Medical education plays a very important role in the educational program of both Dubai and in the whole United Arab Emirates as well. There are already several educational centres in Dubai and regarding the Medical institutions in 2002, the huge Dubai Medical City has opened its doors to all patients, doctors and businesspersons to set their base over there. For this reason, the importance of Medical Schools in Dubai has grown. There are now many medical Schools in Dubai, educating medical sciences on all levels and segments.
From the beginning of the 21th century, Dubai has been putting great efforts in order to put the importance of higher education in its area on a higher level. With the establishment of the Dubai Knowledge Village, Dubai has expressed its desire to give excellent educational opportunities for students arriving in Dubai from all parts of the world. The importance of higher education is also extremely important for the locals of Dubai and with the improvement of woman’s higher education in its area, while in other Muslim countries this has still not happened, means that Dubai by today has really raised its educational system to an international level. Although studying is still expensive, there are more scholarship opportunities for those who wish to improve and put their knowledge in use of their country. Medical schools are great example, because medical sciences are the most important in the world.
Medical Schools in Dubai include the Medical College for Women, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, and Harvard Medical School Dubai Centre. Outside Dubai, the centre of Academic Studies can be found in the nearby Ras Al Khaimah where there are multiple medical schools at one place.
The Dubai Medical College for Women is among those rare medical schools, which give a great chance for all females of Dubai to learn a great profession, and to choose their fields of specialization later on. The college is equipped with the most modern equipments necessary for studying. The pre-clinical departments include Anatomy, Biochemistry and Pathology; the Clinical Departments include Paediatrics, Medicine and Surgery departments. Outside this, there are three main lab facilities: the Histology, the Pharmacology and Toxicology, Microbiology and Parasitological labs. These together enable all women to get the best necessary education for their future careers.
The Harvard Medical School Dubai aims post-graduation and research studies internationally for all medical students of Harvard. This aims the improvement of international cooperation on medical level and regarding research studies as well. Besides, Harvard gives chance for locals as well to enrol in their studies.
Manipal Academy of Higher Education is an Indian medical institution aiming the education of Dubai Indians, who would like to enrol in studies in their own language and teachers. The Manipal University is one of the wealthiest and best-named universities of India, having campuses both in Dubai and in Melaka India. The Dubai Campus was set up in 2000. By 2006, the entire medical school has moved to the area of the Dubai Knowledge City. The number of students studying here is over 1600. The school has 18 faculties and 7 specialization areas.
If you would like to get more information on medical schools in the area of Dubai, you can seek the website of the Dubai Government, where you can find all information in English as well, or visit the site of these above-mentioned medical schools in order to obtain more information from them.
