Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences is a medical university in Kermanshah, Iran. was inaugurated as the Nursing High School in 1968, and became a medical college in 1975. After the Islamic revolution, it was further developed into the Medical University in 1985. The university has 521 academic staff and 5500 students studying at all levels of medical fields at its faculties, and doing their...

Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences is a medical university in Kermanshah, Iran. was inaugurated as the Nursing High School in 1968, and became a medical college in 1975. After the Islamic revolution, it was further developed into the Medical University in 1985. The university has 521 academic staff and 5500 students studying at all levels of medical fields at its faculties, and doing their practical training and placement in Teaching Hospitals, and prepare them for the job market. The university regulates and coordinates the activities of medical education, training and research in healthcare profession throughout Kermanshah province. In addition to teaching and treatment, it has also been dealing with such areas as research and innovations in order to improve allied health sciences. Among the research activities, the university mainly focuses on higher research programs in Basic Medical Sciences, Allied Health Sciences and Nursing. This university has eight Vice-Chancellors, eight faculties, and seventeen Hospitals. eight of these Hospitals are in Kermanshah city, and the others are located in its towns as follows: Islam Abad, Paveh, Javanroud, Sarpole' Zohab, Sonqor, Sahneh, Qasre-Shirin, Kangavar, Gilan Qarb and Harsin.