About the Faculty
The Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences (FMHS) is committed to protecting and improving human health through excellence in education, training, research, knowledge exchange, service and engagement.
We provide an inclusive, healthy and safe learning environment where aspiring health leaders can develop careers that positively impact the lives and wellbeing of individuals and communities. Our staff, researchers and healthcare professionals ensure students gain the knowledge, skills and competencies to deliver the best care and to become tomorrow's health leaders.
Mission
To be dynamic, innovative and forward-looking, and recognised for excellence in learning, teaching, research and service to the community.
Vision
To be a competent and competitive faculty with an international reputation for quality training, research and service.
Philosophy
Our programmes respond to life as a bio-psycho-socio-cultural reality in which continuous, rapid change is the norm, giving graduates a fundamental body of knowledge that makes them versatile contributors to the health sciences.
Objectives
- Promote high-quality teaching and learning that offers choice, flexibility and inter-professional opportunities.
- Prepare practitioners for lifelong learning and reflective, evidence-based practice.
- Give students the scientific knowledge, practical skills and technological competence to practise at primary, secondary and tertiary levels of care.
- Develop the interpersonal skills needed to work in health teams.
- Partner with service users, providers and agencies, mainly in Northern Nigeria but also nationally and internationally.
- Apply scholarship and research to health policy and practice.
Office of the Dean
The Dean oversees the Faculty's departments and programmes, supervises appointments, works with Faculty Board committees on staff promotion and academic initiatives, and is a member of University Management.
Department of Medical Laboratory Science
A five-year professional degree leading to the Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLS) and certification by the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN). Graduates meet MLSCN national competency standards through knowledge-based practice, scholarship, communication and collaboration, self-management and ethical responsibility.
Department of Nursing Science
The Department works with local and national health providers to deliver high-quality education, professional practice development and research, using simulation and blended learning. The five-year Bachelor of Nursing Science (BNSc) covers nursing, midwifery and public health.
Department of Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy uses physical approaches to promote health and to prevent, treat and manage disease and disability. The Department offers a six-year Doctor of Physiotherapy (DPT) degree, training physiotherapists to provide promotive, preventive and curative services through excellence in education, clinical practice and research.
Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences
The Department studies how environmental factors affect human health, how to recognise and prevent these effects, and how to improve public health through clinical care and policy. It offers a four-year BSc Public Health and prepares graduates for public health practice, academia, advocacy and beyond.