| Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Science | |
| Native Name: | གེ་སར་རྒྱལ་པོ་གསོ་རིག་གཙུག་ལག་སློབ་སྡེ |
| Native Name Lang: | dz |
| Type: | Public |
| Students: | 2,171 |
| Website: | https://www.kgumsb.edu.bt/ |
The Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan (KGUMSB) is a medical university located in Thimphu, Bhutan. Founded in 2013, it is the first medical university to be established in Bhutan.[1]
In 2012, the government decided to establish the University of Medical Sciences Act of Bhutan (UMSB), in addition to the Royal University of Bhutan, founded in 2003, which combines all other disciplines, a university specifically dedicated to the urgently needed training of medical professionals, such as nurses and doctors.[2]
The medical school, founded in Thimphu in 2013, was renamed Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences (KGUMSB) in 2015 in honor of the ruling Druk Gyalpo.[3] The MoU between the Ministry of Health and the University was signed to strengthen the programmes further.[4]
There are two colleges that are under the KGUMSB:[5]
The KGUMSB has three faculties:
The main focus of education within the Faculty of Health Sciences is nursing. There is also a faculty of traditional medicine and a post-graduate school that awards the MD after four years.
Regular international conferences are held at the University on various issues.[6]