TBILISI MEDICAL ACADEMY

Petre Shotadze Tbilisi Medical Academy (TMA) is one of the first private medical schools in Georgia with almost 25 years of experience behind its back. TMA is staffed with highly qualified academic staff and is providing medical education in accordance with international regulations and recommendations.

Study Process at Tbilisi Medical Academy is compatible with international standards. The academic faculty is represented by team of experienced professors, who have been trained in USA and Western European Countries. The Academic Process, based on ECTS system, allows students to gain international academic recognition.

Tbilisi Medical Academy offers 6 year MD program both in Georgian and English. So far, TMA has around 500 undergraduate students, including around 170 international students, mainly from USA, UK, India, Iraq, Nigeria, Bhutan, Egypt etc.

TMA is proud to be home university for many notable physicians and scientists, who are running successful careers both in Georgia and internationally.

Mission of Tbilisi Medical Academy is to raise competitive professionals, in accordance with the requirements of modern medical profession and demands of today’s medical job market.

The Goal of Tbilisi Medical Academy is to elaborate independent and critical thinking to the students that will
support highly qualified specialists in the future.

At TMA we have truly international environment, where we cherish and share the values of equality, honesty
and integrity.

At present, Tbilisi Medical Academy is managed by Mrs. Irene Shotadze.

TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY

The highest priority of the University is to educate broad-minded, cultured individuals capable of independent scientific and philosophical accomplishments. University staff are actively developing modern approaches and techniques in all areas of activity, faithful to the traditions of their predecessors and enhancing the University’s status in the contemporary Russian and international scientific and educational environment.

Tomsk State University has received many awards for its achievements in the establishment and development of the nation’s science, education, and culture. In 1998, by Presidential decree, TSU was included in the State Code of Particularly Valuable Objects of Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of the Russian Federation. In 2010 TSU was awarded the status of a National Research university.

Tomsk State University, as a university of the research type, sees its mission as preserving and enhancing spiritual values of humanity in the production and dissemination of progressive knowledge and information, and in the advanced training of the intellectual leaders of society based on integration of the educational process with fundamental scientific research and innovative approaches.

The priority objectives of the University are:

to serve the interests of Russia, to promote the development of its intellectual potential through the production of new knowledge and advanced training of the scientific and pedagogical, managerial, and cultural leaders of the society
to improve the educational process by active use of innovative approaches and information technology in the service of combining the harmonious development of an individual with advanced training of specialists who are leadership-oriented in their fields
to adequately represent the universities of Russia in the international scientific and educational arena, to integrate the University’s academic, intellectual, and informational potential with that of the leading Russian and international centers of higher education, science, and high technology
to successfully develop scientific and pedagogical schools that are historically established and recognized by the international community in the humanities and in the physical, mathematical and natural sciences, through integration with the academic sector of science
to provide science, education, and society with information services through the creation and functioning of a unified information science and learning environment
to establish a coordinating role in the system of higher education for implementation of major projects in the field of education at various levels, in science, and in innovation
to participate in the development of the economy on the basis of innovation, including the provision of staff support for high technology

UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM

Objectives
The University has the following objectives:
• To provide modern educational and research environments that will enable students and researchers to face current challenges and to focus on knowledge as a principle driving force for development.
• To reach international levels in standards, contents and practices while maintaining local values and culture.
• To keep up with the development and the new innovations that occur in the different fields of knowledge as well as to take the initiatives in innovation and creativity.
• To satisfy the increasing demand for excellence in higher education and to ensure the latest quality technology in all its outputs.
• To create an environment in whichthe university lecturers will be able to perform their duties.
• To comply with the international staff / student ratio.
• To promote libraries, laboratories and other teaching facilities to the latest technical standards and maintain their position as a place for interaction between the different components of the university.
• To consolidate the double role of the University as a leading national university and as a ‘mother’ for the Sudanese universities.
• To attain a working environment thatenable employees to perform their duties with responsibility, disciplinary actions, transparency and time management.
• To employ information and communication technology to improve University performance with respect to education, research, capacity building, and skills polishing.
• To establish a clear research strategy that would define research priorities and channel research activities to serve national purposes, while focusing on applied and advanced educational research to serve the society.

Vision
The University vision is to participate, through its role in the field of higher education and scientific research, in the creation of a unified, developed and advanced Sudanese Nation. The University aspires to be independent both academically and financially, elevated in the different aspects of knowledge and to link the programs and research it offers with the requirements of permanent development in Sudan. While it maintains its position as a leading national institution, it also aspires to occupy a leading international position.

Mission
The University of Khartoum – by virtue of its position as the ‘mother’ for all Sudanese universities is entrusted with:
• Providing a variety of high quality programs both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels for all specializations and disciplines.
• Providing education and training services of the highest quality in accordance with international standards and with values that are derived from the Sudanese culture.
• Embracing modern concepts in all the services it provides and nurturing research environments with the aim of raising the competence of students to high standards that would enable them to undertake the responsibility of work and interaction with the society at both national and international levels.
• As an intellectual reserve and stock of knowledge, the University aims at fulfilling the needs of the society and the requirements for development and directing these needs and requirements.

UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN

A group of physicians from Isfahan succeeded in establishing a high school of medicine with their efforts and perseverance. They agreed to build a high school of higher education that was founded today at Isfahan University.
By agreeing to establish a high school in 1325 and increasing the number of applicants participating in this school, the land of a thousand jerib to the nearby Mount Sufa was provided for the great majesty of the University of Isfahan.
After the establishment and transfer of the high school of medicine to the 1000-jerib area, the medical faculty was established along with the same school on November 7, 1329. In 1335, another step towards the excellence of the University of Isfahan was taken, which was the founding of a college of pharmacy along with medicine. After the establishment of the Faculty of Pharmacy, in the year 1337, the Faculty of Literature with the establishment of two disciplines of Persian and English language and literature in the palace of Prince Ibrahim, expanded fields of French language and literature (1338), Armenian language and literature (1339), Arabic language and literature (1331), History and Geography (1345), Social Sciences Department (1348), and transferring this faculty from Shahzad Abraham’s palace to the collections of 1,000 jeribs in Isfahan University in 1348.
August 1343 reminded us of the memory of the founding of the faculties of science and education and psychology in the endeavor of the continuous efforts of professors like Dr. Farooqi. At the end of 1347, with the formation of the University of Isfahan, the high school of Cyrus the Great was joined to this university, and the same year, the School of Administrative Sciences and Economics was founded at the University. In 1365, after three decades, the faculties of medical sciences separated from the University of Isfahan and selected a separate path.

UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ

The University of Tabriz, the second oldest university of country started its activities in 1947 with two faculties of Literature and Medicine. It is now one of the 10 top universities in Iran.

Currently, the University of Tabriz enjoying 21 faculties, 10 Research Centers, several Centers of Excellence, Technology Units, International Campuses and its branches, is one of the greatest educational and research centers in Iran.

TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY

Tarbiat Modares University, which was founded after the [glorious] Islamic Revolution in Iran, as a leading University in respect of education, research, production and promotion of advantageous knowledge, extending the boundaries of knowledge and technology, and it is determined, as a scientific, Islamic identity and revolutionary leader, to achieve the following goals on the basis of the objectives set out in the University’s Statutes and its strategic plan:

To train pious and committed-to-the-Islamic-Revolution faculty members and researches for the scientific fields required by Iranian universities and higher educational and research centers, and for the purpose of promotion of scientific and educational and research quality and also helping with development of higher education and effect fundamental changes therein.
To participate in development and support of science production and movement and software movement and increase in our share in scientific products and development of humanities, upon emphasis on Islamic fundamentals and national needs and modern technologies and bring the scientific and research achievements into practical use through dynamic and constructive interaction with scientific regional and international centers.
To undertake efforts for the achievement of Islamic culture by strengthening and deepening religion insight and expanding ethical virtues and enhancement of social participations and dissemination of self devotion and hope for the future on the basis of Quranic doctrine, Ahl-ul-bayt’s teachings and values and goals of the Islamic Revolution.
To create a dynamic and creative learning environment and educate instructors, researchers and entrepreneurs who are committed and loyal to the Islamic Revolution.
To achieve, maintain and develop the research standing and increase in our share in academic and scientific productions at national, regional and international level.
To boost and expand fields of humanities and establish liaison with cultural, social and policymaking centers; initiate software movement, develop modern technologies (including microtechnology, biotechnology, information and communication, environmental, aerospace and nuclear technologies), and bring into practical use and commercialize the scientific and research achievements
To enjoy manpower who are talented, mature and creative, pious, faithful to guardianship of the Islamic Jurist and the regime of Islamic Republic of Iran
To develop and promote the quality of provision of services to students
To sustainably improve the executive and scientific management of the university
To provide up-to-date hardware and software facilities and equipment
To promote collaboration with scientific & cultural centers at national, regional and international levels
To provide sustainable financial resources
To foster Islamic culture and sciences, strengthen religious virtues and faith and disseminate self-devotion morale and hope for the future on the basis of Quranic doctrine, Ahl-ul-bayt’s instructions and the Islamic Revolution’s values.

NAMANGAN ENGINEERING-CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE

Namangan Engineering Pedagogical Institute (NamEPI) was established as the Namangan branch of Tashkent Mechanical Engineering Institute in 1991 for the purpose of improvement of education of engineers, more complete satisfaction of the demand for engineers in the Ferghana Valley and development of the scientific technical potential of the region. It is considered as the basic higher educational institution for preparation of qualified engineer-pedagogues for vocational colleges by the decision №77 (February 24, 1998) of the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic of Uzbekistan.

The Institute provides instruction not only for engineer-pedagogues, but also for engineers, technologists and economists in various branches of the national economy. At the present the Institute is one of the recognized leaders in the system of vocational pedagogical education of the Republic. The students of the Institute acquire fundamental knowledge in the fields of natural sciences, technical sciences, humanities and economics combined with profound psychological, pedagogical, vocational and industrial preparation in the course of instruction.

Graduating students of NamEPI are specialists, who possess a unique combination of professional qualities and perfectly meet the requirements of the market economy.

SAMARKAND STATE UNIVERSITY

Samarkand State University is a major university in Samarkand, Uzbekistan established by a government decree of the Government of Uzbekistan dated 22 January 1927 in the city of Samarkand. The university is commonly known as Samarkand University (in Uzbek Samarqand universiteti)

The university was originally organized in 1927 as the Uzbek Pedagogical Institute and in 1930, it was renamed the Uzbek State Pedagogical Academy and in 1933, upon merger of the Pedagogical Academy and the Uzbek State Medical Institute into the Uzbek State University. In 1941—2016, the University was named after poet and philosopher Ali-Shir Nava’i (alternative transliteration Alisher Navoi).

In 1961, the Uzbek State University was finally renamed the Samarkand State University, a name it keeps to date. The rector of the university since 2015 is Dr. Alimdjan Rakhimovich Khalmukhamedov.

Currently, the University comprises the following faculties: Philology; History and Philosophy; Teaching; Physics and Mathematics; Biology; Economy; Tajik Philology; Russian Philology; Law; Physical education.