SUMS International Contracts and MOUs

What is a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)?

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is a legal document describing a bilateral agreement between two or more parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action, rather than a legal commitment. MOUs are not legally enforceable in a court of law or by some other legal process.

What is a Contract?

A contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more parties that creates an obligation to do or not do a particular thing. 

Agreement Types

• Research Collaboration
• Faculty Exchange
• Student Exchange
• Joint and Dual Degree Programs
• Clinical or Practicum Rotations Abroad
• Distance Education
• Seminar or Certificate Program
• Clinical Trial Agreement

In the following table you can find an exhaustive list of MOUs between SUMS and other universities:

University Name		Corresponding Person From SUMS	Start Date	Duration	Download
Australia
	University of New South Wales	Prof. Mohammad Hadi lmanieh	2011	N/A
Austria
	Ambassador of the Republic of Austria	Prof. Mohammad Hadi lmanieh	2010	N/A
Belgium
	Ghent University	Prof. Seyed Vahid Hosseini	2016	5 years
	University of Antwerp	Prof. Nasrollah Erfani	2019	5 years
Brazil
	Instituto De Ciências Matemáticas E De Computação Da Universidade De São Paulo	Dt. Mohammad Nami	2017	5 Yeras
	BRAIN INSTITUTE at UFRN, Natal, BRAZIL	Dr.Mohammad Nami	2015	1 Year
China
	Hainan Medical University	Prof. Abbas Ghaderi	2015	5 Years
France
	University of Poitiers	Prof. Ali Bahador	2018	5 Yeras
Germany
	University of Disburg-Essen	Prof. Nasrollah Erfani	2017	3 Years
	University of Ruprecht-Karls Heidelberg	Dr. Younes Ghasemi	2017	3 Years
Hungary
	Joint Statement of Scientific and Academic Collaborations between Hungarian and Iranian Universities	Prof. Ali Bahador	2019	N/A
Iraq
	Jabir Ibn Hayyan Medical University	Prof. Seyed Vahid Hosseini	2015	5 Years
	University of Karbala	Prof.  Mohammad Hadi lmanieh	2016	5 Years
Italy
	University of Turin	Prof. Kamran Bagheri Lankarani	2017	N/A
Japan
	Aichi Medical University	Prof. Ali Bahador	2019	N/A
Kyrgyzstan
	Ala-Too International University	Prof. Seyed Vahid Hosseini	2022	N/A
Malaysia
	UCSI University	Prof. Ali Bahador	2019	5 Years
Netherlands
	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Prof. Kamran Bagheri Lankarani	2018	5 Years
Poland
	Medical University of Bialystok	Prof. Ali Bahador	2019	5 Years
Tajikistan
	The Ministry of Health of Taijkestan	Dr. Homeyra Vafaie	2015	5 Years
Turkey
	Süleyman Demirel University	Dr. Mohammad Nami	2015	5 Years
	Niğde ömer Halisdemir Üniversity (Mevlana Exchange program)	Prof. Mohammad Hadi lmanieh	2017	6 Years
	BİRUNİ UNİVERSİTY	Prof. Seyed Vahid Hosseini	2022	5 Years
	Başkent University	Prof. Seyed Vahid Hosseini	2022	N/A
UKRAINE
	KHARKIV NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	Dr. Mehrzad Lpifi	2020	5 Years
USA
	Jackson State University	Prof.  Mohammad Hadi lmanieh	2009	N/A

The following table features the previous MOUs between Shiraz University of Medical Sciences and other universities. At the moment we have started negotiating with these universities to renew the MOUs.

University Name		Corresponding Person from SUMS	Start Date	Duration	Download
Australia
	Burnet Institute of Medical Research	Prof. Soliman Mohammadi Samani	2007	3 years
Italy
	University of Rome "La Sapienza'	Prof. Mohammad Hadi lmanieh	2007	5 years
	The University of Milan	Prof. Mehran Karimi	2007	5 years
Pakistan
	The Minister of Health, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamic Republic of Pakistan	Prof. Mohammad Hadi lmanieh	2012	N/A
Singapour
	Nanyang Technological University	Prof. Mohammad Hadi lmanieh	2009	5 years
	NUS - National University of Singapore	Prof. Mohammad Hadi lmanieh	2009	2 years
United Kingdom
	University of Sheffield	Prof. Seyed Mahmoud Sadjjadi	2006	3 years

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