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“St. Cyril and Methodius” opens a department in Abu Dhabi
The State University “St. Cyril and Methodius” from Skopje from the first time of its existence will open its own department abroad, which will start functioning as of 1st December, next year in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
The department will be for graduate studies in the biomedical sciences.
In Abu Dhabi these days have staying the provost Ljubica Shuturkova, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Magdalena Zanteva and the councilor in the Ministry of Education and Science, Suzana Gamtovska – Zdravkovska.
In addition, a memorandum of understanding has been concluded between the University “St. Cyril and Methodius” and the Bin Ham group for organizing and opening of the department.
The group Bin Ham is prepared to invest 50 million euros for construction and opening of the University, as well as an opening to a special hospital within its frames.
The Agreement will be valid for 20 years – says Abas Abdel Kerim, authorized person for realization of the initiative who twenty years ago graduated on the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Skopje.
The Bin Ham group is property of the sheikh Musalem Salem Bin ham, son of one of the Emirates` founders. His family is the second greatest, most influential and most powerful, and the forth richest family. It employs over 15.000 people, and works in the oil business, the hotel trade and tourism, agriculture& Among the other things, it has three high schools of medicine, which should develop in Faculties with curriculums.
From the sixties to the beginning of the nineties over 15.000 students from the Arabic countries have studied in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Yugoslavia. Belgrade and Skopje were the major centers and major part of them has graduated on the Skopje University. (Skopje Dnevnik)
EMonline
“St. Cyril and Methodius” opens a department in Abu Dhabi
The State University “St. Cyril and Methodius” from Skopje from the first time of its existence will open its own department abroad, which will start functioning as of 1st December, next year in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
The department will be for graduate studies in the biomedical sciences.
In Abu Dhabi these days have staying the provost Ljubica Shuturkova, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Magdalena Zanteva and the councilor in the Ministry of Education and Science, Suzana Gamtovska – Zdravkovska.
In addition, a memorandum of understanding has been concluded between the University “St. Cyril and Methodius” and the Bin Ham group for organizing and opening of the department.
The group Bin Ham is prepared to invest 50 million euros for construction and opening of the University, as well as an opening to a special hospital within its frames.
The Agreement will be valid for 20 years – says Abas Abdel Kerim, authorized person for realization of the initiative who twenty years ago graduated on the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Skopje.
The Bin Ham group is property of the sheikh Musalem Salem Bin ham, son of one of the Emirates` founders. His family is the second greatest, most influential and most powerful, and the forth richest family. It employs over 15.000 people, and works in the oil business, the hotel trade and tourism, agriculture& Among the other things, it has three high schools of medicine, which should develop in Faculties with curriculums.
From the sixties to the beginning of the nineties over 15.000 students from the Arabic countries have studied in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Yugoslavia. Belgrade and Skopje were the major centers and major part of them has graduated on the Skopje University. (Skopje Dnevnik)