Mymensingh College of Physiotherapy and Health Sciences

Overview

Affiliated with the University of Dhaka and under the Faculty of Medicine

Every moment our modern medical science is enriched with new inventions and technological development. For this reason, new and modern branches of medicine are constantly being added to the collection of health sciences. In the course of this develop- ment, Bangladesh, a small delta with a large population on the world map, is also participating spontaneously with its highest speed. As a result, several world-class hospitals, medical colleges, diagnostic centers and even telemedicine service centers have been established in Bangladesh in the last two decades, not only in the government but also in the private sector. In the view of this continuation, taking the initiative to establish Mymensingh Col- lege of Physiotherapy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) with the com- mitment to build world-class skilled manpower in the three main branches of the modern medical sciences like Physiotherapy, Oc- cupational Therapy, and Speech and Language Therapy, and initia- tives have been taken to ensure the best teaching facilities by the national and foreign faculty with the highest degree in the related subjects

A Campus Built for Excellence in Rehabilitation Education

The campus of Mymensingh College of Physiotherapy and Health Sciences offers a serene, secure, and academically vibrant environment ideal for learning and professional development.

Designed to foster excellence in healthcare education, the campus features modern classrooms, well-equipped laboratories, a rich library, and dedicated spaces for clinical training.Located in a convenient and accessible area of Mymensingh, the campus encourages a culture of discipline, collaboration, and innovation. Students benefit from hands-on training opportunities, interactive learning environments, and supportive faculty—ensuring their growth into skilled and compassionate rehabilitation professionals.

State-of-the-Art Laboratories

Our college offers purpose-built, modern laboratories that ensure students receive hands-on training aligned with global rehabilitation standards. Each lab is designed to bridge academic theory with clinical application.

Anatomy Lab

Equipped with anatomical models, charts, and visual tools for foundational understanding.

Physiology Lab

Equipped with anatomical models, charts, and visual tools for foundational understanding.

Electrotherapy Lab

Includes simulated environments for daily living tasks and ergonomic adaptation.

Hand and Splinting Lab

Designed for audiology training, speech assessments, and therapy practices.

State-of-the-Art Laboratories

Our college offers purpose-built, modern laboratories that ensure students receive hands-on training aligned with global rehabilitation standards. Each lab is designed to bridge academic theory with clinical application.

The campus of Mymensingh College of Physiotherapy and Health Sciences offers a serene, secure, and academically vibrant environment ideal for learning and professional development.

Designed to foster excellence in healthcare education, the campus features modern classrooms, well-equipped laboratories, a rich library, and dedicated spaces for clinical training.Located in a convenient and accessible area of Mymensingh, the campus encourages a culture of discipline, collaboration, and innovation. Students benefit from hands-on training opportunities, interactive learning environments, and supportive faculty—ensuring their growth into skilled and compassionate rehabilitation professionals.

The campus of Mymensingh College of Physiotherapy and Health Sciences offers a serene, secure, and academically vibrant environment ideal for learning and professional development.

Designed to foster excellence in healthcare education, the campus features modern classrooms, well-equipped laboratories, a rich library, and dedicated spaces for clinical training.Located in a convenient and accessible area of Mymensingh, the campus encourages a culture of discipline, collaboration, and innovation. Students benefit from hands-on training opportunities, interactive learning environments, and supportive faculty—ensuring their growth into skilled and compassionate rehabilitation professionals.

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Our Vision

With the aim of universalizing rehabilitation health services, the skilled and experienced rehabilitation professionals such as physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech and language therapist, the government as well as the private sector will deliver rehabilitation health services to the doorsteps of the mass people of the country.

Our Mission

To meet the growing demand and shortage of skilled and experienced multidisciplinary health care professionals and to make the rehabilitation health services accessible and affordable for the citizen of Bangladesh.

Core Values

Core values are what support the vision, shape the culture and reflect what the institute values. Core values are the essence of the MCPHS’s identity by reflecting the community’s beliefs about what it considers to be the most important desirable qualities to guide everybody’s behavior. The following are the core values of MCPHS, to be followed by and practiced by its students, faculty and staff members:

Respect

Respect helps in the synchronization and harmony of a team. This practice will mitigate conflict among Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) members.

