Medical Universities

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine

History

Ankara University was founded by Atatürk. The School of Law was established
in 1925 to train judiciaries, the Institute of Technology for Agriculture in
1933, the School of Language, History and Geography in 1935 and the already
existing School of Political Sciences (that trained public administrators under
the name of Mekteb-i Mülkiye since 1859, and which was later on moved to Ankara)
in 1936 upon the directive of Atatürk. The Schools of Medicine and of Science
were established in the 1940s.

Ankara University, comprising the Faculty of Law (1925), the Faculty of Language,
History and Geography (1935), the Faculty of Science (1943), and the Faculty of
Medicine (1945), was established officially in 1946. The University acquired the
Faculties of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine which previously belonged to
the Institute of Technology for Agriculture. The School of Divinity was founded
in 1949 and the Faculty of Political Sciences in 1950, then came the School of
Pharmacy in 1960, and in 1963 the School of Dentistry which later became a
Faculty in 1977, the Faculty of Educational Sciences in 1965, and the Faculty of
Communication in 1965. The Çankırı Faculty of Forestry and the Health Education
Faculty were opened to education in 1996.

University of Salerno

History

Salerno, a city in which, as Michelet said, “emperors, kings, popes, and the
richest barons all had their own doctor”, developed during the Middle Ages
around its prestigious School of Medicine. Previously, the town of Velia, a
little south of Salerno, had a medical College with a school of medicine, which
was established in Greek and Roman times. Many important men, such as Paulus
Emilius, Cicero, Brutus, and perhaps even Horace and Augustus, had had villas
built while staying in Velia for therapeutic reasons.

The barbarian invasions following the fall of the Roman Empire caused the last
doctors from Velia to move to the neighbouring city of Salerno. The
philosophical and scientific tradition of medical studies carried on there, in
the form of a free and autonomous guild of erudite men, a College of masters,
which became the first nucleus of the Salernitan Studium, later to be used as a
model for other European universities.

The Salerno Medical School reached the height of its glory between the 10th and
13th centuries, especially due to the contribution of Alphanus of Salerno and
Constantine the African, who deemed Salerno worthy of the name of “City of
Hippocrates” (Hippocratica Civitas), after the well-known Greek physician and
mathematician.

People from all over the world came to the Salerno School, sick people hoping to
recover, or apprentices wishing to learn medical skills. Its fame became
international, as proved by historiographical testimonies as well as the
Salernitan manuscripts present in many libraries in Europe.

The School kept the Greek and Latin medical heritage alive, combining it
harmoniously with the Arabic and Hebrew traditions. This combination of
different cultures led to a wider medical knowledge and is illustrated by the
legend which credits the foundation of the School to four masters: Helinus the
Jew, Pontus the Greek, Adela the Arab, and Salernus the Roman.

In the School, besides medicine, which was studied and practised by women too,
philosophy, theology and law were taught.

The “Giovanni Cuomo” University Institute of Education, founded in 1944 was
therefore set up with this renowned and ancient tradition in mind.

In 1968 this institute became a State university, the University of Salerno, and
it has since seen a great increase in student numbers.

Azerbaijan Medical University

Azerbaijan Medical University, named after
Nariman Narimanov (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Tibb Universiteti) is the formal name
of the public medical school located in Baku, Azerbaijan. Due to difficulties
with translation, the school is sometimes called: Azerbaijan Medical University,
Azerbaijan State Medical University, Azerbaijan State Medical Institute, or
simply Medical University, with any of the preceding including the “named after
N. Narimanov” or full “Nariman Narimanov”. The school is named after Nariman
Narimanov, a famous Azeri in Soviet politics, notably Party Chairman of the
Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union.

Founded in 1930, the medical school grew out of the Department of Medicine of
Baku State University. The school has 8000 students in 74 academic departments,
with a faculty of scientists, physicians and lecturers numbering just over 1000.

Tokyo Medical University

Tokyo Medical University (TMU) (東京医科大学, Tokyo Ika Daigaku) is one of the pre-war-established medical schools in Japan.
According as the nation’s policy for medical education, this private university
has 6-year medical school that offers preclinical and clinical studies to confer
bachelor’s degree or graduate degree with which medical students can be
qualified for the national exam for medical license. TMU also has its
postgraduate school (“graduate school”, or daigakuin, in Japanese term) which
offers Ph.D.

