SUMS Facts and Figures (2017-2018)
	 
	 
	Ranking
	 
	
		
			| Item | Rank | 
		
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					International Congress | 
					1st among Iranian medical universities | 
		
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					Clinical Research Development Center | 
					1st among 47 clinical research development centers of Iran | 
		
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					Morality in Research | 
					2nd among Iranian medical universities | 
		
			| 
					ESI Ranking (2017) | 
					3rd among Iranian medical universities | 
		
			| 
					USID Ranking (2017) | 
					3rd among Iranian medical universities | 
		
			| 
					H-Index Ranking (2016) | 
					4th among Iranian medical universities | 
		
			| 
					QS World University Rankings 2018 | 
					401st among medical universities worldwide | 
		
			| 
					SCImago Institutions Rankings 2019 | 
					628th (overall) among world universities | 
		
			| 
					Leiden University Ranking (2017: data of 2012-2015) | 
					4th among Iranian medical universities 
					423rd among medical universities worldwide | 
		
			| ISC Ranking (2015-2016) | 16th among medical universities of Islamic Countries | 
	
	 
	Institutions
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		43 Hospitals and Clinics (Including 15 Teaching Facilities)
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		20 Primary Health Networks
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		3 Community Health Centers in Shiraz
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		18 Schools
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		63 Research Centers
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		6 Research Incubators
	 
	Libraries  
	29 Traditional Libraries:
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		73587 Books in the Persian Language
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		35300 Books in the English Language
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		12923 Theses and Dissertations in Persian
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		4593 Theses and Dissertations in English
	Digital Library:
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		EBMs including Cochrane Library, UpToDate,
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		and ClinicalKey
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		Databases including WOS, Embase, Reaxyes, Scopus,
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		ULRICHS, Irandoc, SID, etc.
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		Magazine and Journal Databases in Persian including Magiran,
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		ISC, Civilica, noormags, and SID
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		E-Journals and E-Books including Springer, ScienceDirect,
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		ProQuest, BMJ, Wiley Online Library, etc.
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		Multimedia including ClinicalKey, Anatomy.TV, Ovid, and JoVE
	Publications
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		Over 1789 Scientific Publications in 2017
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		25 International Journals in the English Language
	 
	SUMS Faculty Members by Rank
	- 
		960 Faculty Members
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		159 Professors (21%)
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		227 Associate Professors (26%)
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		514 Assistant Professors (49%)
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		60 Instructors (4%)  
	 
	SUMS Faculty Members by Gender  
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		517 Male Faculty (58%)
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		379 Female Faculty (42%)
	 
	Total Number of Staff
	 More than 35,000 Staff
	 
	Student Statistics (2022-2023)
	10465 Students
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		6880 Undergraduate Students
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		150 Associate Students
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		2994 Bachelor Students
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		3736 M.D., D.M.D., and Pharm.D. Students
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		3585 Graduate Students
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		1411 Master’s Students
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		426 MPH Students
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		457 Ph.D. Students
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		1091 Specialty
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		106 Subspecialty
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		94 Fellowship students
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		6070 Female Students
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		4395 Male Students