About MAZUMS Undergraduate Programs
August 06, 2022
Undergraduate
Undergraduate Programs
An undergraduate or a first-level university student is a student working toward an Associate, B.Sc., M.D./M.B.B.S., B.D.S/D.D.S., or Pharm.D./M.Pharm. degree. We consider you an undergraduate applicant if you have graduated from high school and are applying to one of the above-mentioned degrees.
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) in Iran is a doctorate-level degree that requires about seven years of study, research, and limited hands-on practice under the supervision of reputed professors. After graduation, you will be a Doctor in Medicine, and you can pursue your studies in different Specialty programs, which include five-years of university studies.
Moreover, by holding the M.D. degree, individuals are able to start their professional practice in hospitals, private practices, and clinics. Please note, however, that international students have restricted professional capacities due to their foreign nationality, and working as a doctor in Iran for international individuals can only take place under regulations as set by the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education and the Iranian Medical Council.
Language of Instruction
Classes during the first 2 years of the program are held in English, but the rest of the M.D. program (the third year onwards) will be held in Persian.
The language of instruction at MAZUMS for international students is English and Persian both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. However, since some of the majors and programs at the undergraduate level require students to have interaction with patients who speak Persian, learning Persian could be obligatory for the students of those majors. These students are often M.D. and D.D.S. students but it is the Office of Admissions which specifies for which programs Persian or remedial English courses are obligatory or optional.
The Persian language academy at Mazandaran Province (Babolsar City) immediately took charge of teaching Persian to MAZUMS international students in the first step.
Location
All classes will be held in Sari and Ramsar cities, Mazandaran Province, Iran.
Persian Language classes will be held in Babolsar city, AZFA Center.
Program Duration
The Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) program lasts at least 7 years.
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.)
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) is a professional degree in medical science and surgery. A person holding the MBBS degree becomes a certified medical practitioner.
Program Description:
This course consists a competency-based educational plan with study, research, and limited hands-on practice under the supervision of reputed professors. Duration of this program is equal to 5.5 years. MBBS course syllabus is classified into following: general, basic and clinical (major). It is divided into credits of theoretical, practical and theoretical courses.
After graduation, individuals can pursue your studies in different Specialty programs. Moreover, they are able to start their professional practice in hospitals and clinics.
Objectives:
The aim of this course is to provide general practitioners with the following abilities:
- Familiar with the mechanisms of health and disease.
- Familiar with major health issues and ability to integrate Medical Knowledge to address the mechanisms of health and disease
- Clinical and Professional Skills:
- Developing and maintaining professional behaviors
- Develop interpersonal and communication skills for an effective collaboration with patients, their families
- Develop skills for evidence based learning and practice
- Practical ability to diagnosis and management of common medical problems and/ or emergency diseases
Duration:
Duration of this program is equal to 5.5 years.
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
At the beginning of the twentieth century pharmacy was introduced as an independent field of study due to man’s need for new cures, the chemical and biological advances happening at the time, the close relations between different scientific disciplines and also the possibility to explore and present new treatment processes using new drugs and pharmaceutical products. In Iran this happened in 1935, after the independence of the field from medicine, and the establishment of the school of pharmacy. The School of Pharmacy is equipped with educational and research laboratories in Pharmacognosy and Biotechnology, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Toxicology, Medicinal Chemistry, Clinical Pharmacy, Radio Pharmacy and Medicinal plants. Today, in addition to establishing new pharmacy departments, each department has built research centers and designed more specialized programs based on specific medical needs of society.
Program Description:
Pharm. D, is a field in medical sciences, designed to meet the pharmacy-related medical needs of society. The school’s curriculum provides students with the opportunity to develop their skills both in theory and practice. The curriculum provides graduates with the opportunity to work in industrial and pharmaceutical companies, quality control laboratories, poison control centers, cosmetic companies, cellular pharmacology, herbal medicine, biotechnology research, and academia.
Objectives:
Pharmaceutical scientists are expected to have sufficient general knowledge in different areas of pharmaceutical sciences and be able to meet related needs of the society. The general aims of this field are as follows:
- Meeting the general educational and research needs to better understand pharmaceutical sciences and all related factors.
- Knowing all scientific and practical research in the area of pharmaceutical sciences.
- Increasing knowledge and skills in:
- Thorough knowledge of the existing drugs in pharmacopoeia
- The ability to manage general and specialized pharmacies and guiding patients and doctors to use pharmaceutical products correctly.
- Making of drugs and cosmetics at pharmacy level
- Making of drugs and cosmetic products at industrial level.
- Quality and quantity control of pharmaceuticals, foods and cosmetics.
- Preventing poisoning and drug side effects
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical sciences references
- The ability to recognize and plan for all health and pharmaceutical related issues at a national level.
