HISTORICAL OUTLINE
Year of Seeding & Structural Development
On 25 November, 1983, Dr. Mohammad Zahed with some other social workers established Faridpur Diabetic Association, the mother organization of this medical college.
On 01 August, 1985,Faridpur Diabetic Association launched Diabetic test of the patients.
On 25 November, 1985, Faridpur Diabetic Association got the affiliation of Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (BADAS).
On 21 February, 2000, Faridpur Diabetic Association starts 25 bed hospital named “Faridpur Diabetic Association Hospital”.
On 03 September, 2005, Faridpur Diabetic Association established Diabetic Association Nursing Institute.
On 9 December, 2005, Faridpur Diabetic Association Executive Committee decided to establish a medical college named “Diabetic Association Medical College, Faridpur”.
On 22 December, 2006 Diabetic Association Medical College, Faridpur Board of trustees was formed.
On 18 October, 2009, that Faridpur Diabetic Association achieved the full membership (2nd in Bangladesh) of International Diabetic Federation (IDF).
On November 15, 2009, we achieved the moral approval to establish the college from Ministry of Health and Family welfare.
Year of the Start of the Collge
On January 4, University of Dhaka gave the affiliation with the permission of 51 seats to admit students for academic year 2009-2010.
On January 13, Ministry of Health and Family welfare gave the Final Academic approval and permission of 50 seats for the year 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.
On January 21, the first student was admitted named “Tasnima Hassan” who passed MBBS course in 2015. On that academic year (2009-2010) 51
students were admitted.
On January 31, the first Orientation class of the first batch was held at the lecture hall-1 in the academic bhaban.
On February 19, Eng. Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, MP, Honorable Minister(at that time), Ministry of Labour and Employment and Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and
Overseas Employment inaugurate the Medical college and Mr. Md. Abdul Karim, Joint Secretary of Honorable Prime Minister’s Office, Dr. Khondokar Showkat Hossain,
Divisional Commissioner of Dhaka and Prof. Dr. A K Azad Khan, President, Diabetic Association of Bangladesh were present there as special guest.
DAMCF Governing body Chairman Mr. Mir Nasir Hossain preside at the inauguration ceremony.
On December 29, University of Dhaka renewed the affiliation with the permission of 51 seats to admit students for academic year 2010-2011.
On October 13, University of Dhaka renewed the affiliation with the permission of 60 seats to admit students for academic year 2011-2012.
On December 27, Ministry of Health and Family welfare renewed the academic approval with 60 seats for the year 2011-2012 and 2012-2013.
On January 3, University of Dhaka renewed the affiliation with the permission of 70 seats to admit students for academic year 2012-2013.
On October 9, University of Dhaka renewed the affiliation with the permission of 80 seats to admit students for academic year 2013-2014.
On October 29, Ministry of Health and Family welfare permitted to admit student in 70 seat from the academic year 2012-2013.
On November 10, University of Dhaka renewed the affiliation with the permission of 90 seats to admit students for academic year 2014-2015.
On January 19, Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council recognize the MBBS course run by this Medical College up to the session 2014-2015.
On January 29, in the session 2014-2015 the first foreign student named “Muskan Pokharel” was admitted who came from Nepal.
On February 26, Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council declare the eligibility to admit foreign students from the academic year 2012-2013.
On September 10, Ministry of Health and Family welfare renewed the academic approval for the year 2013-2014 to 2016-2017 and increase the number of seats to 90 from the year 2014-2015.
On November 24, University of Dhaka renewed the affiliation for academic year 2015-2016.
On December 22, University of Dhaka increase 5 seats with the permission of total number of 95 seats to admit students for academic year 2015-2016.
On June 8, this medical college was enlisted in the ‘World Directory of Medical Schools’.
On April 20, Ministry of Health and Family welfare permitted additional 5 seats (Total 95 seats) only for the academic year 2015-2016.
On April 11, University of Dhaka renewed the affiliation with the permission of 90 seats to admit students for academic year 2016-2017 & 2017-2018.
From this year, Medical Council of Canada declared that ‘Unless indicated otherwise, Medical degrees obtained from Diabetic Association Medical College are
acceptable to the provincial/territorial medical regulatory authorities in Canada, and therefore acceptable to all medical organizations in Canada.’
And
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), United States of America declared that ‘Students and graduates of this medical school are
eligible to apply to ECFMG for ECFMG Certification and for examination with the graduation year 2015 or later.’
On March 28, University of Dhaka renewed the affiliation with the permission of 90 seats to admit students for academic year 2018-2019.
Mentinable Academic Result:
On October 28, Ministry of Health and Family welfare renewed the academic approval for the year 2017-2018 to 2020-2021.
On July 07, Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) extend recognition of MBBS course run by this Medical College from session 2015-2016 to 2020-2021.
On February 15, University of Dhaka renewed the affiliation with the permission of 90 seats to admit students for academic year 2019-2020 to 2021-2022.
On August 21, Ministry of Health and Family welfare renewed the academic approval for the year 2021-2022 to 2022-2023.
On February 26, Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS) has granted recognition to the departments of
(1) Medicine, (2) Surgery, (3) Obstetrics & Gynaecology and (4) Paediatrics of this Medical College hospital for imparting training to
the resident doctors for a period of 5(Five) years with effect from 17-08-2021 to 16-08-2026 with 01(one) year duration of training to be counted.
On September 05, This Medical College got the re-approval from the Ministry of Health and Family welfare under section 37 of "Private Medical College and Dental College Act, 2022".
On January 10, University of Dhaka renewed the affiliation with the permission of 90 seats to admit students for academic year 2022-2023 & 2023-2024.
On September 29, Ministry of Health and Family welfare renewed the academic approval for the year 2023-2024 to 2024-2025.
