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RSITIE VE S C NI O U M NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION L M A I S N S O I I O T N A N T H C E OU VI GHT AND SER MONDAY www.nuc.edu.ng A PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY th 0795-3089 13 August, 2018 Vol. 13 No. 33 Iran Admits 4.8m into Universities in one year — 250,000 to read medicine total of 164,445 females and 81,660 males were Aa d m i t t e d t o r e a d m e d i c i n e i n 2 0 1 6 - 2 0 1 7 academic session out of a total number of 4.8 million candidates a d m i t t e d i n a l l I r a n i a n Universities. More females were also admitted into Human Sciences, Basic Sciences, Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences and Art. Male Candidates outnumbered females only in Engineering where 1,148,044 males were admitted against 355,260 females. Great Cleric, Chairman of Al-Mustapha International University and Chairman of Briefing the Executive Secretary, the Supreme Council of Jami’ul Mudarriseen, Iran, Prof. Ayatallah Alireza Arafi (right) N a t i o n a l U n i v e r s i t i e s presenting a sourvinir (plaque) to Prof. Rasheed (left) Commission (NUC), Prof. D18 meeting which was however including campuses and a literacy Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, mni, postponed, Mr. F. Talebi, the rate of 97 per cent. MFR, FNAL, when he visited Deputy of Centre of International the Iranian Ministry of Science, Scientific Cooperation in the He told the NUC Scribe that two Research and Technology in Ministry said that with a ministries were responsible for Tehran where he went to attend population of 80 million, Iran had regulating Science, Research and a total of 2,750 Universities Technology in Iran. “The Ministry in this edition Proposed Claretian University Submits Prof. Rasheed Becomes Fellow of Documents to NUC Pg. 13 Physiotherapy Society Pg. 16 EDITORIAL BOARD: Ibrahim Usman Yakasai (Chairman), Mal. Haruna Lawal Ajo (Editor), Mrs. Franca Chukwuonwo, Ogbonnaya Okoronkwo, Miss Bunshak T.S, Francis Azu, Udey Felix, Aja-Nwachukwu Samuel, Sadiq Abubakar Enquiries: [email protected] 13th August, 2018 Vol. 13 No. 33 Meeting at Ministry of Science, Research and Technology in Tehran of Science, Research and Mr. Talebi further said that the percent of Iranian Students and 24 T e c h n o l o g y r e g u l a t e s country has an office of the Vice- percent of Faculty members of all universities offering courses in Presidency for Science and universities. B a s i c S c i e n c e s , H u m a n Technology that does not have Sciences, Engineering, Art, any university or institution On Vocational training in Iran, the Agriculture, Research Centres under it, but was mainly ministry official said there was and all Science and Technology responsible for supporting “the currently over 850,000 students Parks, while the Ministry of technological development and undertaking different vocational Health and Medical Education science based companies.” studies in 900 branches of regulates medical education and University of Technical and all Medical Universities, He said that Iran had 70 Research Vocational Training in different Medical Research Centres and Centres, Science and Technology parts of the country. oversees the integration of the Parks which were spread across delivery of health services in the the country, even in border cities He revealed that at the moment, country.” and that women constituted 50 Iran had implemented 17 mega projects under the Supervision of the Deputy of Science and Technology of Presidency and 47 national mega projects under the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. “Some of these National Mega Projects are: Manufacturing Supercomputers, Research in Ocean-Liner, P r o d u c t i o n o f r a d i o pharmaceuticals, National accelerator, mass production of Micro-Alec, and manufacturing and launching of small satellites,” Explaining the quality prospective Group photo with officials of the Ministry of the country’s universities, Mr. Page 2 MONDAY BULLETIN A Publication of The Office of The Executive Secretary 13th August, 2018 Vol. 13 No. 33 Talebi said that in 2016, Iran was ranked 16th in the world and 2nd in Scientific publication growth rate by SCOPUS and ISI Rankings, adding that in the 2017 Times and Thomson Reuters rankings, 13 Iranian Universities were rated among top world universities and 206 Iranian Scholars were among top one (1) percent of World Scientists. Mr. Talebi informed Prof. Rasheed that Iran was interested in exporting its achievements in science and technology to other TUMS Vice-Chancellor for Global Strategies and International Affairs, countries and was ready to enter Dr. Ramin Kordi (left) presenting a souvenir to