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The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Bahrain is a constituent university of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. It was founded in 2004 and produced its first medical graduating class in June 2010. The current student body is over 450 students with a significant number of international students.

The university is also known as the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Medical University of Bahrain (RCSI-MUB), although this older title is being phased out in favor of RCSI-Bahrain.

Although, currently and for the near future the WHO and FAIMER list will reflect the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Medical University of Bahrain name.

History

The establishment of the university in Bahrain was part of a greater €60 million 10−year development plan, which was officially launched in September 2003. A memorandum of understanding was previously signed by the president of RCSI and the then-Bahrain ambassador to the UK, Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa. The university was formally opened on the 4th of May, 2004 by the Prime Minister of Bahrain Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and Ireland's Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, with the first batch of students being admitted in October of the same year.

The university's campus, upon its establishment, was temporarily in the Seef district of Manama, the capital city. In February 2009, a new $65 million campus was opened in Busaiteen, in the neighboring island of Muharraq. The campus was officially opened by the then-president of Ireland Mary McAleese. The new campus can facilitate more than 2,000 students.

Purpose

The purpose of the university, as stated on their website, is listed below:

Building on the heritage of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland which was founded in 1784, we will enhance health in Bahrain, the other GCC countries and beyond through endeavor, innovation and collaboration in education, research and service. The primary mission of the RCSI Medical University of Bahrain is to inspire, educate and train competent and caring graduates who are well prepared to enter specialty training programmes and assume leadership roles in their profession. We undertake these activities to internationally recognised standards of excellence in teaching and research for the benefit of the health of the nations

— RCSI Bahrain mission statement,

Degree

Graduates of the medicine course obtain a MB BCh BAO degree, from both the National University of Ireland (NUI) and RCSI Bahrain. Graduates of the nursing course obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the RCSI Bahrain and from the NUI as well.

Medical graduates will also be awarded with the Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (LRCSI) and the Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (LRCPI).

Bahraini uprising

During the Bahraini uprising, the Ministry of Education asked the college to arrange meetings with some students who had participated in anti-government marches. Students were asked about their reasons for taking part in those marches.

The Ministry of Education withdrew the scholarships of 2 students in RCSI-MUB who had taken part in the anti-government movement. The reason given by the Ministry was that they breached their contracts of remaining non-political during their educational process.

The college has come under criticism for not supporting its graduates or students who have been victims of the crackdown against the uprising and who have been arrested. The issue was raised in the Irish Seanad.

References

1. "RCSI-Bahrain official website". Retrieved 3 December 2012.
2. "First NUI medical and nursing degrees conferred in Bahrain". National University of Ireland. 28/06/2010. Retrieved 13 April 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
3. Healy, Alison (6 September 2003). "College of Surgeons to get €60m development". The Irish Times (via HighBeam Research). Retrieved 2 December 2012.
4. "Medical University to be launched". Info-Prod Research (via HighBeam Research). 15 April 2004. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
5. "$65m campus for RCSI university". TradeArabia (via HighBeam Research). 3 February 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
6. "RCSI Bahrain Strategic Plan 2012 – 2017" (PDF). p. 3. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
7. ^ "MB BCh BAO (Medicine) course". RCSI Bahrain. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
8. "Nursing". RCSI Bahrain. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
9. Scores disappear as Bahrain's uprising continues The Irish Times, Monday, March 28, 2011
10. Human Rights Issues Seanad Éireann Debate Vol. 208 No. 9, Thursday, 16 June 2011

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