Kabul Medical University
Established	1932 (self-autonomic University in 2005)
President	Obaidullah Obaid[1]
Students	2,745
Location	Kabul, Afghanistan
Website	www.kmu.edu.af

Kabul Medical University (formerly known as Kabul Medical Faculty) is located in Kabul, Afghanistan on the campus of Kabul University. The medical institution was initially maintained by collaboration with the Turkish and French sponsors. KMF developed into a single self-autonomic University in 2005. It is currently graduates professionals in fields of Curative Medicine, Pediatric, Stomatology and Nursing. All subjects are taught in Dari but most medical terms are either in Arabic, Greek, English or French.

Currently, more than 17 medical schools are known to exist in Afghanistan but the KMU and Nangarhar Medical schools are the leading medical schools for the country.^[2]

[edit] History

Up to the beginning of 1980s, Afghan Medical Schools were under Kabul University and the Ministry of Education. However, after Russian occupation all Medical Schools became under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Public Health and later on the Ministry of Higher Education.

During the days of the Taliban, women were not allowed to study medicine at Kabul Medical University, not even under the cover of the all-encompassing burqas.^[1]

The University of Manitoba's medical school along with other universities helped the Kabul Medical University rebuild their library after the war. They put together a basic collection of 672 medical textbooks.^[3]

In 2007 Kabul Medical University cooperated with the King Edward Medical University of Lahore Pakistan in training students.^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website of Kabul Medical University

Coordinates: 34°31′0″N 69°7′47″E / 34.516667°N 69.12972°E / 34.516667; 69.12972

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