Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences
دانشگاه علوم پزشکی جندی‌ شاپوراهواز
Daneshgāh-e olum pezeshki-ye Jondi Shāpur-e Ahvāz.'
Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences Logo
Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences
TypePublic
Established1955
PresidentProf. Mohammad Hossein Sarmast Shushtari
Administrative staff
15,000
Location
Ahvaz
,
Khuzestan
,
Iran
CampusUrban
Websitewww.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]

Faculties

  • Faculty of Pharmacy: The faculty of pharmacy is the only pharmacy faculty in the south of Iran. It was established in 1974. The educational program offered in this school are based upon Iran's nationwide educational schedule prepared by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran. The degrees available in this faculty are Doctorate of Pharmacy (for Pharmacy students), Ph.D. in Pharmacology, Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics and MSc in Toxicology.[2]
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • Faculty of Allied Health sciences: the School of Hospital Sciences was established at the university in 1972. The school offered programs in the fields of laboratory sciences, radiology sciences, and maritime sciences. The school was renamed afterward to a school of Para-Medicine Sciences. The Para-Medicine school expanded its programs to nutrition sciences, laboratory sciences, anesthesiology, library and information sciences, radiology sciences and health information technology sciences. Prof. Dr. Mohammad Taha Jalali is the dean of the Para-medicine School.[3][4]
  • Faculty of Health
  • Faculty of Dentistry
  • Faculty of Nursing: the nursing and midwifery faculty was established in October 1968. It began by accepting 20 nursing students per year. Students attend a three-year program and received a certificate equivalent to a bachelor's degree. In 1970 the program was extended to four years and enrolled 30 nursing students per year.

Scientific journals

  • Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology (Editor in chief, Professor Ali Zarei Mahmoudabadi, mycologist)
  • Jundishapur Journal of Natural Pharmaceutical Products
  • Jentashapir Journal of Health Research
  • Jundishapur Journal of Chronic Disease Care
  • Jundishapur Journal of Health Sciences
  • Jundishapur Journal of Oncology

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References

  1. ↑ "AJUMS". Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2006-06-30.
  2. ↑ "The official website of pharmacy faculty of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of medical sciences". Fpharmacy.ajums.ac.ir. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  3. ↑ "Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences". Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2006-06-30.
  4. ↑ "paramedics University of Medical Sciences Ahvaz". Fparamedicine.ajums.ac.ir. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  5. ↑ "نشریات علمی دانشگاه". Vchresearch.ajums.ac.ir. Retrieved 2020-04-05.

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