Faculty of Medicine

UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM

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As an educational institution, the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Khartoum is aware of its role as the oldest school of medicine in the Sudan; which emphasizes its position as an institutional model for newer & developing schools. It shall continue to provide education which aims at scientific excellence, professionalism and social responsibility.

Medical Research

Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratory, Khartoum 1910

Medical research in the Sudan was established in 1903 by the foundation of the Wellcome Research Laboratories at the Gordon Memorial College in Khartoum (which became the University of Khartoum in 1956).This foundation had significant contribution to research in the fields of tropical diseases like Malaria and schistosomiasis. In 1934 dismemberment of the Wellcome Laboratories into different sections (bacteriological, chemical, public and agricultural) was done; thebacteriological and chemical sections were taken by the Sudan Medical Service.