Jinnah Sindh Medical University

HE Institution
Year of foundation: 
2012
Member since: 
15/01/2019
Jinnah Sindh Medical University

Contact

Institutional postal address: 
Rafiqi H J Shaheed Road Karachi, Pakistan Postal Code # 75510
Region: 
Asia and The Pacific
Country: 
Pakistan
City: 
Karachi
Institutional phone: 
(+92) 21-992-05185

Mission / Vision

To be a socially accountable nationally benchmarked institution aspiring to improve health through education, leadership, scholarship and community service.

To develop integrated programs and impart training for quality education, discipline and character building for potential graduates and postgraduate in medical and allied sciences, who would be committed to professional excellence based on community and research orientation and having ever evolving contemporary knowledge and technical advancement in health sciences.

Main activities


• Providing education in medical and allied health sciences
• Providing consultation in medical and allied health sciences
• Providing healthcare services, consultancy and facilities to the community
• Conducting Research  in medical and allied health sciences
• Establishing Linkages & Collaboration at national & international level
• Community outreach programs

Curricular innovation in higher education institutions (HEIs)

Introduced integrated modular curriculum in MBBS program
Teaching through advanced tools including Moodle
Online video lectures
Online assessment

Opening up higher education to society

  • All degree programs offered at JSMU, are with nominal fee structure and university offers huge scholarship both Need-based and merit-based to make the education affordable and accessible for all
  • Higher education’s role in addressing major global challenges:
  • Offering multiple awareness programs for the masses related to healthcare and bio-safety issues including the current pandemic of Covid 19.
  • Offering tele-medicine clinic by Family Medicine department of JSMU.
  • JSMU is offering an online course for doctors dealing with nCovid-19 pandemic situation in the country, one of the major global issues.

Higher education's role in addressing major global challenges

  • Offering multiple awareness programs for the masses related to healthcare and bio-safety issues including the current pandemic of Covid 19.
  • Offering tele-medicine clinic by Family Medicine department of JSMU.
  • JSMU is offering an online course for doctors dealing with nCovid-19 pandemic situation in the country, one of the major global issues.

Higher education's contribution to sustainability

  • JSMU has recently obtained the membership of United Nations Academic impact (UNAi).
  • JSMU has devised policies in line with the SDGs including SDG-3- Good Health & Well-Being SDG-4- Quality Education, SDG-5 Gender Equality, SDG -17, Partnerships

Social responsibility within higher education

JSMU has established students’ council and societies who work in collaboration with the Community Medicine departments of the university to carry out community outreach programs on regular basis. Details of these programs can be found on JSMU media page on face book  https://www.facebook.com/JSMUmediacell

Partners

  • UNESCO. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • The Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP)

Sponsored by

  • Generalitat de Catalunya. Ministry of Business and Employment. Department of Research and Universities
  • Generalitat de Catalunya. Ministry for Foreign Action and Open Government