Kabul Medical University is a governmental and autonomic university which provides an optimum, advanced, comprehensive, timely and free medical education.
Formerly known as (Kabul Medical Faculty), it was established in 1932 and was initially maintained by collaboration with two foreign governments, the Turkish and French sponsors. Both cooperators provided KMF with their own body of professionals and study materials, and a sustainable educational system. The Turkish partnership lasted for about 14 years and was followed by the French. After the French took leave, the administration was passed to Afghans themselves as MD Anwari historically took his seat as the first afghan KMF president. His era was a head start to the concomitant development of KMF as every youth in the country stepped up by having ambitions towards the development of their country.
KMF developed into a single self-autonomic University in 2005. It is currently viewed as the imperative institution in the country graduating professionals in fields of Curative, Pediatric, Stomatology and Nursing.
Kabul Medical University is being enrolled for by at least 2700 students and novices. Due to the fact of the rush by graduates across the country aspiring for medical field, each year; it is bound to accept only 30 to 40 newcomers for each of its four divisions.

Mission Statement:

Kabul Medical University is a public institution whose mission is to provide optimum advanced, comprehensive, timely and free medical education.

Formerly known as (Kabul Medical Faculty), it was established in 1932 and was initially maintained by collaboration with two foreign governments, the Turkish and French sponsors. Both cooperators provided KMF with their own body of professionals and study materials, and a sustainable educational system. The Turkish partnership lasted for about 14 years and was followed by the French. After the French took leave, the administration was passed to Afghans themselves as MD Anwari historically took his seat as the first afghan KMF president. His era was a head start to the concomitant development of KMF as every youth in the country stepped up by having ambitions towards the development of their country. KMF developed into a single self-autonomic University in 2005.
As before, it is currently viewed as the imperative institution in the country graduating professionals in fields of Medicine, Pediatric, Stomatology and Nursing.

As a mission for supervising medical institutions across all the provinces, KMU has set firm objectives which would be attained within a decade or less. These objectives certainly define the international based standard educational system that would be enabling its reach; or at least giving it a reputation of adequacy or superiority over other institutions for administration.

The Objectives are:

* Establishment of nursing college
* Building dormitory for male and female students
* Establishment of a research center
* Exchange program of lectures between universities
* Capacity-building programs for staff
* Establishment of a teaching hospital (complex)
* Buliding residential place for KMU lecturers
* Reduction of admissions for improving quality of education (Helps gain focus over chosen limits for development.)

Under the taliban regime the university was disrupted of almost all of its system contents; which included library, classes, curriculum and so forth…
The post-taliban system is on the peak of renovation and statistically there's a 30 percent more remaining work that is needed to be done; which leaves the overall university achievement taking place by 70 percent. Labs and library are up for 80 percent, classes are a 100 percent gain, and the building renovation is accomplished for by 70 percent.

Academic Rules and Regulations:

Program:
The Medical University programs have been revised and updated several times in order to meet the current health need of Afghan citizens.

Admission:
Admission is limited to baccalaureates. Normally admission is based on the applicant scores obtained from Admission Test, which is held at national level once each year. Due to the high number of applicants, usually students with the highest scores enter the medical university.

Language:
All subjects are taught in Dari but most medical terms are either in Arabic, Greek, English or French.

Promotions and Deficiencies:
Student should pass all courses (attain at least 50 points) in each semester in order to promote to the next semester. Students failing in any course should repeat the semester. Students can only once repeat a semester other wise he/she should withdraw the faculty. No student can repeat more than two semesters during the entire years of academy.

Courses and Duration:
The entire duration of medical study is seven years (including one year clerkship) which includes lectures, practical laboratory works, clinical demonstrations, small group works and other assigned duties.
Faculty duration is 7 years with:

* PCB - 1 year
* Para-Clinic - 3 years
* Clinic - 2 years
* Clerkship - 1 year

Attendance:
Regular attendance is required at lectures, laboratories, clerkships, examinations, and other assigned duties.
Graduation Requirements:
To be eligible for the 'Medical University Degree', a student must adequately complete the curriculum of the concerned faculty.

Students:

* Faculty of Medicine: 1944
* Faculty of Pediatrics - 553
* Faculty of Stomatology - 553

Total 2745 students currently enrolled at Kabul Medical Univeristy.

* Male: 60%
* Female: 40%

Staff:

Teaching staff: 213 (among them only 2 have PHD, 150 have master's degree and the remaining 61 have licenses.)

* Female: 23
* Male: 190

There's anticipation over increasing the number of PHD and master's degree qualified lecturers by forty and sixty percent. These plans are said to be achieved in a decade and are set in action from now on.

Other Staff:

* Female: 44
* Male: 140