The sport facilities and programs at RAK MHSU are considered as an integral part of the student life. They are provided to meet the athletic needs of the students as well as to promote the athletic spirit; foster team work and positive attitude, accelerate social interaction among the University community.
Athletics include a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities e.g. football, basketball, Volleyball, Badminton, Cricket, table tennis and Chess. Moreover, two gymnasium halls are well equipped and made available for students. RAK MHSU provides separate sports activities, timings and facilities for male and female students housed in the Sports Complex.
As a member of the Higher Education Sport Federation (HESF), RAK MHSU participates in the regular tournaments and competitions arranged by the HESF.
A dedicated professional Senior Sports Manager, Dr. Mohammed Abou ElMagd, coordinates and supervises the activities and the training sessions.
Game | Venue | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Football | Outdoor Ground | 12:30 – 2:00 pm (Indoor) | 5:00 – 8:00 pm (outdoor) | |||
Basketball | Sports Complex | 05:00 – 06:30 pm | 03:30 – 05:00 pm | |||
Volleyball | Sports Complex | 5:00 – 6:30 pm | 6:30 – 8:00 pm | |||
Badminton | Sports Complex | 03:00 – 05:00 pm | 02:00 – 03:30 pm | |||
Cricket | Outdoor Ground | 5:00 – 8:00 pm (outdoor) | ||||
Track & Field | Outdoor Ground | 8:30 am -8:00 pm | 8:30 am -8:00 pm | 8:30 am -8:00 pm | 8:30 am -8:00 pm | 8:30 am -12:00 pm |
Gymnasium | Sports Complex | 8:30 am -8:00 pm | 8:30 am -8:00 pm | 8:30 am -8:00 pm | 8:30 am -8:00 pm | 8:30 am -12:00 pm |
Table Tennis Billiards | Lounge | 8:30 am -8:00 pm | 8:30 am -8:00 pm | 8:30 am -8:00 pm | 8:30 am -8:00 pm | 8:30 am -12:00 pm |
For further information, call Dr. Mohamed , Sr.Manager Sports 050-2510310 |
Please follow the specific timings for each game mentioned in the above table.
!!! Friday will be only for Girls Activities - Boys are not allowed in the indoor Sports ground until 12 pm.
Game | Venue | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Football | Sports Complex | Girls Activities | ||||
Basketball | Sports Complex | 02:00 pm – 3:00 pm | 2:00– 4:00 pm | Girls Activities | ||
Volleyball | Sports Complex | 3:00 – 5:00 pm | 12:30 – 2:00 pm | Girls Activities | ||
Badminton | Sports Complex | 03:00 -5:00 pm | 02:00 – 03:30 pm | Girls Activities | ||
Track & Field | Outdoor Ground | 5:00 – 6:00 pm | 5:00 – 6:00 pm | 9:00 am – 12:00 Noon | ||
Gymnasium | Sports Complex | 08:30 am – 6:00 pm | 08:30 am – 6:00 pm | 08:30 am – 6:00 pm | 08:30 am – 6:00 pm | 8:30 am – 12:00 Noon |
Table Tennis Billiards | Lounge | 9:00 am – 8:00 pm | 9:00 am – 8:00 pm | 9:00 am – 8:00 pm | 9:00 am – 8:00 pm | 9:00 am – 12:00 Noon |
For further information, call Dr.Mohamed, Sr.Manager Sports - 050-2510310 |
!!! Friday will be only for Girls Activities – Boys are not allowed in the indoor Sports ground until 12pm.
Please follow the specific timings for each game mentioned in the above table.
Game | Venue | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Football | Outdoor ground | 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (Outdoor) | ||||
Badminton | Sports Complex | 6:00 – 7:30 am | 6:00 – 7:30 am | 6:00 – 7:30 am | 5:00 pm – 8:00pm 6:00 – 7:30 am | 5:00 – 7:00 pm |
Gymnasium | Sports Complex | 8:30 am – 8:00 pm | 8:30 am – 8:00 pm | 8:30 am – 8:00 pm | 8:30 am – 8:00 pm | 8:30 am – 12:00 pm |
Table Tennis | Lounge | 8:30 am – 8:00 pm | 8:30 am – 8:00 pm | 8:30 am – 8:00 pm | 8:30 am – 8:00 pm | 8:30 am – 12:00 pm |
Cricket | Outdoor ground | 5:00 – 8:00 pm | 5:00 – 7:00 pm | |||
For further information, call Dr. Mohamed , Sr.Manager Sports 050-2510310 |
Office of Students Affairs organizes some inter university tournament to maintain high level of performance among the university teams, tournaments are organized to cover Football, Basketball, Volleyball ,Badminton, Table Tennis, Cricket & Chess .
