Thursday, September 29, 2011

TUMS Chancellor’s Message of Hope and Encouragement for the Commencement of 2011-2012 Academic Year

TUMS Chancellor’s Message of Hope and Encouragement for the Commencement of 2011-2012 Academic Year
Date: 9/26/2011

TUMSPR News: In a message to the students, TUMS Chancellor, Dr. Bagher Larijani, has congratulated the news academic year and has asked them to perceive the greatness of their responsibility to properly add to the values of the University by developing their talents.


In a message to the students, Dr. Bagher Larijani, the Chancellor for Tehran University of Medical Sciences, has congratulated the new academic year to the students and especially to the newcomer students and has asked them to perceive the greatness of their responsibility to properly add to the values of the University by developing their talents.

The message reads as follows:

In the Name of God

The 2011-2012 academic year has officially been started. The University is commencing its 76th year but [in fact] the history of modern medicine at Tehran University of Mmedical Sciences (TUMS) is at its 160th year from the day modern medicine came to life at Dar ul-Funun, the first modern institution of higher learning in Persia, and TUMS is its continuum.

I personally congratulate the new academic year to all students, especially the ones that newly have joined this great scientific and research institution, and the faculty members and staff of the University and hope they begin a vibrant year full of happiness.

But I intend to briefly remind a few points, especially to the freshman students and attract their attention to them.

First of all, you are truly the best medical sciences students of the country to have been able to compete with hundreds of thousands of students and enter the University. This is a great reward for your efforts and your respected families support. Cherish this blessing and sufficiently benefit from it.

Secondly, this gift from God has been completed by another blessing and that is being exposed in tender age with more than 2000 of the most knowledgeable and most valued professors in the field of medical sciences in the country.

Thirdly, this prosperous scientific institute with its educational and research frameworks that are unique to the country provides a place for you to develop your talents.

Availability of the access to more than 5000 scholarly journal in TUMS Digital Library, hundreds of electronic textbooks and experienced professors in every field all provide an environment to do research better than anywhere else in the country.

At the present time, the University with its 200 specialty programs and 11 schools and 27 hospitals, more than 2000 research projects in 80 research centers has organized vast activities in the realm of education and research. These activities have gained both honor and reputation for the University. An example for this is the latest research ranks that place us ahead of other universities for the ninth year in a row with marks twice as much of others in the evaluations could better describe our commitment to research.

In essential science indicators (ESI) the University has gained the 1278th rank in the world and in Shanghai ranking of world universities TUMS with its sister institute, University of Tehran, gained a position between 3001 – 400 among 1000 top universities of the world in July 2011.

More than 40% of high quality research articles in the field of medical sciences indexed in ISI Web of Knowledge and MedLine are produced and published by TUMS while only 12% of the faculty members in medical universities are from this university.
Graduates and postgraduates of this University and more than 80 research centers affiliated to it usually rank the highest in the country.

These are some of the honors achieved by the University in education and research and we should not forget the great inventions and innovations of the University that are the fruit of the efforts put to world by many researchers in different fields.

Your responsibility is one of the most eminent one by joining this constellation of elites. Do your best to gain as much as possible in this atmosphere and develop you scientific dimensions and prepare yourself to add to its valuable achievements. This way you make sure you have responded properly and added value to your talents and the University.

Finally, I wish you the true men of this country great health and success.

Dr. Bagher Larijani,
Chancellor

http://publicrelations.tums.ac.ir/english/news/detail.asp?newsID=27382

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