Queen's University Belfast

The academic partnership between MBRU (Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences) was linked with Queen's University Belfast in January, 2015.

Queen's University Belfast was founded as Queen's College in 1845, before becoming a university in its own right in 1908, and is the ninth oldest university in the United Kingdom and is a member of the UK's Russell Group of 24 leading research-intensive universities.

The partnership includes the provision of advice and guidance on curriculum development, recruitment and selection of staff, as well as students selection and admissions among other areas during the development of MBRU and the College of Medicine.

Mediclinic Middle East

Mediclinic Middle East operates seven hospitals in the UAE with over 900 inpatient beds, as well as more than 20 clinics in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra.

MBRU has a partnership agreement with Mediclinic Middle East to advance their common passion for medical education. Under this agreement, Mediclinic Middle East will make its excellent healthcare facilities and highly trained specialist physicians available for the training of MBRU students. Mediclinic Middle East will assign prepared adjunct faculty members as supervisors for MBRU students who will be embedded in the healthcare teams and participate in healthcare delivery under supervision and with graded responsibilities according to their skills and experience. The training will be based on a jointly developed program with clearly defined learning outcomes.

Under this partnership, clinical academic faculty of MBRU will be granted clinical privileges to treat patients at Mediclinic facilities. Mediclinic Middle East will offer MBRU students, the opportunity to learn in the setting of a large multispecialty private sector healthcare provider.