The
University of Medical Sciences and Technology (
UMST) is a
mainly medical oriented collegeA medical school is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches medicine.In addition to a medical degree program, some medical schools offer programs leading to a Master's Degree, Doctor of Philosophy , or other post-secondary education. Medical schools can also...
in
KhartoumKhartoum is the capital of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as "al-Mogran"...
,
SudanSudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest country in Africa and in the Arab World, and tenth largest in the world by area...
. It is located in the Riyad district of
KhartoumKhartoum is the capital of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as "al-Mogran"...
. It first opened its doors in 1996 with a student body of forty students and two faculties. It is home to over one thousand students and eleven faculties.
The UMST is a private, non-profit making university, in Khartoum, Sudan, which was established in 1996 to serve the educational needs of Sudanese, African and
ArabArab people or Arabs are an ethnic group whose members identify along linguistic, cultural or genealogical grounds...
students.
The
University of Medical Sciences and Technology (
UMST) is a
mainly medical oriented collegeA medical school is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches medicine.In addition to a medical degree program, some medical schools offer programs leading to a Master's Degree, Doctor of Philosophy , or other post-secondary education. Medical schools can also...
in
KhartoumKhartoum is the capital of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as "al-Mogran"...
,
SudanSudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest country in Africa and in the Arab World, and tenth largest in the world by area...
. It is located in the Riyad district of
KhartoumKhartoum is the capital of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as "al-Mogran"...
. It first opened its doors in 1996 with a student body of forty students and two faculties. It is home to over one thousand students and eleven faculties.
The UMST is a private, non-profit making university, in Khartoum, Sudan, which was established in 1996 to serve the educational needs of Sudanese, African and
ArabArab people or Arabs are an ethnic group whose members identify along linguistic, cultural or genealogical grounds...
students. In a few years the Academy has expanded to faculties of Medicine, Pharmacy, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Dentistry, Dental Technology, Nursing, Computer Sciences, Administrative and Financial Sciences Biomedical Engineering and Anaesthetic Sciences.
The UMST offers two master degrees in
NursingNursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from birth to the end of life....
(community and paediatrics) and a masters degree in Public and Tropical Health.
Faculty of Medicine
In
SudanSudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest country in Africa and in the Arab World, and tenth largest in the world by area...
, endemic diseases, mainly of tropical nature, constitute a significant cause of diseases and also lay an extra burden on medical students. With these challenges in mind, the Faculty of Medicine in the Academy was established in 1996. The faculty is equipped with lecture theaters and laboratories (Biochemistry, Physiology, Physics, Dissection room, Biology/Molecular Biology and Skills laboratory). The Teaching Hospital and a number of health centers also receive the students.
Two diagnostic/treatment clinics were opened to receive the students for training:
- Yastabshiroon Centre (where imaging techniques are housed e.g. MRI, Spiral CT, ultrasound and echo scan, EEG, EMG, endoscopy with laparoscopic surgery, laser treatment facilities.
- A fertility clinic.
Faculty of DentistryDentistry is the known evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders and conditions of the soft and hard tissues of the jaw , the oral cavity, maxillofacial area and the adjacent and associated structures and their impact on the human body. Dentistry is a part of stomatology...
The school of Dentistry was established in 1971 as part of faculty of medicine, but was renamed the Faculty of Dentistry in 1998 after expansion of buildings and departments.
The Faculty of Dentistry conducts a course of studies leading the degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (B.D.S.) to students who satisfy the regulations and pass the examinations undertaken during five academic years. The Faculty of Dentistry is located at the Academy Charity Teaching Hospital (ACTH), in Elimtidad, Khartoum, and among a heavily populated residential area which guarantees patients for training of students and within reach of transport facilities from the center of Khartoum. The dental clinic equipped with the needed dental units (one unit per student) is within the main outpatient department of ACTH . The Deans office, the lecture theaters and the laboratories are in one block and 50 meters from the dental outpatient department. The School of Dental Technology shares the same building.
There are two lecture halls with a capacity of 42 students each, two phantom skills laboratories with 24 phantom heads for pre-clinical training in operative dentistry and fixed prosthodontics. There are chrome cobalt/porcelain and an acrylic laboratory, each with a capacity for 20 students.
Faculty of PharmacyPharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences, and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of medication....
The Faculty of Pharmacy comprises lecture theaters, laboratories, a library and two teaching pharmacies which are located at the main Academy premises and at the Academy Charity Teaching Hospital.
Faculty of MLS
The Faculty of MLS was established in May 1996 to meet a growing need for well trained medical laboratory scientists who are proficient at applying manual and automated methods of laboratory testing.
Faculty of NursingNursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from birth to the end of life....
Sciences
The Faculty of Nursing Sciences started in 1999, as an integral part of the Academy of Medical Sciences and Technology
Faculty Computer Science and Business Administration
The faculty computer science and Business Administration was established to satisfy a need for a program of advanced study and training in
Information TechnologyInformation technology , as defined by the Information Technology Association of America , is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware." IT deals with the use of electronic...
.