Founded as Tokyo Isen in 1916, TMU is one of the old medical schools of Japan’s
Taish period. The school received university status in 1946.

Hacettepe University

History

The history of Hacettepe University can be traced back to the establishment of
the Institute of Child Health on July 8, 1958, and the inauguration of the
Hacettepe Children’s Hospital founded by Prof. Dr İhsan Doğramacı. In 1961 the
School of Health Sciences and its divisions of Nursing, Medical Technology,
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation and Nutrition were opened, all centered
around the Institute of Child Health.

On June 15, 1963, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine was established and
a general teaching hospital was built. Three months later Hacettepe University
School of Dentistry was established.

In the summer of 1964, a School of Basic Sciences was opened, offering courses
in the natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities. At the time, all
Hacettepe teaching institutions were affiliated to Ankara University and grouped
under the title “Hacettepe Science Center”.

Hacettepe University was chartered through Act No. 892 of the Turkish Parliament
on July 8, 1967. Hacettepe Institutes of Higher Education formed the core of
Hacettepe University, and the Faculties of Medicine, Science and Engineering,
and Social and Administrative sciences were established.

In 1969 Hacettepe School of Pharmacy and Health Administration were established.
In 1971 with a reorganization, the former schools were given faculty status and
thus they became the Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of
Pharmacy and Faculty of Science. In 1973 the School of Technology was
established. In I982 the former faculties were reorganized as the Faculty of
Letters, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Fine Arts, Faculty of Economic and
Administrative Sciences and the State Conservatory was affiliated to Hacettepe
University. In 1984 the School of Healt services and in 1989 the School of Sport
Sciences and Technology were established. Recently in 1998 the two Polatli;
Vocational Schools and Kaman Vocational School have been established.
Medical University of Vienna
The Medical University of Vienna (German: Medizinische Universität Wien,
short: MUW) is a medical university in Vienna, Austria.

Formerly the faculty of medicine of the University of Vienna, became an
independent university on January 1, 2004. The independence of medical schools
from the structure of “general” universities was part of a larger reform of the
Austrian university system enacted by the Schüssel government in 2003.

The Medical University of Vienna is the largest medical research institution in
Austria and the biggest medical university in all the German speaking countries.
It was founded in 1365 as a Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna and has
operated as an independent institution in the scope of autonomous university and
self administration since 2004.

Medical University of Silesia

The Medical University of Silesia (SUM) is located in Katowice, Poland.
Established on March 20, 1948, it is reportedly the largest Medical school in
Poland.

Founded in 1948 at nearby Rokitnica Bytomska and named “Medical Academy”, it
received its current name in 1949 and moved to Katowice in 1971.

The Medical University of Silesia is one of the largest Medical Teaching Centers
in Poland and Central Europe. It employs 3000 professors, independent
researchers and academic teachers. In 1995 an agreement with the Hope Medical
Institute was signed, which initiated a program of teaching English-speaking
students at the Medical University of Silesia. Since then the majority of
graduates find employment in the USA.

The teaching program comprises all branches of modern medicine and is comparable
to medical programs of the best medical teaching centers in the USA, which give
the opportunity to achieve career rotation in the USA. It also provide a program
of rotation in the best clinical departments of the Medical University of
Silesia. Of special interest is electives program (master – student interaction)
which provides the chance to combine theoretical knowledge and clinical practice.
The American Medical Students Association is affiliated at the Medical
University of Silesia. This is a very active student’s association which enables
communicating with Polish medical students as well as continuing the national
tradition of the students.

Medical University of the Americas – Belize

Medical University of the Americas – Belize (MUA-B) was a medical school
located in San Pedro Town, Belize from 2001 to 2007. It granted the Doctor of
Medicine degree after 4 years of study.

Accreditation

MUA-B is recognized and accredited by the Belize Medical School Accreditation
Committee

MUA-B is listed in the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical
Education and Research (FAIMER) International Medical Education Directory (IMED)
MUA-B Graduates are eligible and approved to take the United States Medical
License Examination (USMLE) by the Educational Commission Of Foreign Medical
Graduates (ECFMG) in order to receive their United States Medical Licensure.