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Foundation: |
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The Faculty of Veterinary Science started in 1938 as a
School of
Veterinary Science at Gordon Memorial College under the supervision
of the Department of Veterinary Services. In 1945 the School was
incorporated in the University College of Khartoum following the
pattern of the rest of the other higher Schools. In 1956 it was
transformed into the Faculty of Veterinary Science, one of the
Faculties of the newly established
University of
Khartoum
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The Faculty is located in Shambat campus at Khartoum North along the
Eastern Bank of the Nile. |
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Teaching
Staff: |
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The Faculty has
(58) members of the teaching staff:
(12) Professors
(14) Associate Professor
(22) Assistant Professor
(1) Lecturers
The Faculty has
(21) teaching assistants and (27) technicians. |
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Students: |
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The Faculty has (786) students, of whom (154) have
graduated for the year 2001/2002 Since the foundation of the Faculty
(1353) students have graduated. Those who were awarded the M.Sc.
degree were (381) students and those who were awarded the Ph.D.
degree were (66). |
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Laboratories: |
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There are (9)
laboratories in the Faculty, one for each of the departments:
Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology, Pathology, Microbiology,
Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Public Health,
Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology and Veterinary Surgery and
Obstetrics. Each of these laboratories is for the use of the
undergraduates and well as graduate students and members of the
teaching staff. Each laboratory accommodates about (60) students. |
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The Library: |
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The Faculty
depends on the Main Library of Shambat campus. The family of the
late Professor El-Amin Abdalla El Karib has donated his library to
become a special library at the Faculty, and it accommodated (30)
students and contains (367) volumes and (1326) periodicals. This
library benefits the members of the teaching staff and graduate
students. Each department has a specialised library. |
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Research Activities: |
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Research is
undertaken in all departments of the Faculty by both the
teaching staff and graduate students.
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The Faculty has
published a number of books in English on the occasion of the
Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the Faculty in 1988.
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Services Offered by the Faculty: |
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The Faculty
offers the following services: |
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Curative
and advisory services through the Veterinary Hospital
of the Faculty. |
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Training
of Veterinary Surgeons sent by the Ministry of Animal
Resources. |
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Training
of Wild Life officers and (rangers). |
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Organizing
Veterinary vocational courses on Poultry Husbandry. |
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Cultural
Relations: |
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The Faculty has
solid relations with universities and international organizations
represented by the academic agreement with the University of
Liverpool, the University of
London and the University
of Hanover , International Atomic Energy Commission, the World
Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union through
implementing specialized academic research. |
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