Academic Excellence and Success

We value high quality education designed to meet the career and transfer needs of our community via best practices in teaching and encouraging innovation/research in graduate education.

Continuous Improvement

We value continuous improvement through the assessment of student learning outcomes, program effectiveness, and our decision-making processes.

Transformational Learning and Holistic Development

We value and promote multi-disciplinary research, creativity, innovation, experimentation and critical thinking.

Learning

Creating knowledge and skills through teaching and learning is the core of what we do. We recognize that learning continues throughout our lives and see learning as essential to competent citizenship in a democracy.

Integrity

Trust and honesty are the cornerstones of our college. We keep our commitments, act consistently and fairly, and do what we say we will. We change the world for the better when we act with integrity every day.

Responsibility

All of us contribute to the success of our students and our college. We act with responsibility when we do our job well and help others do the same. We act professionally and respectfully. We are accountable for what we say and do.

Community

We value and respect as our greatest asset the people who make up our community—students, faculty, and staff—as well as the people connected to us through ties to our local community and region, our nation, and the world.

Partnerships

We are dedicated to promoting outreach activities, community education, and partnerships with surrounding entities. We believe in collaborating with the citizens of our country and the world as well as those organizations and constituents with whom we work.

Diversity

We are dedicated to attracting and supporting a diverse student, faculty and staff population and enhanced multicultural learning opportunities

Shameem Ahammed, Assistant Professor, OT

Dr. Shameem Ahammed

PhD (Scholar), MDMR, MPH, BOT (DU)

Founder and Chairman, Governing Body, MCPHS
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Assistant Professor Dr. Ruksana Akter, PT

PhD (Scholar), MDMR, MPH, BPT (DU)
Principal (Acting)

General Secretary, Governing Body, MCPHS
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Professor Dr. Syed Mozaffar Ahmed

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , BSSMU, Shahbag,

Governing Body Member, MCPHS
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Professor Dr. Md. Shofiqul Islam

 Department of Applied Mathematics, DU 

Member, Governing Body, MCPHS
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Assistant Professor dr. Md Firoze Kabir

Chairman, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Member, Governing Body, MCPHS
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Professor Dr. Mohammad Mizanur Rahman

Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, DU

Member, Governing Body, MCPHS
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Professor. Dr. Shahariar Nabi

Dean, Medicine Faculty, DU

Member, Governing Body, MCPHS
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Dr. MAK Jahid

Assistant Professor, Physiotherapy Department of MCPHS

Member, Governing Body, MCPHS
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Dr. Rajib Hasan

Associate Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, MCPHS

Member, Governing Body, MCPHS
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Dr. Anuarul Kadim Nazim

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Member, Governing Body, MCPHS
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Md. Jahangir Alam

Member, Governing Body, MCPHS
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Shameem Ahammed, Assistant Professor, OT

Dr. Shameem Ahammed

Chairman
Mymensingh College of Physiotherapy and Health Sciences (MCPHS)

A Note from the Chairman

Mymensingh College of Physiotherapy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) is one of the leading and most distinguished educational institutes in Bangladesh, dedicated to producing skilled human resources in the field of treatment and rehabilitation for persons with and without disabilities since its inception. This prestigious institute was founded by philanthropist Dr. Shameem Aahmed under the umbrella of the Bela Health and Education Foundation (BHEF). It is our great pleasure to share that BHEF is well known across the country for providing rehabilitation health services in both urban and rural areas, with the aim of preventing disability and reducing the burden on families. To strengthen rehabilitation health services nationwide and support the government in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in health and well-being, BHEF has made remarkable contributions in the fields of health, education, and employment. Among these initiatives, MCPHS stands as one of the largest educational programs of BHEF. MCPHS is committed not only to producing competent professionals in rehabilitation health services but also to nurturing kind-hearted and compassionate human beings every year. We are also proud to share that MCPHS is affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Dhaka, and approved by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to offer Bachelor of Science degrees in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech & Language Therapy. These are four-year undergraduate programs followed by a one-year full-time clinical internship. The college is running these programs in collaboration with leading national and international organizations, universities, and hospitals, including MMCH, CRP, JUST, and EMCH. Our strengths include highly qualified national and international faculty members, a dedicated team of rehabilitation healthcare providers, our own rehabilitation clinic, and well-equipped laboratories in each department to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of courses. Therefore, I strongly encourage prospective students to seize this unique opportunity offered by MCPHS to serve the nation. Here, students will enjoy excellent academic and co-curricular facilities within a secure campus. We also provide opportunities to learn from visiting faculties from different public and private universities and institutes, both in Bangladesh and abroad, to broaden knowledge and experience—an invaluable asset for future career development.

