History:
The present school of medicine was originally a primary school named Hemmat, which was changed to “Health Higher Education Institute” in 1941. The name was changed to Mashhad Faculty of Medicine in 1949 during the time of the late Dr. Zangeneh when was the minister of culture. In the first Year, the school had 61 students, one Associate professor and seven teachers who were teaching on hourly basis. First Dean of the school was the late Dr. Hossein Sami Rad.
Present Status of the Faculty of Medicine:
The school of medicine is located in a piece of land with an area of 54720 square meters on Pardis campus. It has four stories which accommodates the Educational departments of Anatomy, Histology, Embryology, Biochemistry and Medical Physics… The school has a library, two studying rooms, 14 general Classrooms, two specialized classrooms, 6 laboratories and two Conference halls accommodating 1000 Students. The School admits 120 students annually, 60 for the first semester and 60 for the second semester. The students currently studying at various levels at the faculty are as follows:
1213 students studying clinical and basic sciences courses 116 students studying graduate (81) and PhD in basic sciences (35) courses
439 students studying various specialized courses 29 students doing super specialization courses also the teaching staff consists of the following:
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43 full-professors
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218 assistant professors
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102 associate professor
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20 instructors
Mashhad Faculty of Medicine has 8 educational departments and five assistant directors for teaching basic sciences, clinical courses, research, graduate programs and financial and administrative affairs.
Faculty of Medicine
