University of Kordofan
public university in El-Obeid, Sudan
The University of Kordofan (Arabic: جامعة كردفان ) (informally Kordofan University) is one of the largest universities in Sudan located in El Obeid 560 km (350 mi) to the southwest of Khartoum. It was founded in 1990 and is recognized as one of the top universities in Sudan. It features several institutes, academic units and research centres, including the Institute of Gum Arabic Research and Desertification Studies, the Centre for Intermediate Technology in Agriculture and a Deanship for Scientific Research and Postgraduate Studies. It is a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World.
Admission
Undergraduate admission policy is governed by the national Board of Higher Education of Sudan, which sets the minimum admission requirement for secondary school students based on their national origin (Sudanese vs. non-Sudanese) and the secondary-school certificate board.
Faculties
Deanship for Research and Postgraduate Training
Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Faculty of Nursing
Faculty of Commercial Studies and Business Administration
Faculty of Computer Science & Statistic
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Engineering and Technical Studies
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Community
Institute of Gum Arabic Research and Desertification Studies
Center for Peace & Development
Center for Information Unit
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
The Faculty of Medicine grants the degree of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery after finishing six years of studying. With its community-based system, it pays great interest to community medicine, as it starts in the first year and finishes by the end of the fifth year of study. The first batch of students was admitted in 1992; by 2010, 13 batches had graduated and in 2010 the junior batch has the number 20.
Clinical training takes part in hospitals in the city of El Obeid and other rural hospitals in the State of North Kordofan:
El-Obeid Teaching Hospital
Al-Kuwaiti Hospital for Children, El Obeid
Police Hospital, El Obeid
Army Forces Hospital, El Obeid
The department of Medical Laboratory grants its enrolled students the degree of Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science after finishing four years of study.
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