Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1946 |
| President | Mohammad Hadi Imanieh |
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Academic staff
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25000 with faculty staff and personnel |
| Students | 9000 |
| Location | Shiraz, Fars, Iran |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.sums.ac.ir/en |
Coordinates: 29°37′47.84″N 52°31′25.24″E / 29.6299556°N 52.5236778°E
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) (Persian: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شیراز Dāneshgāh-e Olum Pezeshki-e Shirāz) is a public medical school located in Shiraz, Iran. It is ranked as one of Iran's top medical schools, with more than 9000 students studying in over 150 different disciplines, and a faculty staff of nearly 900 and 25,000 personnel. as it is one of the best medical universities in Iran. Iranian students are recruited to SUMS through National Entrance Exam (Konkur) and registered to the main campus of the university. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), exhibiting nearly 70 years of Medical education experience, is the most popular University of Medical Sciences in southern Iran, and offers international degree and non-degree programs to international students at different levels and deciplines including Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.), Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.), B.Sc., M.Sc.,Ph.D., Specialty, Subspecialty, and Fellowship. International applicants who are interested to apply to SUMS' International Programs may apply at http:// www.gsia.sums.ac.ir.
With 41 hospitals (including 14 teaching hospitals), SUMS is a regional health care provider and the main medical center in Fars Province.
The Foundation of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences(SUMS) dates back to about 70 years ago when Shiraz Institute of Higher Health Education admitted a few medical students (1945). The High Institute of Health developed into Medical Faculty in 1946. The medical school is located in central Shiraz, which was founded in 1946 as a college within Pahlavi University. In 1953, a Faculty of Nursing was added, followed by a Faculty of Dentistry in 1969. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution overthrew the Pahlavi dynasty, drastic changes were implemented at all universities. The name of Pahlavi University was immediately changed to Shiraz University. In 1986, the Iranian Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education took over the departments and faculties in the medical sciences and SUMS became an independent institution.
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