University of Bahrain
The college was established in 1976 by the Bahraini Ministry of Health, in partnership with the American University of Beirut and the University of Illinois at Chicago. The institution has been a driving force of Bahrainization of the healthcare workforce in the country. In 2011, a royal decree by the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa led to a merger of the previously-independent college with the University of Bahrain as a constituent college.