Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) (Bengali: বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিব মেডিকেল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is the only medical university in Bangladesh. The university offers MD, MS, MPhil, MDS, Diploma and FCPS Courses. The current vice chancellor is Prof. Pran Gopal Datta. The university was established in December 1965, as a Government-controlled postgraduate institute named Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research (IPGMR) (popularly called PG Hospital), by Government of Pakistan in then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). It was established in place of Hotel Shahbag, once the biggest hotel in Dhaka. The neighbourhood got its name Shahbag from the name of that hotel. From 2010, many of the medical and public health colleges/institutes have come under common affiliation to BSMMU. For example BIRDEM, BIHS, DMC, NICVD, NITOR and many others. In different post graduation courses many foreigners, notably from Nepal and Bhutan are studying. For example in main University (Rajat Kayastha, Archan Rana, Sudhanshu Jha) as well as in affiliated colleges like Bangladesh Institute of Health Sciences,BIHS.