- Cultures and mindsets of different peoples
- Research and educational subjects
- Promotion of professional ethics
General Competencies:
It is essential for pharmacy students to have good written and oral communication skills. Students must be able to communicate effectively with patients, physicians and with other members of the health care team. The final applicant pool may be interviewed.
Specific Competencies and Skills (Special Qualifications):
They can provide service in:
- Urban pharmacies to supervise dispense prescriptions and offer guidance to patients.
- Hospital pharmacies to supervise prescription dispensing, supply the needs of different wards and offer guidance to patients.
In consultation roles:
- In urban and hospital pharmacies to guide patients and doctors to choose the right medicine.
- Decreasing drug side effects by providing patients and doctors with accurate pharmaceutical information.
In management roles:
- In pharmaceutical institutions and organizations
- In all matters related to pharmaceuticals, including pharmaceutical companies and health care networks
- In pharmaceutical companies to supervise drug production and control as technical supervisors
In research roles:
- Regarding the role of the program, can provide doctors with information performing research on drug use patterns and endemics in research areas of institutions and pharmaceutical companies
Duration:
Pharmacy education lasts approximately 6 years.
Bachelor of Dental Sciences (B.D.S.) (Only for International Students)
Bachelor of Dental Sciences is a five-year program which consists of a competency-based educational plan with emphasis on prevention caring, so that graduate students, besides sufficient and comprehensive knowledge in up-to-date dentistry sciences, have the skills for visiting patients and treating different kinds of oral and dental diseases. In this program, students learn the diagnosis of different kinds of dental diseases.
Program Descrption:
Dentistry program (Bachelor degree) is one of the high educational course, being considered as a part of medical education plan. B.D.S. is a is a five-year program which consists of a competency-based educational plan with emphasis on prevention caring.
Objectives:
The Objectives of this program is training and teaching dental and oral specialists, having strong scientific bases for performing future researches in dentistry field, in addition to enjoying from educational-treating efficiency).
Also, they must cover qualitative and quantitative lack of needed human force, throughout the country.
Final objectives of considered plan are as followed:
- Establishing an oral health care/education system in coordination with general health (medical) care system;
- Supplying preventive-treatment services dentistry services, being just and common, for all people of country. It is performed, by qualitative and quantitative developing a desired servicing- educational system in field of health and treatment.
- Providing knowledge and abilities-in the field of oral health care-with needs of Islamic nation of Iran.
- Duration of program and mode of system:
Duration:
Duration of this program is equal to 5 years.
Doctor of Dentistry (D.D.S.)
Doctor of Dentistry is a competency-based educational plan with emphasis on prevention caring, so that graduate students, besides sufficient and comprehensive knowledge in up-to-date dentistry sciences, have the skills for visiting patients and treating different kinds of oral and dental diseases.
Description:
D.D.S. is a six-year program which consists of a competency-based educational plan with emphasis on prevention caring, so that graduate students, besides sufficient and comprehensive knowledge in up-to-date dentistry sciences, have the skills for visiting patients and treating different kinds of oral and dental diseases. In this program, students pass basic sciences in two years and then enter the clinic for four years in order to pass courses in all dentistry departments and learn the diagnosis of different kinds of diseases in each department. The student completes a total of 207 credits within six years. As a result of working with numerous patients, students will become highly skilled in their clinical stage.
Objectives:
The primary mission of Mazandaran University of Sciences' School of Dentistry is to provide access to high quality, publicly-funded dental education to regions in order to develop dentists who will make a personal commitment to serving the needs of rural and underserved communities through outreaching programs that are especially attentive to minority and underserved populations.
Students learn about the upstream factors that affect the health outcomes, such as personal behaviors, health care quality and access, social, cultural and economic factors, and the built and natural environment
The educational mission of MAZUMS is to graduate dentist with the ability and desire to improve the health of all people by alleviating suffering and eliminating healthcare disparities through their leadership in patient care, research, education, health care administration, and the community.
After completing the educational program for the D.D.S. degree, our graduates will be able to:
- Prepare highly qualified dental hygiene healthcare professionals.
- Apply their knowledge and skills to the practice of dentistry, including formulating an appropriate problem list, a set of competing hypotheses, and a diagnostic and therapeutic plan.
- Progress in the development of self-directed life-long learning skills, including the recognition of personal educational needs, selection of appropriate learning resources, and evaluation of progress.
- Gain professionalism through a commitment to professional responsibility, ethical principles, reflective practice, and self-improvement.
- Gain communication skills, including effective and humane interactions with patients, colleagues, health care personnel, and members of the community.
- Function as a collaborative member of the healthcare team.
- Incorporate pedagogy that fosters problem solving and critical thinking skills as a basic feature of the curriculum.
- Recognize the role of technology in the educational process and access to information for the efficient and effective practice of dentistry.