S.N | Activity | Date | No of Participants |
1 | Table Tennis – Female | 12-15th September 2021 | 10 Students |
2. | Table Tennis – Male | 26-28th September 2021 | 12 Students |
3. | Football - Male | 3-6th October 2021 | 22 Students |
4. | Football - Female | 24-26th October 2021 | 8 Students |
5. | Basketball - Male | 18-21st December 2021 | 20 Students |
6. | Basketball - Female | 25-28th December 2021 | 10 Students |
7. | Volleyball - Female | 16-19th January 2022 | 12 Students |
8. | Volleyball - Male | 29-31st January 2022 | 23 Students |
9. | Badminton - Female | 27-28th February 2022 | 18 Students |
10. | Billiards - Female | 7-9th March 2022 | 6 Students |
11. | Billiards - Male | 21-24th March 2022 | 11 Students |
12. | Chess - Female | 4-6th April 2022 | 6 Students |
13. | Chess - Male | 11-12th April 2022 | 15 Students |
14. | Football - Male | 18-20th April 2022 | 8 Students |
15. | Basketball - Male | 25-28th April 2022 | 13 Students |
16. | Football - Male | 2-4th May 2022 | 13 Students |
17. | Volleyball - Male | 16-18th May 2022 | 13 Students |
18. | Badminton - Male | 23-26th May 2022 | 13 Students |
19. | Volleyball ( Boys & Girls) | 10th October 2022 | 20 Students |
20. | Throw ball ( Girls) | 10th October 2022 | 18 Students |
21. | Badminton ( Boys & Girls) | 11th October 2022 | 30 Students |
22. | Basketball ( Boys & Girls) | 12th November 2022 | 22 Students |
23. | Chess ( Boys & Girls) | 13th November 2022 | 10 Students |
24. | Billiards ( Boys & Girls) | 8th December 2022 | 12 Students |
25. | Foosball ( Boys & Girls) | 10th February 2023 | 16 Students |
26. | Billiards ( Boys & Girls) | 15th March 2023 | 12 Students |
27. | Table Tennis ( Boys & Girls) | 24th April 2023 | 20 Students |
28. | Chess ( Boys & Girls) | 26th April 2023 | 11 Students |
29. | Billiards ( Boys & Girls) | 27th April 2023 | 18 Students |
RAKMHSU students participated annually in the Higher Education Sport Federation (HESF) Tournaments. We participated in the last two years in virtual games as per the following timetable.
This tournament was under the umbrella of Higher Education Sports Federation (HESF). RAKMHSU participated with two Basketball teams Male and Female, and it was played online from 10th to 20th September 2020.
Our students participated in Fortnite Competition under the supervision from Higher Education Sports Federation (HESF). The game was played online. The male and female teams played the game on 15th October 2020.
RAKMHSU Students participated in the FIFA 2020 game; it was played online on 1st November 2020.
Executive Administration of the Higher Education Sports Federation (HESF) invited the university to participate in the educational workshop in the badminton in English language, which was held on Saturday 13-03-2021 at 2.30 pm.
The first initiative idea between all UAE universities was ‘Home Mini Marathon 5 km, 10 and 15 km (3.1mile, 6.2 mile and 9.3 miles) .The main goal of this event is to show that RAKMHSU family can overcome any challenge. More than 150 students, faculty and staff participated in the Virtual home mini marathon.
Under the theme (Run anywhere, Challenge yourself) RAKMHSU organized the 9th Virtual Mini Marathon with more than 140 participant from all categories for Students, Faculty and Staff. The run was organized on 19th March 2021 from 8am to 8 pm. The winners were awarded with a prize money and a certificate.
Mini Marathon was organized on 15th March 2022. Some 250 RAKMHSU Students, Faculty and Staff (males& females) participated in the Marathon, in addition to 35 athletes from “Special Olympics” UAE representing 3 Clubs of People of Determination. Our
Strategic Partners: RAK Police and Special Olympics, UAE.
