University of Gezira

**University of Gezira**, anaa **U of G**, be public varsity wey dey locate insyd Wad Medani, Sudan. Ebe member of de Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World.

## History
**De University Of Gezira** (U. of G.) na dem found am insyd 1975 as public varsity, den de first Sudanese varsity outside of Khartoum by de former mayor then turned governor Abdelrahim Mahmoud, along plus de help of Presido Gaafar Nimeiry insyd de city of Wad Madani. De varsity dey near one of de biggest agricultural projects for Africa insyd – de Gezira Project, historically de backbone of de Sudanese economy.

## Colleges

* Faculty of Medicine
* Faculty of Pharmacy
* Faculty of Dentistry
* Faculty of Medical Laboratories
* Faculty of Engineering and Technology
* Faculty of Mathematical Computer Science
* Faculty of Education
* Faculty of Communication Science
* Faculty of Economics and Rural Area Development
* Faculty of Textile
* Faculty of Animal Production
* Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources
* Faculty of Health Sciences and Environment
* Faculty of Applied Medical Science

#### Students
Der be usually five to six batches for one time den 230 students for each batch insyd. De FMUG dey offer scholarship to neighbouring African den Arab countries den good number of foreign students dem enroll for private basis.

#### Graduates
Dem graduate thirty-three batches so far wey dey amount to over 3,660 doctors wey dey work insyd de Sudan den abroad. Chaw of de graduates be staff members for FMUG insyd.

#### International links
De school get strong international links den de following be examples:

##### Network - TUFH, T

##### WHO
Der be close collaboration between de WHO den de school thru de following:

* Educational Development Centre (EDC). Dis be collaborative centre plus WHO
* WHO partly dey sponsor community activities
* WHO be member of de administrative committee give de Blue Nile Institute for Training and Research

##### Oda institutes

* Suez Canal University, Egypt (before ein establishment den up to now)
* College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan (since 1980, Gezira founding dean help for de establishing den up to now, help for establishing den development of ein EDC)
* Columbia University, USA
* Maastricht University, Netherlands
* McMaster University, Canada
* Arab Board for Medical Specializations
* University of Dundee, Scotland
* University of Manchester, England (ecam turn community-oriented insyd 1994)
* University of Sciences and Technology, den Faculty of Medicine, Taiz, Yemen (Gezira staff help for establishment for innovative basis top)
* College of Medicine, Arab Gulf University, Bahrain
* Centre for Education Development (CED) now Dept. of Medical Education for de Medical Centre, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA.
* Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences King Saud University, Abha
* Dubai Medical College for Girls (na de Gezira curriculum provide to de founding dean for contribution insyd to de initial curriculum planning)

##### Educational Development Centre
Dem establish am insyd 1978 plus de enrollment of de first batch of students, ebe de national centre per wey dey collaborate plus WHO. Ein main objectives be:

* Staff development
* Dey strengthen de educational media support
* Dey strengthen de evaluation tools
* Develop den implement strategy give Arabicization of de curriculum
* Dey conduct periodic curriculum reviews den evaluations
* Teacher training den evaluation for curriculum of paramedicals insyd.
* Dey strengthen de health area team approach.
* Dey help oda medical schools for COME/CBE/PBL curriculum development insyd
* Dey conduct national workshops for COMB/CBE den PBL top
* Dey strengthen de national health programme

Activities:

* Educational workshops
* Curriculum development workshops
* Curriculum evaluation workshops 2 tyms
* Workshop give teachers from medical schools insyd Iran
* Curriculum revision of FMUG three tyms
* Review of anaesthesia curriculum
* Design of FMUG examination office
* Workshops for problem wey dey base learning to[ four tyms
* Curriculum design give de following:
** Faculty of Medicine, Darfur (El Fashir) University, Sudan
** Problem-based learning insyd Faculty of Medicine Ahfad University for Women, Sudan
** Faculty of Medicine University of Science and Technology, Yemen
** Village midwives’ school, Sudan
** Nurse midwives’ school, Sudan

#### Postgraduate activities
De FMUG dey offer postgraduate degrees for both professional den social den health sciences insyd either separately anaa for collaboration plus de Sudan Council for Medical Specialties:

* Diploma of Public Health
* Master in Health Education
* Master's degree in Biochemistry
* Master's degree in Physiology
* Master's degree in Dermatology
* Master's degree in Parasitology
* Ph.D. Biochemistry
* M.D. Dermatology
* Ph.D. Parasitology
* M.D. Surgery
* M.D. Pathology
* M.D. Medicine
* M.D. Paediatrics
* M.D. Obs/gynae
* M.D. Community Medicine

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