Kabul Medical University

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This article is about the medical university in Kabul, Afghanistan. For the medical university in Peshawar, Pakistan, see Khyber Medical University.

Kabul Medical University
(Pashto: د کابل طبي پوهنتون‎)
Kabul Medical University in 2006.jpg
Established	1932 (self-autonomous) University in 2008)
Type	medical school
President	Shirin Aqa Zarif ^[1]
Students	2,745
Location	Kabul, Afghanistan
Nickname	د کابل طبی پوهنتون
Website	www.kmu.edu.af

Kabul Medical University (Pashto: د کابل طبي پوهنتون‎) (formerly known as Kabul Medical Institute) is located in Kabul, Afghanistan on the campus of Kabul University. The medical institution was initially maintained by collaboration with the Turkish and French sponsors. KMF developed into a single autonomous University in 2005. It currently graduates professionals in fields of Curative Medicine, Pediatric, Stomatology, Dental and Nursing. All subjects are taught in Dari but most medical terms are in English.

Currently, more than 17 medical schools are known to exist in Afghanistan but the KMU and Nangarhar Medical schools are the top leading medical schools for the country.^[2]

History

Up to the beginning of the 1980s, Afghan Medical Schools were under Kabul University and the Ministry of Education; however, after Russian occupation, all Medical Schools came under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Public Health and later on the Ministry of Higher Education.

During the days of the Taliban, women were not allowed to study medicine at Kabul Medical University, not even under the cover of the burka.^[1]

The University of Manitoba's medical school along with University of Nebraska Medical Center helped the Kabul Medical University rebuild its library after the war. University of Nebraska Medical Center provided KMU with scholarships for KMU lectures and students as well as provided it with up-to-date medical technology and research based institutions like Cardiac Research Center. Manitoba put together a basic collection of 672 medical textbooks.^[3]

In 2007 Kabul Medical University cooperated with the King Edward Medical University of Lahore Pakistan in training students.^[4]

References

External links

Official website of Kabul Medical University

Coordinates: 34°31′0″N 69°7′47″E / 34.51667°N 69.12972°E / 34.51667; 69.12972

v t e Universities in Afghanistan

Public	Al-Beroni University Badakhshan University Baghlan University Balkh University Bamiyan University Ghazni University Herat University Kabul Institute of Medicine Kabul University Kandahar University Kapisa University Khost University Kunduz University Syed Jamaluddin Afghan University Nangarhar University National Military Academy of Afghanistan Paktia University Parwan University Polytechnical University of Kabul Takhar University University of Pedagogy Urozgan University

Private	American University of Afghanistan Bakhtar University Bost University Dawat University Hara University Hara University Kaboora Institute of Higher Education Kardan University Karwan University Khurasan University Rana Institute of Higher Education Spinghar Higher Education Centre

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