RIYADH- Three Sri Lankans from senior expatriate families among the AlFaisal University Medical College (AFUMC) Riyadh Graduates this year. They are: Dr. Ayman Faiz,Dr Abdullah Niyas and Dr. Noora Rameez
Ayman and Noora are past pupils fromSri Lanka International School (SLIS) in Riyadh and Abdullah is from Bangladesh International School and Sri Lanka International School in Jeddah.
AFUMC is one of the top class institutions approved by the Sri Lanka Medical Council,(SLMC) Sri Lanka and it produces nearly 200 MBBS graduates every year.
The facilities this university provides is unique in many respects according to some parents. Cultural adaptation among students, Internship arrangements for all including international students and opportunities to get trained under world class consultants including from western nations with modern facilities and technology are noted to name a few in addition to the opportunities for research in western countries during the long summer holidays.
Alfaisal University is ranked in the top 251-300th globally by the Times Higher Education World Univeristy rankings 2021.
It is the 31st best Young university in the world and also ranked the 1st in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Arab region.
The Sri Lankan students at Alfaisal describe it as being an all-inclusive environment where the finest education is provided by a diverse faculty who have been mostly trained in North America and Asia.
It is one of the few medical colleges that provides miscellaneous facilities for medical students to be involved in several extra-curricular activities.
The King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research center (KFSH&RC), one of the leading hospitals in the Saudi Arabia with the state-of-the art technology, is the primary teaching hospital for Alfaisal University.
The University also extensively supports students to pursue research through a merit based system both locally at KFSH and internationally in many countries such as the United’s States, United Kingdom and Australia.
This year, with the graduation of three Sri Lankans from the college of Medicine at Alfaisal University totals the number of Sri Lankan doctors from Alfaisal eight. Currently, there are five more Sri Lankan students reading for medical degrees in the institution.
First Sri Lankan professional from this university is Dr Ashfaq Faiz and he is currently serving a leading hospital in Riyadh. He was followed by Dr. Noora Ruxan, Dr Hamza Ruxan, Dr Amal Farooq and Dr Safiya Moulana in addition to current year graduates.
The university’s curriculum was initially supported by Partners Harvard International USA and it consistently ranks 1 among medical colleges in Middle East Gulf region in the annual regional medical board examinations.