Prof. Rasheed i n t o j o i n t b i l a t e r a l a n d s e e i n g m o r e r e s e a r c h explore areas of collaborations multilateral programmes with collaborations between Nigeria between them and Nigerian other countries, adding that as a and Iranian universities, having universities. friend to Iran, Nigeria was a Iranian academics in Nigerian priority to them and they were universities and hoped that his He informed the ministry officials interested in opening universities visit would open up discussions that there were about two million in Nigeria, encourage staff- between academics in the two Nigerians enrolled into various student exchanges, enter into countries. p r o g r a m m e s i n t h e 1 6 4 collaborations with universities universities in the country and that and offer more admissions to The NUC scribe said that because tuition was free in all federal Nigerians to do their PhDs in Iran was advanced in Medicine, universities in Nigeria. Iran. Pharmacy, and Technology; he deliberately included visiting The Ministry organised a tour of Responding, Professor Rasheed Iranian universities in order to three universities for Professor said that the NUC was desirous of Rasheed. At the Tehran University of Medical Science, (TUMS), the Vice Chancellor, for Global Strategies and International Affairs, Dr. Ramin Kordi told the NUC Scribe that TUMS traced its origin to 1852 when the first Modern Centre for Medical Education was established as part of the Institute for Higher Education, Dar -ol-Fonoon. He however explained that the School of Medicine as the first school of University of Tehran was established in 1934 and by 1986 all Prof. Rasheed presenting some copies of Monday Bulletin to Dr. Ramin Kordi Page 3 MONDAY BULLETIN A Publication of The Office of The Executive Secretary 13th August, 2018 Vol. 13 No. 33 Meeting with Officials of the Tehran University of Medical Science medical and associated schools Treatment Hospitals covering a of Dentistry where the Vice-Dean of University of Tehran carried population of more than three of Global Strategies and on their activities independently million people and providing International Affairs, Pouyan as Tehran University of Medical students with ample opportunity Aminishakib, D.D.S, in a Sciences (TUMS). to put their knowledge into presentation told the Executive practice.” Secretary that the School had three He said that TUMS was “the separate campuses, 13 educational oldest and most well-known TUMS had received the first rank departments with MSc. in 8 medical centre in Iran and admits among universities in Iran for disciplines, PhD in two disciplines student around the globe”. many years and had proved itself and specialty in 8 disciplines. in the international arena, He revealed that TUMS had more receiving notable awards in the He said further that the School has than 90 research centres,1,650 region, Asia and around the 10 Separate Clinics, an Integrated faculty members and graduates world”, he added. Oral Health Care System and a about 13,000 students annually Dental Laboratory Technology in various “levels and majors,” Professor Rasheed was later School and five research Centres. with 12 Schools, 16 Teaching and conducted round TUMS School Group photo with officials of TUMS. Prof. Rasheed is 5th right while the Vice Chancellor, Dr. Kordi is 4th left Page 4 MONDAY BULLETIN A Publication of The Office of The Executive Secretary 13th August, 2018 Vol. 13 No. 33 He listed the 13 department of the school as follows: • Community Oral Health • Dental Bio materials • Endodontics • Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine • Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology • Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery • Orthodontics, Pediatric Prof. Rasheed (right) receiving a souvinir (plaque) from the Director International Dentistry Academic Collaborations of Al-Zahra University, Dr. Hanachi • P e r i o d o n t i c s , Prosthodontics founded in 1964. countries and that in its faculty of • Restorative Dentistry Art, it runs degrees in Arabic, and She said that with a student Russian, French and Persian, while • D e n t a l L a b o r a t o r y population of about 12,000, the in its faculty of education it offers Technology. university had 51 under-graduate counseling, Psychology and a n d 11 4 p o s t - g r a d u a t e Information Technology. At the Al-Zahra University, an all programmes housed in 10 female institution, a presentation faculties, adding that the Professor Hanachi said that Nano on the university was given by university had two campuses in Physics was also offered in the the Director of International Tehran and publishes 18 university and that the Biological Academic Collaboration, Academic Journals.