RAK Medical and Health Sciences University

RAK Medical and Health Sciences University is located in the most northerly of the United Arab Emirates, 100 kilometres from Dubai and 80 km distant from Sharjah, 

Set up as a medical school in 2006, it rapidly expanded to take in the other disciplines such as pharmacy, nursing and dentistry. It offers degrees in all four subjects and was also the first UAE university to offer two-year options in nursing and pharmacy. 

The student body is drawn from around 50 different nationalities, and is accommodated in the residences of the American University of Ras al Khaima. 

The medical school makes use of three RAK hospitals – Saqr, IBOH and Abdullah bin Omian -  with a combined capacity of just over 600 beds, plus three primary health centres and the 320-bed general hospital in the neighbouring Emirate of Fujairah. 

Research centres include the Central Animal Research Facility and the Translational Medical Disease Centre, investigating the causes behind a range of diseases. Both were set up in 2018.