Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences was inaugurated as the Nursing High School in 1968, and became the medical college in 1975. After the Islamic Revolution, it was further developed into the Medical University in 1985. The University has 492 academic staff and 5138 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 demands of today’s and tomorrow’s 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 countless research activities, the university mainly focuses on higher research programs in Basic Medical Sciences, Allied Health Sciences and Nursing. The university also serves the recent scientific and technological leap in the country and promotes the public health by means of scientific strategies and measures.

 This university has Seven Vice-Chancellors, nine faculties, including Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing and Midwifery, Allied Health Sciences, Public Health, Nutritional Sciences & Food Technology, Rehabilitation Sciences, and Nursing (Sonqor), 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.

 

 

Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (KUMS) aims at encouraging research and training scholars who excel in their field of study and to promote learning and research, and to develop leaders who improve the future of our global society in many disciplines. It is also committed to bringing a qualitative and quantitative revolution in medical education by providing an environment geared towards promoting research and academic culture in order to improve the existing healthcare system. 

 We are committed to providing transformational experiences for students and faculties in an inclusive and collaborative environment where creative scholars generate bold ideas, innovate in the face of complex challenges, and distinguish themselves as active citizens of the world. It combines the academic excellence of a major research university with the practical experiences of an institution whose history, location, and diversity make it a microcosm of the world where students will enter when they graduate.

  Goals:

KUMS strategic vision has been generated from five specific goals, articulating its aspirations and providing a framework for pursuing excellence in scholarship, research, and community enrichment. KUMS has pledged to:

   • Anticipate, understand, and prepare for the future of higher education

   • Promote students’ success

   • Strengthen the research enterprises

   • Develop a sustainable revenue model to allow a constant growth and improvement

   • Improve community’s involvement

 Vision:

Our vision is to represent a model public research university and train creative scholars across a broad range of disciplines that have a profound impact on one another, and subsequently the world. To fulfill this aim, KUMS is to accomplish the following goals to benefit the students, society, country and ultimately the world:

   • Acquiring the required capabilities in rendering higher educational services to promote academic status regionally as well as internationally.

   • Having an active role in documenting our achievements and production of science, research, and publishing scientific articles in the international journals.

  • Improving the health status of individuals in the society by meeting their health needs and obtaining the required technology for producing strategic medical supplies, and enhancing the quality and the diversity of the sub-specialized health care services.

Aims:

• Providing you with the knowledge, experience, and multicultural prespective that allow you to explore, learn, question, create, and thrive as productive members of a global society in your chosen careers.

• Developing talents through scientific teaching and research and prevailing medical and allied sciences in order to help equip and supply specialist workforce needed for the country.

• Establishing research facilities in order to recognize unknown potential factors and to increase scientific strength to deal with health problems.

• Developing health facilities in the society through treatment centers and organizations and their related health care centers.

Duties:

   • Training students in different areas of Allied Health Sciences and developing community-based medical education

  • Establishing relationships with other universities and exchanging academic staff and students with universities inside the country and overseas

    • Holding scientific and educational seminars and conferences

    • Writing and translating books and publishing journals in different areas of medical sciences

  • Attempting to perform general policies of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education and supervising those attempts to provide public health and improving it through the application of health programs, especially in the following domains of environmental health and fighting against diseases, family and school health, teaching public health and occupational health while emphasizing public healthcare measures especially with regard to “mothers and children”.

   • Guiding and briefing authorities involved in planning when preparing plans and programs for subunits, integrating and coordinating programs with regard to priorities.

   • Supervising demographical studies and analyzing the resulting statistics related to health programs in order to be aware of the quality and quantity of health activities.

 Collaboration:

Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences contributes to the advancement of society by building a partnership with students, business and industry, government bodies, accrediting agencies, and the communities which the university serves.

 Diversity:

By providing a campus, which is supportive, safe, and welcoming, KUMS embraces a diversity of ideas, beliefs,

and cultures.

Ethical Community:

KUMS recognizes the inherent dignity of each member of the university and treats everyone with respect. Our actions are guided by fairness, honesty, integrity and regardless of race, religion, and gender.

Excellence:

Committed to innovation and creativity, KUMS strives to produce high quality outcome in all its endeavors.

Learning:

KUMS values education that is career-oriented, balances theory and practice, develops critical thinking, emphasizes active learning, and fosters responsibility and the desire for the lifelong pursuit of knowledge.

Opportunity:

Focusing on developing career skills and knowledge, KUMS provides opportunities for community involvement, leadership development, advancement, and success.

KUMS has prominent capabilities and characteristics including:

• The presence of all branches of medical specialty training in the university.

• The activities of Imam Reza (AS) Hospital as the top hospital in west part of Iran with the highest evaluation rank in Iran.

• The activities of the cardiology and cardiovascular surgery center in Imam Ali (AS) Hospital.

• The activities of Kidney Transplant Center.

• Conducting an educational program for nurses to provide coverage for the western Iran.

• A major trauma center located in Taleghani Hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major traumatic injuries such as falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds.

• Our departments and centers are equipped with “state-of-the art” technology.