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Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan

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Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Science
གེ་སར་རྒྱལ་པོ་གསོ་རིག་གཙུག་ལག་སློབ་སྡེ
TypePublic
Established2013; 11 years ago (2013)
Students2,171
Location,
Websitehttps://www.kgumsb.edu.bt/

The Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan (KGUMSB) (Dzongkha: གེ་སར་རྒྱལ་པོ་གསོ་རིག་གཙུག་ལག་སློབ་སྡེ) is a medical university located in Thimphu, Bhutan. Founded in 2013, it is the first medical university to be established in Bhutan.[1]

History

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In 2012, the government decided to establish the University of Medical Sciences Act of Bhutan (UMSB), in addition to the Royal University of Bhutan, founded in 2003, which combines all other disciplines, a university specifically dedicated to the urgently needed training of medical professionals, such as nurses and doctors.[2]

The medical school, founded in Thimphu in 2013, was renamed Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences (KGUMSB) in 2015 in honor of the ruling Druk Gyalpo.[3] The MoU between the Ministry of Health and the University was signed to strengthen the programmes further.[4]

Colleges

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There are two colleges that are under the KGUMSB:[5]

Faculties

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The KGUMSB has three faculties:

  • Faculty of Traditional Medicine (FoTM) with 27 employees and 90 students.
  • Faculty of Health Sciences (FNPH) with 132 employees and 430 students.
  • Faculty of Postgraduate Medicine (FoPGM) with 22 employees, 63 participating physicians and 31 students.

The main focus of education within the Faculty of Health Sciences is nursing. There is also a faculty of traditional medicine and a post-graduate school that awards the MD after four years.

Events

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Regular international conferences are held at the University on various issues.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "First Medical University in Bhutan". Khesar Gyalpo University of Sciences of Bhutan.
  2. ^ Newspaper, Bhutan's Daily. "Bhutan launches MBBS programme". Kuensel Online. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  3. ^ Newspaper, Bhutan's Daily. "KGUMSB proposes Nu 533.68M to begin MBBS course". Kuensel Online. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  4. ^ Newspaper, Bhutan's Daily. "MoH and KGUMSB sign MOU for effective capacity-building". Kuensel Online. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  5. ^ "Students related information: Colleges/Institutions imparting Higher Education in Bhutan". Embassy of India
    Thimphu, Bhutan
    .
  6. ^ "8th International Conference on Medical and Health Sciences". www.who.int. Retrieved 2024-09-14.