University of Gezira
| جامعة الجزيرة | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1975 |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Mohammed Omer Warrag |
| Location | Wad Medani, Sudan |
| Campuses | 5 |
| Website | www |
University of Gezira, or U of G, is a public university located in Wad Medani, Sudan. It is a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World.
The University Of Gezira (U. of G.) was established in 1975 by the mayor and then governor Abdelrahim Mahmoud and his cousin Mohamed-Alhaj Mekki Medani, along with the help of president Gaafar Nimeiry at Wad Madni City in central Sudan. The university is close to one of the biggest agricultural projects in Africa – the Gezira Project. The school's main objective is to supply the project with high-caliber graduates. It is considered to be one of the leading universities in Sudan. It is famous for its schools of medicine and agriculture. The former has adopted a modern form of medical education based on problem-solving and is respected as a pioneer in medical education with establishment of a community-oriented education model that was adopted later by multiple medical schools in the country.
University of Gezira was the first university built out of the capital Khartoum. The mission of the institution was to create a regional university for training of personnel to service the large Gezira Scheme. The Gezira state is one of the most distinctive and affluent areas of the country and considered to be the cornerstone of the country's economy. Initially, there were a handful of schools, but today the university has expanded to fourteen schools and four institutes.
Gezira University is famous for its medical school, considered a top institute for medical education and research in the country. Throughout the years, the school has graduated a highly qualified physicians who went back and served their communities. The curriculum is built on the modern philosophy of problem-based learning (PBL). The center of this learning experience is the medical student. The medical education is presented in a set of structural problems, students are then required to take active roles, usually as groups, in organizing and directing the learning process in the presence of a tutor. Advocates of PBL claim it can be used to enhance content knowledge and foster the development of communication, problem-solving, and self-directed learning skill.
The school is a home for a WHO collaborating center, a core center for the public health education and research. The school model of community-oriented education has been contributing to the development of health awareness in the region. It has also grown to be a highly active research center for endemic diseases such as malaria and bilharziasis. Both of which are water-born diseases mostly related to agricultural activities of the region residents.
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