Duration: 6 years
Midwifery
Midwifery is a sub-branch of medical sciences. Its graduates as members of health care team are actively engaged in reproductive health, health care during pregnancy, during and after the birth, neonatal care, education, sexual and reproductive health consultancy, promotion of normal and safe delivery, diagnosis of abnormal status in mother, fetus, or newborn, emergency interventions during pregnancy or delivery, and on-time referral of unusual cases. They also strive to provide and promote health of mothers, fetus, newborns, and neonates.
Description:
The mission of this program is to train committed, competent, and knowledgeable midwifery professionals who are able to deliver midwifery services at different levels of prevention to patients independently as members of the health care team.
Objective:
The aims of this program include helping to promote indexes related to women’s reproductive health and families, helping to reduce problems of mother, fetus, neonate, and child as well as mortality during pregnancy, and also helping to promote normal delivery.
Principles, Values, and Beliefs
Since the family is a fundamental component of the society and the main center for human development, and since women and mothers have a central and decisive role in the family, health, and well-being of mothers and children and providing health care service for them is central in Iran’s health planning programs.
In this educational program, taking into account that pregnancy and birth are physiological and normal events in life and the fact that prevention is more important than curing, it is essential to facilitate normal conditions for reproductive events and any abnormality should be carefully identified and treated.
Access to appropriate midwifery services, regardless of race, culture, religion, place of residency, political interests, and economic and social statues, is the right of all families.
Graduates of this program have a duty to deliver high-standard, quality midwifery care to patients and use the results of researcher in accordance with national goals, ethical principles, and justice within the area of their responsibilities.
Duration: 4 Years
Nursing
Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health care providers by their approach to patient care, training, and scope of practice. Nurses practice in a wide diversity of practice areas with a different scope of practice and level of prescriber authority in each field. Many nurses provide care within the ordering scope of physicians, and this traditional role has come to shape the historic public image of nurses as care providers. However, nurses are permitted by most jurisdictions to practice independently in a variety of settings depending on their training level.
Description:
Nursing is an independent program, and is a sub-branch of medical science. Nursing graduates, as a member of health care team, will be working in areas related to health care, education, research, consultancy, prevention, management, and rehabilitation. B.Sc. in nursing is the first level of nursing education which has been developed based on scientific and religious criteria. Nursing education at the B.Sc. level trains professional nurses, who, as a general staff nurse, would be able to take a responsibility of health assessment, coordination and implementation of care for individuals and families in different areas of practice.
The mission of nursing education at B.Sc. level is to train knowledgeable, committed, competent, and efficient professionals, who, by gaining professional abilities and latest knowledge, are capable of providing, maintaining, and improving health care and rehabilitation services for the society that are cost effective with highest standards. This could be achieved through education, research, and development of nursing knowledge.
Based on the program, along with the fast-changing world, students will be educated based on international and regional standards, secure their position in prevention and different areas of health care, will take national jobs, deliver cost-effective and high-quality health care to improve the health of the society and the quality of patients’ lives and will be well known in the region and internationally.
Objectives:
The main aim of the program is to train nursing professionals, who, as a member of the health care team, will be able to work in areas related to health care, education, research, consultancy, prevention, management, and rehabilitation to provide, maintain, and improve the health of individuals, families, and the society.
General Competencies:
Communication skills, interviewing, educational, writing, reporting, critical thinking, problem solving, managerial skills as well as professionalism.
Specific Competencies and Skills (Special Qualifications):
Graduates’ roles include: caring, education, research, consultancy, management, and rehabilitation.
Program Duration: 4 Years (8 semesters)
Medical Laboratory Sciences (B.Sc.)
Laboratory sciences is a branch of medical sciences dealing with the analysis of blood, body fluids, and tissues for the diagnosis of diseases, treatment follow-ups, and keeping people healthy. The educational system of this program is in accordance with the educational regulations of associate degree, continuous bachelor’s, and discontinuous bachelor’s programs.
The Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences at MAZUMS accept students in the program of Medical Laboratory Sciences at the Bachelor of Science (BS.c.) level.
Medical laboratory science is a branch of medical sciences dealing with the analysis of blood, body fluids, and tissues for the diagnosis of diseases, treatment follow-ups, and keeping people healthy. As a graduate of the medical laboratory scientist, you'll assist physicians and nurses in choosing the best lab tests and ensure proper specimen collection methods. So, you play a vital role in the healthcare system.
Objectives:
- Learning the physical principles of machines, devices, instruments and machines used in clinical laboratories
- Familiarity with physical principles and observing the internal parts of clinical laboratory devices and machines
- Familiarity with different sampling methods of and their application in medical sciences researches
- Perform various biochemical tests of body fluids using routine and new laboratory methods
- Learning practical microbiology and its application in medical microbiology
- Learning the definition of humans’ pathogenic parasites and classifying different intestinal and cutaneous parasites, and studying their diagnosis and transmission of parasitic diseases
- Familiarity with cells and immune system organs, immune responses and familiar with different immunology tests
- Familiarity with virology laboratory and common methods of laboratory diagnosis of viruses
Duration:
4 years for continuous bachelor’s programs.