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Dr. Ruksana Akter, PT

Principal (Acting)
Mymensingh College of Physiotherapy and Health Sciences (MCPHS)

A Note from the Principal

Mymensingh College of Physiotherapy and Health Scienc- es (MCPHS) is one of the best and most excellent educa- tional institutes in Bangladesh to produce skilled human resources in the field of treatment and rehabilitation of persons with and/or without disabilities since its incep- tion. This prestigious institute has founded by the philan- thropist Dr. Shameem Aahmed under the umbrella of Bela Health and Education Foundation (BHEF). It is our great pleasure to share that BHEF is well known entire the coun- try to provide rehabilitation health services to the people of urban and rural areas to prevent disability and to reduce the burden on the family. To accelerate the rehabilitation of health services among the mass people of the country and support the government to achieve the SDGs in the sector of health and wellbeing, BHEF introduced some of the footprints in the sector of health, education, and employment. MCPHS is one of the largest educa- tional programs of BHEF. MCPHS is committed not only to producing skilled human resources in the rehabilitation health service system but also produce kind-hearted human beings in Bangladesh every year. It is also our great pleasure to share that MCPHS has already affiliated by the Faculty of Medicine of University of Dhaka and approved by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to run its Bachelor of Science Degree in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech & Language Therapy, which are four years of an undergraduate program with one-year full-time clinical internship. MCPHS is running the programs in collaboration with different national and international organizations, universities, and hospitals mainly MMCH, CRP, JUST, EMCH, etc. The institute has great strengths such as distinguished national and international faculty members, a dedicated team of rehabilitation health care providers, its own rehabilitation clinic setup, and well-equipped different laborato- ries in the particular department to administer the courses effectively and effi- ciently.

So, I strongly recommend the upcoming students take the unique opportunity offered by Mymensingh College of Physiotherapy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) to serve the nation. I am assuring you that here, the students will have excellent aca- demic and co-curricular facilities with a highly secured campus, and we provide our best effort to arrange a bunch of visiting faculties from different public and private universities/institutes of Bangladesh and overseas to exchange knowledge and ex- periences, which is very useful for further career development.

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Assist. Prof. Dr. Md. Abdul Koddus (Jahid), PT

MS in Rehabilitation Science (SAARC Scholar, DU), BSPT (BHPI, CRP, DU)
Coordinator
Mymensingh College of Physiotherapy and Health Sciences (MCPHS)

A Note from the Coordinator

Dear Students, Parents, and Guardians,
Mymensingh College of Physiotherapy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) is committed to providing high-quality education to all its students, which is affiliated with the faculty of Medicine of the University of Dhaka. Empowerment of each student at all levels by meeting the intellectual and emotional needs of the citizen is what we strive for. Our college has the best facilities that offer a wide range of opportunities for an outstanding teaching-learning environment. The college is currently offering 05 (Five) years duration (academic 4 years, and 01 year internship) 3 (three) bachelor courses for the national students, these are Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy, Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy, and Bachelor of Science in Speech & Language Therapy. We believe that MCPHS is the largest institution of quality and a catalyst for academic, socio-cultural, and moral values that constantly influence and change the students. Learning is the process of constantly updating in an ever-changing world. Learning at MCPHS is based on the fundamental principles of life, teaching the students to be courageous, confident, disciplined, responsible, and loyal. Education at our college provides a foundation for a lifetime of learning and is great fun too. I also take this opportunity to thank the parents of our students for having bestowed their faith and confidence in us. So, I strongly recommend the upcoming students to take the unique opportunity offered by Mymensingh College of Physiotherapy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) to serve the nation. We provide excellent academic and co-curricular facilities in our highly secured and green campus, where students can find an intuitive learning environment, which will ultimately help them to build a bright and prosperous professional career. Our faith in the motto of Quality Health Service and Education for Quality of Life. I would like to close with the words of Albert Einstein – “Imagination is more important than knowledge, for while knowledge defines all that we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create."