APA – Kigali (Rwanda) – The University of Medical Sciences and Technology (UMST) in Khartoum, Sudan, plans to relocate to Rwanda to give its students hope and a second chance to complete their studies, local media reported Thursday quoting an authoritative source.
More than 7,000 students who were stranded owing to the security crisis in Sudan would be gradually transferred to Rwanda to complete their studies, according to Dr. Suzan Homeida, UMST deputy chairperson, who has already relocated to Rwanda.
Currently, the university has engaged different stakeholders to finalize the plan, it said.
“The plan is to relocate our campus. With the help of government officials, we are now negotiating with HEC to see that our campus is relocated,” she added.
With over 14 faculties, UMST is a co-educational, mainly medical-oriented college in Sudan. It was first opened in 1995, and by 2017, it was already among the top high-ranking medical universities in Africa.
According to the university top management, over 150 students out of 180 students in total have confirmed and were ready to jet into the country.
The group follows the first batch of 160 students that was officially received on August 2, in Rwanda.
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