University of Gezira

The University of Gezira, or U of G, is a public university located in Wad Madani, Sudan. It is a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World.

History

The University Of Gezira (U. of G.) was founded in 1975 as a public university, and the first Sudanese university outside of Khartoum with approval and support from former President Gaafar Nimeiry. The initiative was spearheaded by Mohamed Obeid El-Mubarak, who went on to serve as its first President, as well as Abdelrahim Mahmoud, the former regional governor, and Mohamed-Elhaj Mekki Medani, who went on to serve as Director of Services. The university is near one of the biggest agricultural projects in Africa – the Gezira Project, historically the backbone of the Sudanese economy.

Initially, there were only a handful of schools, but today the university has expanded to fourteen schools and four institutes. At its prime in the late 20th century, the university was seen as one of the top institutions in the country, at times even rivaling the University of Khartoum. One of its most famous members of faculty being Former Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Ibrahim El-Bedawi.

During the Sudanese civil war (2023–present) the Rapid Support Forces attacked the town of Bara, North Kordofan and plundered the University of Gezira in Wad Madani.

History and development

The first university guide quotes causes and justifications for establishing the University of Gezira as follows: "The mission of the universities is to seek science and knowledge, reveal the secrets of nature, build human civilization in all its dimensions, assess the balance of justice, support the inherent spiritual values, raise the word of truth and prosperity, eliminate the injustice and corruption, build the mind and conscience of mankind, develop expertise and skills, enrich and refine the talents, and achieve all that through constructive cooperation in an atmosphere of brotherhood, love and fidelity".

The University of Gezira was established to serve the community, and to link education with the requirements of development and make it more relevant to human and environmental needs. This is evident from the content of educational mission entrusted to it and identified in its function "to study the environment of Sudan and in particular the rural environment, to identify the issues and conduct research around it". With this concept, the University of Gezira began its path exploring problems of society, training professional cadre capable of utilizing the potential of the rural areas of Sudan and conduct basic and applied scientific research to serve the rural community.

Campuses

The university of Gezira is currently spread in nine campuses in Gezira State and one campus in Northern State.

Campuses in the city of Wad Medani include:

The University City in Neshaishiba is located in the northern outskirt of the city of Wad Medani, and includes the university administration, central deanships, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Economics and Rural Development, Textiles, and the National Institute for Development of Horticultural Exports, the Sugar Institute and the University of Gezira Farm.

Elrazi campus, is located in the southern part of the city of Wad Medani and includes Faculties of Medicine, Pharmacy, Applied Medical Sciences, Medical Laboratory Science, Dentistry, and Mathematical and Computer Sciences, and the Water Management and Irrigation Institute, The National Cancer Institute and the National Oilseeds Processing and Research Institute, in addition to the Education Promotion Center, University Press and University of Gezira Consulting House.

The Hantoub campus houses the Faculty of Education - Hantoub and the Institute of Islamization of Knowledge.

There are six other University campuses in different locations in the Gezira state, including:

Colleges

• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Dentistry
• Faculty of Medical Laboratories
• Faculty of Engineering and Technology
• Faculty of Mathematical Computer Science
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Communication Science
• Faculty of Economics and Rural Area Development
• Faculty of Textile
• Faculty of Animal Production
• Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Faculty of Health Sciences and Environment
• Faculty of Applied Medical Science

Faculty of Medicine

The school is a home for a WHO collaborating center, a core center for the public health education and research. The school model of community-oriented education has been contributing to the development of health awareness in the region. It has also grown to be a highly active research center for endemic diseases such as malaria and bilharziasis. Both of which are water-born diseases mostly related to agricultural activities of the region residents.

The teaching hospital of the faculty of medicine is the largest hospital outside Khartoum. It serves the whole region, acting as a main referral center. A separate children's hospital is also a major training site for the medical students.

Students

There are usually five to six batches at one time and 230 students in each batch. The FMUG offers scholarship to neighbouring African and Arab countries and a good number of foreign students are enrolled on private basis.

Graduates

Thirty-three batches were graduated so far amounting to over 3,660 doctors working in the Sudan and abroad. Many of the graduates are staff members in FMUG.

International links

The school has a strong international links and the following are examples:

Network - TUFH, T

The Network is an international NGO collaborating with WHO and other organizations. FMUG is a founding member and a full member in the Network. Two of the staff were executive committee members 1983-1984/1993-1997. Two of the students of FMUG were executive committee members, the current 2019-2021 student network organization (SNO) international president is Yassein Elhussein "finalists student at FMUG". FMUG is constantly participating in the TUFH annual conferences since its establishment. About 200 abstracts have been submitted and presented in posters sessions. The faculty delegation included students and a community representative (this is unique to FMUG delegate since 2000).

WHO

There is close collaboration between the WHO and the school through the following:

• Educational Development Centre (EDC). This is a collaborative centre with WHO
• WHO partly sponsors community activities
• WHO is a member of the administrative committee for the Blue Nile Institute for Training and Research

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