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Gulf Medical University

Gulf Medical University (GMU, Arabic: جامعة الخليج الطبية) is a private medical university in Ajman, United Arab Emirates. Established in 1998, it is one of the largest private medical universities in the Middle East region. It has various programs in medicine and health sciences.

Thumbay Moideen is the founder and President of the board of trustees at Gulf Medical University. It is owned and promoted by Thumbay Group. Hossam Hamdy is the Chancellor of GMU.

GMU has six colleges and 26 accredited programs. Gulf Medical University is accredited by the Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA), the UAE Federal Government's quality assurance agency for higher education.

Gulf Medical University (GMU) is located in the emirate of Ajman, on the western coast of the UAE. It was founded in 1998 as Gulf Medical College (GMC) by the Thumbay Group led by Dr. Thumbay Moideen from Mangalore, India. The college was opened under Decree Number 1, issued on 28 January 1998, by His Highness Sheikh Humaid Bin Rashid Al-Nuaimi, the ruler of Ajman and Member of the Supreme Council, UAE.

The institution became a university in the year 2008 following a royal decree by Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, United Arab Emirates.[citation needed]

Today,[when?] the focus of Gulf Medical University has extended into three core areas: Medical Education, Healthcare, and Research.[citation needed]

The Gulf Medical University is located at Thumbay Medicity in Al Jurf, Ajman, and currently[when?] houses the main campus and its support facilities and academic health centers. It has within itself a research center, laboratories, classrooms and administration buildings, a stand-alone building that houses the library and the multimedia centers, a food court, restaurants, coffee shops and a sports complex with courts for tennis, basketball, volleyball, and grounds for cricket and football.[citation needed]

The Thumbay Research Institute for Precision Medicine (TRIPM) is an interdisciplinary basic and translational cancer and diabetes research program to meet the growing challenges facing UAE healthcare providers dealing with the increase in cancer burden and diabetes disease. It will focus its activities on comprehensive, translational research and personalised medicine.

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