Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Tehran University of Medical Sciences
دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران
MottoCaring for a New Generation...
TypePublic
Established1851 (as Dar ol-Fonoon)
PresidentHossein Ghanaati
Academic staff
Approximately 1820
StudentsApproximately 11,500
Location,
Iran

35°42′22″N 51°23′38″E / 35.706°N 51.394°E / 35.706; 51.394
CampusUrban
LanguageEnglish, Persian
Websiteen.tums.ac.ir/en

Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) (Persian: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران, Danushgah-e 'lum Pezeshki-ye Tehran) is the largest and most highly ranked[1][2] medical university of Iran. In September 2008, Iran's Minister of Health, Treatment, and Medical Education, Lankarani, called TUMS a pioneer in research throughout the country with a noticeable lead over its peers.[3]

Located in Tehran, adjacent to the main University of Tehran campus, it was founded as part of Dar ol-Fonoon in 1851, and absorbed into the University of Tehran in 1934. It finally separated from University of Tehran by parliamentary legislation in 1986, coming under the new Ministry of Health, Treatment, and Medical Education.

TUMS is ranked as one of Iran's top research universities, with an annual research budget of over 300 billion Rials. The school trains over 13,000 students (40% of whom are women) in approximately 290 undergraduate, graduate and non-degree (short-course) programs. The university has 11 schools, operates 16 teaching hospitals, is equipped with over 44 libraries, and publishes 58 journals, some in collaboration with academic societies.[citation needed]

The university operates The National Museum of Medical Sciences History as well. TUMS is accredited with Premier Status by Accreditation Service for International Colleges and Universities (ASIC UK)

  1. ^ "رتبه بندي آموزشي دانشگاه ها و دانشكده هاي گروه پزشکی ايران (1- دانشکده های پزشکی) – سایت پزشکان بدون مرز". Pezeshk.us. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. ^ Ranking Universities of the Islamic World Website Archived 2016-12-23 at the Wayback Machine. Islamic World Science Citation Center, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Visited on November 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "The Health Minister calls TUMS a pioneer in research throughout the country with a noticeable lead over counterparting universities". Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2008-10-02.