Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Antwerp, Belgium

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Antwerp. The University of Antwerp is the first Belgian university with which SUMS entered into an agreement. This MOU was developed to further mutual interests, strengthen relations between the two universities, and promote academic and cultural interchanges in teaching and research. The areas of the cooperation include exchange programs, development of collaborative research projects, and organization of joint academic and scientific activities such as courses, lectures, workshops, and seminars.

To further cooperation between the two universities; in addition, SUMS visiting scholar, Dr. Nasser Nadjmi, who is currently the professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the University of Antwerp and the founder of Nadjmi Foundation, has been playing a focal role; thus, he retains the position to foster future probable cooperation and/or collaboration between the University of Antwerp and SUMS. Moreover, SUMS students and staff are free to choose top-down and/or bottom-up approach for cooperation.

The comprehensive list of SUMS partners and the previous signed agreements is available via this link.