Medical Laboratory Sciences
Laboratory sciences is a branch of medical sciences dealing with the analysis of blood, body fluids, and tissues for the diagnosis of diseases, treatment follow-ups, and keeping people healthy.
The Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences at MAZUMS accept students in the program of Medical Laboratory Sciences at Bachelor level.
Medical laboratory science is a branch of medical sciences dealing with the analysis of blood, body fluids, and tissues for the diagnosis of diseases, treatment follow-ups, and keeping people healthy. As a graduate of the medical laboratory scientist, you'll assist physicians and nurses in choosing the best lab tests and ensure proper specimen collection methods. So, you play a vital role in the healthcare system.
Objectives:
- Learning the physical principles of machines, devices and instruments used in clinical laboratories
- Express the measurement value of each of these biochemical compounds in the diagnosis of different diseases
- Perform various biochemical tests of body fluids using routine and new laboratory methods
- Isolation and identification of bacteria in clinical samples
- Familiarity with virology laboratory and common methods of laboratory diagnosis of viruses
- Familiarity with pathology techniques and learning how to prepare a slide of aspirated fluids and tissues
- Familiarity with routine hematology tests
Learning about protection and safety principles in laboratories in a way that no harm comes to technicians, colleagues or the patients while performing tests
Duration: 4 years
Anesthesia (Anesthesia Technology)
B.Sc. of Health Information Technology, offered by the Department of Health Information Management at MAZUMS School of Allied Medical Sciences, is an undergraduate program of 4 years.
Description:
Bachelor of Science in anesthesia is one of the disciplines in medical sciences in which the students train in principles and methods of anesthesia, the related equipment, medication and related drugs. The students also learn about taking care of patients under local and general anesthesia pre, peri and postoperatively. Furthermore, acquiring the methods and principles of acute pain management services emergencies is within the curriculum. The graduates can work in hospitals under the supervision of an anesthesiologist.
The mission of the program is to train graduates who can take care of patients (under the supervision of an anesthetist) in post anesthesia care units (PACU), provide acute pain management services (APMS) and help in cardiopulmonary and cerebral resuscitation (CPCR).
The vision of the program is to provide active learning, innovation, acquisition of new clinical knowledge and skills, and optimum patient care so that the program will be the best and with the highest standards in the region (Middle East).
Objective:
Familiarity with care techniques and principles of acute pain control together with critical situations and medical emergency measures are also among students’ training courses.
Specific Competencies and Skills:
At the end of the program learners will be competent in the following skills:
- Studying the patients’ records, their history of disease and informing the anesthesiologist
- Performing antiseptic measures, sterilization, cleansing and maintenance of the required instruments
- Taking care of, accompanying, and transferring the patients to the operation room
- Monitoring the anesthesia equipment and preparing the required tools and medication
- Cooperating with the doctor in monitoring the patients and recording the patients’ vital signs
- Cooperating with the doctor in placing the patient in proper position for operation
- Cooperating with the anesthetist in anesthesia induction, local anesthesia and other therapeutic measures
- Cooperating with the anesthetist in bringing back patients to consciousness
- Monitoring the patients in PACU
Duration: 4 years
What are the Academic requirements?
The entry requirements vary for each university. However, normally applicants are expected to have achieved high grades at school.
An undergraduate or a first-level university student is a student working towards a B.Sc., M.D., D.D.S. or Pharm.D. degree.
To apply for the undergraduate level, filling out the Online Application Form and uploading high-quality scans of the following documents are required (some documents are mandatory and some are optional):
Documents with (*) symbol are mandatory.
- A letter of application or motivation in which you clearly specify your major and level of interest. Guidelines on writing a letter of motivation is available here
- A Resume or C.V.
- * High School Diploma/Secondary School Certificate/Higher Secondary School Certificate with courses in biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, and physiology along with its complete transcript of records (Minimum GPA of 3.00/4.00 or equivalent)
- Proficiency in English
- * A passport-size photograph
- A high-quality scan of the main pages of your passport
How can I apply to study medicine?
Applications for medicine degrees are submitted using the online application form. Here you can register and create your application. You will need to complete a number of different sections, including your personal details, educational qualifications, financial information and a personal statement.
Read our advice on how to apply for an undergraduate degree for more information on the MAZUMS application.
What next?
If you have been accepted on any course, start preparing for your visa application if you require a visa to study in the Iran.
If you require any clarification or further information at any stage of application process, please do not hesitate to contact by email.