RAKMHSU At A Glance
RAKMHSU at a glance
Figures confirmed August 2026
Key figures for RAK Medical & Health Sciences University in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE — student numbers, graduates, faculty, accreditation and rankings, each carrying the date it was last confirmed. Media, ranking bodies and education directories are welcome to reproduce them; please cite the date shown. Accreditation is set out programme by programme on the Accreditation Status page, and every qualification the University offers is listed under Colleges & Programs.
The figures
| Figure | Value | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 | The first medical and health sciences university of its kind in the UAE |
| Colleges | 4 | Medicine (RAKCOMS), Dentistry (RAKCODS), Pharmacy (RAKCOP), Nursing (RAKCON) |
| Programs | 30+ | Bachelor's, master's, postgraduate diploma and doctoral degrees |
| Students | 1,700+ | Drawn from more than 60 nationalities |
| Nationalities | 60+ | Teaching is in English |
| Graduates | 3,700+ | Across the four colleges, since the first cohort graduated. The alumni total is this same figure |
| Full-time faculty | 100+ | Drawn from more than 30 nationalities |
| Faculty nationalities | 30+ | Faculty recruited internationally |
| Student retention | 96% | Among the highest in the region |
| Research output | 1,600+ | Scopus-indexed publications by University faculty |
| Employment or further study | 90.96% | Graduates in employment or continuing to further study |
| Licensed graduates | 92% | Graduates who have obtained professional licensure |
| Faculty-to-student ratio | 1:11 | One member of faculty to eleven students |
| Affiliated clinical beds | 1,150+ | The affiliated teaching-hospital network students train in |
| Clinical training sites | 4 teaching hospitals | Saqr (278 beds), Ibrahim Bin Hamad Obaidullah (253) and Abdullah Bin Omran (85) in Ras Al Khaimah, and Fujairah General (320), with five primary health centres. Nursing students also train at Obaidallah Geriatric, Sheikh Khalifa Specialty and RAK Hospital, and at Al Amal Hospital in Dubai |
| Language of instruction | English | All programmes are taught and examined in English |
| Location | Ras Al Khaimah, UAE | Al Qusaidat, near RAK Hospital — about an hour from Dubai |
Rankings
| Ranking body | Edition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Times Higher Education | Arab University Rankings 2026 | Band 151–175 of 372 universities across the Arab region, and among the top 13 in the UAE The University's first placement in this table |
| Arab Ranking for Universities | ARU 2025 | 56th in the Arab region, and 5th in the UAE Up from 75th the previous year |
These are two different rankings. Please attribute each result to the body named beside it — the 56th place is an Arab Ranking for Universities position, not a Times Higher Education one.
Accreditation
| Body | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research (MOHESR), UAE | Institutional licensure of the University |
| Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA) | Programme accreditation |
| World Directory of Medical Schools (WDOMS) | RAK College of Medical Sciences is listed in the directory |
| Australian Dental Council (ADC) | Bachelor of Dental Surgery, jointly with the Ministry |
| Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) | Bachelor of Pharmacy |
| Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) | Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing, jointly with the Ministry |
| Accreditation Canada | RAK College of Dental Sciences and the dental internship — Diamond status |
Grant dates, expiry dates and current status for each of these accreditations are on the Accreditation Status page.
Citing the University
| Registered name | Ras Al Khaimah Medical and Health Sciences University |
|---|---|
| Name used in branding | RAK Medical & Health Sciences University · RAKMHSU |
| Also written as | RAK University · RAK Medical University · RAK Medical and Health Sciences University · Ras Al Khaimah Medical & Health Sciences University |
| Address | Al Qusaidat, Near RAK Hospital, PO Box 11172, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates |
| Website | https://www.rakmhsu.ac.ae |
Two points worth clarifying, as both are often confused: RAKMHSU has no connection to the American University of Ras Al Khaimah; and RAK Hospital, which stands beside the campus and gives it its postal address, is a separate organisation under its own management, though master's nursing students do take their management clinical experience there.