Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan( Faculty of Nursing and Public Health)

The Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan was created in 2013 by an Act of Parliament to govern and oversee medical and health science education and training. There are three constituent faculties within the University—the Faculty of Postgraduate Medicine, the Faculty of Nursing and Public Health, and the Faculty of Traditional Medicine—as well as three affiliated private nursing colleagues who offer 34 different programs in medicine, nursing, allied health, and traditional medicine to nearly 1000 students. Thimphu, Bhutan's capital city, is home to the university. Its teaching hospital is Jigme Dorji National Referral Hospital. The President is the University's leader. A Dean oversees the faculties.

The Faculty of Nursing and Public Health was founded in 1974 as the Health School under the Department of Health, with the purpose of training primary health care providers. The School was upgraded to the Royal Institute of Health Sciences in 1989 and was under the Royal University of Bhutan, the first university in Bhutan, which was created in 2003, as Nursing and Allied Health programs were offered. When the KGUMSB was founded in 2013, the institute was moved to it.

The Faculty of Nursing, Public Health, and Allied Health Sciences of the FNPH offers three-year diploma and four-year bachelor's degree programs in nursing, public health, and allied health sciences (Medical Technicians). More than 3000 health professionals have graduated from it, and they now work in hospitals and Primary Health Centers across the country. They are, without a doubt, the backbone of the health-care delivery system, reaching 95% of the population.

Country Rank: #9

World Rank: #25422

Website: https://www.kgumsb.edu.bt/