Rawalpindi Medical University

Rawalpindi Medical University

جامعہِ طبیہ راولپنڈی
New Campus of Rawalpindi Medical University
Former names	Rawalpindi Medical College
Motto	Learn to Serve
Type	Public
Established	1974 (1974)
Affiliation	Pakistan Medical Commission Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) University of Health Sciences
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. Dr. Muhammad Umer
Principal	Prof. Dr. Jahangir Sarwar Khan
Location	Rawalpindi , Punjab , Pakistan
Campus	OTB: Tipu Road, NTB: Satellite Town, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Language	English
Website	www.rmur.edu.pk

Old campus

Rawalpindi Medical University (جامعہِ طبیہ راولپنڈی) is a public university located in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.^[1][2] It is affiliated with three public sector teaching hospitals (Holy Family Hospital, Benazir Bhutto Hospital & DHQ Hospital- Rawalpindi) for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education & training. It is also listed among the recognised universities and degree awarding institutions by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.^[3][4]

History

Lawn in front of the Tipu Road Campus Auditorium

The university was established in 1974 as Rawalpindi Medical College. It was initially affialited with the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. In 2003, it became affiliated with the University of Health Sciences, Lahore. In May 2017, this college was upgraded to university status by the Government of Punjab, Pakistan.^[4]

Programs

University offers undergraduate programs of MBBS and BSC Allied Health as well as post graduate residency and fellowship programs at its attached teaching hospitals.

Affiliated teaching hospitals

Three public sector hospitals are currently affiliated with the university, all of them are located in the city of Rawalpindi. These are Holy Family Hospital, Benazir Bhutto Hospital and District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital. Benazir Bhutto Hospital was previously known as Rawalpindi General Hospital. It was renamed in the honor of Benazir Bhutto, as she was pronounced dead in this hospital on 27 December 2007.

Campus

Rawalpindi Medical University has two campuses, Tipu Road campus (also known as Old Teaching block) & Holy Family Hospital campus (also known as New Teaching block). Basic sciences classes are taught at Tipu Road campus and clinical sciences are taught at Holy Family Hospital campus.

Curriculum

Rawalpindi Medical University takes pride in being the pioneer public sector medical university to implement the integrated modular curriculum. Moreover, students take weekly tests on the online portal, they give extensive module exams of each subject, block exams after every two module exams, send up exams and professional exams. Students are also given an orientation of research and are then expected to do a research project on their own. Apart from the academic activities, students at RMU are trained to become responsible members of the society. They are asked to do community work during vacations and then submit a report of it. Lastly, a range of extra-curricular and sports activities mark the annually held Sports week at RMU.

Societies

There are various societies at the university, some of the notable societies among them are MIG (Medicine Interest Group), SIG (Surgery Interest Group), SYNCH, RIFAO (Rashida Iqbal Financial Aid Organisation ), Rawalians Arts society, Rawalians sports society, Medicose Aid society, Rawalians literary society, Rawalians dramatic club, Rawalians student research society, Rawalian Adventure Club, Step Ahead Welfare Society & Islamic society, Recreational Activities Club.

References

1. Asif Chaudhry (16 July 2018). "Four medical varsities to have VCs 'within days'". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 27 August 2020.
2. Muhammad Qasim (21 May 2017). "A major step in medical education, health care improvement". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 27 August 2020.
3. Rawalpindi Medical University listed among the Recognised Universities and Degree Awarding Institutions Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) website, Retrieved 27 August 2020
4. University Overview of Rawalpindi Medical University on uniRank (Australian website) Retrieved 28 August 2020