The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Bahrain [1] is a constituent university of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. It was founded in 2004 and produced its first medical graduating class in June 2010. The current student body is over 450 students with a significant number of international students.
The university is also known as the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Medical University of Bahrain, (RCSI-MUB), although this older title is being phased out in favor of RCSI-Bahrain.
Although, currently and for the near future the WHO and FAIMER list will reflect the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Medical University of Bahrain name.
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The role of the University is to provide healthcare education and training to world standards in Bahrain, drawing students from Bahrain, the other GCC countries and beyond.
As of April 2009 the Senate of the National University of Ireland (NUI) decided that medical graduates of RCSI Bahrain will be eligible to receive the NUI degrees of MB BCh BAO. Currently, the decision applies only to Medicine but the administration believes that this should apply to other courses such as nursing in the future.
Graduates will also be awarded with the Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (LRCSI) and the Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (LRCPI).
During the 2011 Bahraini uprising, the Ministry of Education asked the college to arrange meetings with some students who had participated in pro-democracy marches. Students were asked about their reasons for taking part in those marches.
The Ministry of Education withdrew the scholarships of at least 2 students in RCSI-MUB who had taken part in the pro-democracy movement.
The college has come under criticism for not supporting its graduates or students who have been victims of the crackdown against the uprising and who have been arrested.[2] The issue was raised in the Irish Seanad.[3]