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دانشگاه علوم پزشکی جندی شاپوراهواز Daneshgāh-e olum pezeshki-ye Jondi Shāpur-e Ahvāz. | |
 Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1955 |
| President | Prof. Mohammad Hossein Sarmast Shushtari |
Administrative staff | 15,000 |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.ajums.ac.ir |
Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (AJUMS) is a medical school in Khuzestan Province of Iran.
Located in southwestern Iran in the city of Ahvaz, the university was established as a College of Medicine administered by the Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz in 1955, which itself was a revived reincarnation of the Academy of Gundishapur that existed in the same area in antiquity. The university separated and fell under the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran in 1986. The university has 3 campuses in Ahvaz, Behbahan, and Abadan, and is constituted of 9 Schools, offering doctorate degrees in science and medicine in 27 fields.
The university administers 8 public hospitals in the city of Ahvaz, and 20 other hospitals in the surrounding areas, as well as dozens of clinics scattered across the province.[1]
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