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Monash medical and pharmacy courses to be taught in UAE

2 February 2005

Monash will collaborate with the prestigious Sharjah University in the United Arab Emirates to develop medicine and pharmacy degrees to be taught in Sharjah.

Professor Byrne with His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qassimi.

The Ruler of Sharjah, His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, approached Monash to help develop the curriculum in pharmacy and medicine and to establish the degrees in time for current pre-medicine and pre-pharmacy students to begin studies in September.

As part of the agreement, Monash will provide its medicine and pharmacy curriculum and course material for use in the medical and pharmacy colleges at Sharjah. It will also help recruit senior teaching staff, and design and staff a new 300-bed teaching hospital to be located next to the new medical college.

In December, Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences dean Professor Edward Byrne, Pharmacy dean Professor Colin Chapman and other senior Monash staff attended the official opening ceremony of Sharjah University 's new medical facility, during which a Memorandum of Agreement between the two universities was signed.

Professor Chapman said the facility was outstanding, with beautiful architecture and state-of-the-art teaching facilities, equipment and ICT infrastructure.

Professor Byrne said the agreement was an opportunity for Monash to be a part of an exciting project that would help build a significant relationship between Australia and a stable, moderate and friendly part of the Middle East.

He said he believed there would be opportunities to develop additional courses for Sharjah and to facilitate the development of research capabilities at the university.

"It will also help to increase Monash's profile throughout the Middle East," he said.