country. These dental colleges are affiliated with medical faculties of different government-funded public universities. These dental colleges conduct an undergraduate course known as Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS). Each dental college is affiliated with a specific medical faculty of a university. The university conducts and monitors their professional examination, education system, syllabus, academic activity and finally awarded the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree. The dental college students also have to do an internship training program in these dental colleges to get the practicing permission in the country. After successfully finishing the internship training in any of the dental colleges, final dental practicing license or registration certificate is awarded by Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council. Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council also acts as a motoring and regulatory body to monitor, assess, evaluate, and permit the practice license of these dental schools graduate along with respective university.
The four universities that have dentistry in their medical faculties are the University of Dhaka, Chittagong Medical University, Rajshahi Medical University and Sylhet Medical University. These four public universities have their medical faculties affiliated with dental colleges and hospitals; those may be publicly or privately funded.

## Public Dental Colleges

| No. | Dental college | Acronym | Affiliated University | Established | College started | Enroll. | Location | Division | Website |
| 1. | Dhaka Dental College | DDC | DU | 1961 | 1961 | 110 | Dhaka | Dhaka Division | Link |
| 2. | Chittagong Medical College Dental Unit | CMC | CMU | 1990 | 1990 | 60 | Chittagong | Chittagong Division | link |
| 3. | Rajshahi Medical College Dental Unit | RMC | RMU | 1989 | 1989 | 59 | Rajshahi | Rajshahi Division | link |
| 4. | Sir Salimullah Medical College Dental Unit | SSMC | DU | 2011 | 2011 | 52 | Dhaka | Dhaka Division | link |
| 5. | Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Dental Unit | SShMC | DU | 2011 | 2011 | 56 | Dhaka | Dhaka Division | link |
| 6. | Mymensingh Medical College Dental Unit | MMC | DU | 2011 | 2011 | 52 | Mymensingh | Mymensingh Division | link |
| 7. | MAG Osmani Medical College Dental Unit | SOMC | SMU | 2011 | 2011 | 52 | Sylhet | Sylhet Division | link |
| 8. | Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Dental Unit | SBMC | DU | 2011 | 2011 | 52 | Barisal | Barisal Division | link |
| 9. | Rangpur Medical College Dental Unit | RpMC | RMU | 2011 | 2011 | 52 | Rangpur | Rangpur Division | link |

## Private dental colleges

| No. | Dental college | Acronym | Affiliated University | Established | College started | Location | Division | Website |
| 1 | Update Dental College | UpDC | DU | 2008 | 2008 | Dhaka | Dhaka division | link |
| 2 | TMSS Medical College Dental Unit | TMCDU | RMU | 2008 | 2012 | Bogra | Rajshahi Division | link |
| 3 | University Dental College and Hospital | UDCH | DU | 1995 | 1995 | Dhaka | Dhaka division | Link |
| 4 | Pioneer Dental College | PDC | DU | 1995 | 1995 | Dhaka | Dhaka division | link |
| 5 | Chattagram International Dental College | CIDC | CMU | 2003 | 2003 | Chittagong | Chittagong division | link |
| 6 | Sapporo Dental College | SDC | DU | 1993 | 2000 | Dhaka | Dhaka division | link |
| 7 | City Dental College | CDC | DU | 1996 | 1996 | Dhaka | Dhaka division | link |
| 8 | Rangpur Dental College | RDC | RMU | 2001 | 2001 | Rangpur | Rangpur division | link |
| 9 | Bangladesh Dental College | BDC | DU | 1986 | 1996 | Dhaka | Dhaka division | link |
| 10 | Marks Dental College | MDC | DU | 2008 | 2008 | Dhaka | Dhaka division | link |
| 11 | Saphena Women's Dental College | SWDC | DU | 2010 | 2010 | Dhaka | Dhaka division | link |
| 12 | Mandy Dental College | MDC | DU | 2008 | 2008 | Dhaka | Dhaka division | link |
| 13 | Udayan Dental College | UdDC | RMU | 2008 | 2009 | Rajshahi | Rajshahi Division | link |
| 14 | MH Samorita Medical College & Dental Unit | MHSMCDU | DU | 2010 | 2010 | Dhaka | Dhaka division | link |
| 15 | Kumudini Women's Medical College, Dental Unit | KWMCDU | DU | 2011 | 2001 | Tangail | Dhaka division | link |
| 16 | Holy Family Red Cresect Medical College Dental Unit | HFRCMCDU | DU | 2013 | 2013 | Dhaka | Dhaka division | link |
| 17 | Gonoshasthaya Samajvittik Samaj Vittik Dental College | GSVMCDU | DU | 1998 | 1998 | Savar | Dhaka division | link |
| 18 | Ibrahim Medical College, Dental Unit | IMCDU | DU | 2015 | 2015 | Dhaka | Dhaka Division | link |
| 19 | Dhaka Community Medical College Hospital And Dental Unit | DCMCDU | DU | 2013 | 2013 | Dhaka | Dhaka Division | link |
| 20 | Delta Medical College & Hospital Dental Unit | DLMCDU | DU | 2006 | 2007 | Dhaka | Dhaka Division | link |
| 21 | Community Based Medical College, Bangladesh Dental Unit | CBMCDU | DU | 1995 | 1995 | Mymensingh | Mymensingh division | link |
| 22 | Dhaka National Medical College Dental Unit | DNMCDU | DU | 1925 | 1994 | Dhaka | Dhaka division | link |
| 23 | Islami Bank Medical College Dental Unit | IBMCDU | RMU | 2003 | 2003 | Rajshahi | Rajshahi division | link |
| 24 | Sylhet Central Dental College & General Hospital | SCDC | SMU | 2016 | 2016 | Sylhet | Sylhet division | link |
| 25 | Khawja Eunus Ali Medical College Dental Unit | KEAMCDU | RMU | 2005 | 2005 | Enayetpur | Rajshahi division | link |
| 26 | North East Medical College Dental Unit | NEMCDU | SMU | 1997 | 1997 | Sylhet | Sylhet division | link |