International Education Center (IEC) is in charge of the international students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in every regard. This center was founded in 2016 and its mission is to provide affordable, high-quality medical education to qualified international students. IEC achieves its mission through providing a supportive and stimulating environment in which the students can reach their full potential that includes cutting-edge research facilities and unrivalled resources across the disciplines, as well as personal and welfare support, academic guidance and a sense of community throughout the students’ time here.
Moreover, it places the highest priority on respect for the dignity and diversity of the members of the Education Center students, faculty members, employees, and volunteers. It is committed to supporting their professional, intellectual, and emotional growth so they may have the opportunity to fulfill their potential and achieve their goals.
WORLD-CLASS STATUS
To be in universal rankings is vital not only to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences administration but also to the view of the prospective students. Success in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2020, for us, is about how we are able to become as good as we really can be. Times Higher Education World University Rankings system is one of the most prestigious international rankings which is the data provider underpinning university excellence in every continent across the world. Since the IEC has achieved world-class status and attained the best rank in the university’s history in THE, it can make the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences way up the global university rankings.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Students from all over the world join us yearly with the drive to succeed, and choose us as their academic destination to make their university experience unequalled. In general, the academic department look for students with the ability, enthusiasm, curiosity, and commitment needed to pursue higher-level study here.
Currently, the international students are from more than 14 different nations, including India, Australia, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. Interestingly enough, international student numbers have soared in most recent intake, which is attributed to maintaining a high-quality education, welcoming environment, as well as promising graduate prospects.
PROGRAMS
There are a number of higher education qualifications available to prospective students at undergraduate (professional doctorate, BSc), postgraduate (MSc, PhD), specialty, subspecialty, and fellowship levels in various fields of study. Presently, the university has students in different majors as stated below.
•Undergraduate: Doctor of Medicine (MD), Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS), Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D), MBBS, Nursing, Midwifery, Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), Operating Room, Environmental Health, Nutrition, Physical Therapy.
•Postgraduate: Nursing, Midwifery, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Medical Genetics, Anatomical Sciences, Molecular Genetics, Parasitology, Mycology, Immunology, Iranian Traditional Medicine, Physiology, Medical Imaging Technology, Pharmaceutics, Nanotechnology, Industrial Pharmacy, Pharmacognosy, Reproductive Health, Environmental Health Engineering, Nutrition and Food Sciences, Medical Education, etc.
•Specialty: Radiology, Cardiology, ENT (Ears, Nose and Throat), Neurology, Orthopedics, Psychiatry, Dermatology, Urology, General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, etc.
•Subspecialty: Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiovascular Surgery, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hematology and Oncology, Neonatology and Perinatology, Nephrology, Plastic Surgery, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Gastroenterology and Hematology, etc.
•Fellowship: Laparoscopy, Neuroanesthesia, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Infertility, Pediatric Anesthesia, Endoscopic Gynecology, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Cardiac Anesthesia, etc.
Educational centers
Further to its globally accredited curricula, the center holds some short-term courses which are held internationally and inter-university and at the end, it gives the applicants an international certificate. The faculty has developed a curriculum designed to stimulate and support students in the acquisition of advanced knowledge and skills while instilling compassionate attitudes and values so that they may best serve their patients.
VIRTUAL EDUCATION
For the time being since all in-person, on-campus classes have been cancelled in reacting to the fast-evolving coronavirus pandemic, IEC has organized to hold the theory courses online until the current situation calms down again. the aim during this difficult and confusing time is to support students with what we do best so they can feel confident that there will be no problem in this regard. International students can expand their access to this university through quality remote learning and continue their education. Online instruction has been offered via remote course delivery using Navid System, Academic Learning Management System, on which the relevant instructional files provided by the faculty members are uploaded. Further to the LMS provided by the University, the center has planned special educational programs for foreign students through social media in order to have better communication between students and the faculty members. In this condition, the students can benefit greatly from questioning the professors and use the curriculum and course plans in an easy way.
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