| Kashan University of Medical Sciences | |
| Native Name: | Danushgah-e 'lum-e Pezeshki-ye vâ Xedâmat-e Behedashti-ye Dârmaii-ye Kashan |
| Established: | 1986 |
| Affiliations: | Public |
| City: | Kashan |
| State: | Isfahan province |
| Country: | Iran |
| President: | Kourosh Saki |
| Faculty: | 127 |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Enrollment: | 2,400 |
| Website: | www.kaums.ac.ir |
Kashan University of Medical Sciences (KAUMS) is a medical school of Iran. Located in the central city of Kashan, the university was established in 1986.
The university has 5 Schools and offers degrees in 23 fields including PhDs and residency degrees for post graduate applicants. The university operates 5 teaching hospitals and over 60 clinics in the city and surrounding areas.
The Shahid Beheshti Educational and Medical Center was initially established in 1990.
On 2001 this center was included in the framework of the medical services of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education and was purchased from the Social Security Organization Shahid Beheshti Hospital was handed over to the university on2/12/2004
Now this hospital with an area of about40,000 square meters located at km5 of Kashan-Ravand road provides services to residents of Kashan city and surrounding towns and villages.[1]
• This hospital was built in 1325 and was handed over to the Kashan Endowment and Charity Office along with a collection of endowed properties, and then in 1990 it was covered by the University of Medical Sciences.
• Also in 1381, another building in the hospital, called M.R.I building, was constructed and commissioned by health donors, and in 1384, the main building of the hospital, which was built in 1325.[2]
Matini Hospital was built in 1344 and was put into operation in 1346.
This hospital, with its committed medical facilities and staff and with experience in diagnosing diseases and treating patients, has been able to provide medical services to the people of Kashan and other neighboring cities.[3]
The treating Akhavan hospital has been in use since 1955. Since 2013 the hospital was moved to a new location and new name (Kargarnejad Hospital).
The Psychiatric Hospital was established in1991 on the site of a hospital that was previously an internal ward and did not comply with psychiatric standards, called the Akhavan Hospital, which initially included a men's psychiatric ward with 19 beds and a women's psychiatric ward with 20 beds.
From the beginning, the instability of the hospital due to the age of the building and non-standard psychiatric hospital, made officials to consider building a new standard center.
Thus the university started the project of building a 101-bed psychiatric hospital in 2005. In 2012, the hospital was transferred to a new center and Mr. Javad Kargarnejad Psychiatric Hospital was inaugurated.
This hospital is built on a land with an area of about 6600 square meters and in two floors. The ground floor includes medical and paraclinical wards and units, and the first floor includes administrative and support units.[4]
Kashan Medical School was founded in 1986. Now this college has 100 students.