Dubai to have new medical university

The first phase of the project will include the Faculty of Medicine and the Dental College, which exists already.

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Published: Sat 6 Sep 2014, 11:29 PM

Last updated: Fri 3 Apr 2015, 9:51 PM

Dubai: Dubai Healthcare City has announced the setting up of the Mohammed bin Rashid University for Medicine and Health Sciences and the launch of the Mohammed bin Rashid University Hospital, which will be opened later. The move follows the directives of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

The Dubai Healthcare City authority said the university will offer citizens and residents with a host of graduate and postgraduate programmes. It will receive the first batch of students in September 2015. The first phase of the project will include the Faculty of Medicine and the Dental College, which exists already.

The university is scheduled to receive 50 students during its first year in the College of Medicine, in addition to higher education students specialised in dentistry.

The Dubai Healthcare City authority also announced that more disciplines will be added to include nursing and midwifery, public health and pharmacy.


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