Health Checkup campaign was held for the people of determination. Our Medical students volunteered for the program.
H.E Sheikh Mohammed Bin Kayed Al Qasimi, the Chairman of the Department of Economic Development – RAK Government, Brigadier Ahmed Al Naqbi, Head of Traffic Department, RAK Police and representative from “Special Olympics” UAE graced the event.
RAK Medical and Health Sciences University organized the 11th Mini Marathon which was held on 27th February 2023 under its motto ‘Run for your health’. More than 200 RAKMHSU Students, Faculty and Staff (males& females) participated in the Marathon, in addition to 150 students from RAK Schools.
In presence of H.E Sheikh Mohammed Bin Kayed Al Qasimi, the Chairman of the Department of Economic Development – RAK Government, Prof. Ismail Matalka , President RAKMHSU and numerous honorable guests.
The event commenced with the president of RAKMHSU welcoming all of the guests and followed by a ceremony performed by RAK police Music band.
The mini marathon’s official distance was 4 Km long with it’s start and finish line just across RAK-MHSU’s main gate. There were 350 participants in the marathon,
The purpose of this event was to promote general health and sportsmanship amongst its runners and to involve the community with us in many activities.
The event was concluded by awarding the schools, RAKMHSU students, faculty and staff with medals and prizes and .distributing certificates of participation for contestants and volunteer
The office of Students Affairs organized the First RAKMHSU Sports day on 18th January 2013.Around 150 from Faculty, Staff and Students participated in this day. The Day Started at 08:30 Am and finished at 06:00 Pm. More than 12 kinds of sports and fun games offered at this day. At the end of the day Dr. Manal Sami – Assistant Dean Student Affairs distributed the prizes for the winners from all categories.
RAKMHSU, as a Medical University, has always been encouraging a healthy lifestyle among our students, faculty and staff by promoting physical activities. The office of Students Affairs organized the 2nd RAKMHSU Sports Day that was organized on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, as a full day event from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM. The Venue for this event was RAK CLUB. More than 14 games along with fun games offered for the all attendees. At the end of that day Dr. Manal Mahmoud Sami – Deputy Dean Student affairs distribute the medals for the first and second place in all games.
The office of Students Affairs organized the 3rd RAKMHSU Sports Day that was organized on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, as a full day event from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM. The Venue for this event was RAKMHSU Sports Complex. More than 15 games along with fun games offered for the all attendees. The winners were awarded by the Vice Chancellor and the Deans.
As a part of the plan to upgrade the performance and skills among our players, some friendly matches were arranged by the Sport Office with some other colleges and Universities in different games. Here are some of the activities.
S.N | Activity | Date | Avenue |
1 | Virtual (NBA2K) Basketball Competition | 20th September 2020 | HESF |
2 | Virtual (Fortnite) Competition | 15th October 2020 | HESF |
3 | Virtual (FIFA 2020) Competition | 1st November 2020 | HESF |
4 | Football – RAK MHSU vs. AURAK | 15th February 2021 | AURAK |
5 | Basketball – RAK MHSU vs. AURAK | 15th April 2021 | RAKMHSU |
6 | Basketball – RAK MHSU vs. AURAK | 5th October 2022 | RAKMHSU |
7 | Basketball – RAK MHSU vs. AURAK | 5th October 2022 | RAKMHSU |
8 | Basketball – RAK MHSU vs. AURAK | 11th December 2022 | AURAK |
9 | Football – RAK MHSU vs. Bolton University | 9th February 2022 | RAKMHSU |
10 | Cricket - RAK MHSU vs. AURAK | 29th September 2022 | AURAK |
11 | Cricket - RAK MHSU vs. AURAK | 2nd October 2022 | AURAK |
12 | Basketball – RAK MHSU vs. AURAK | 15th October 2022 | RAKMHSU |
13 | Cricket - RAK MHSU vs. Bolton University | 10th November 2022 | RAKMHSU |
14 | Volleyball - RAK MHSU vs. Bolton University | 15th November 2022 | RAKMHSU |
15 | Basketball Boys – RAK MHSU vs. AURAK | 9th January 2023 | RAKMHSU |
16 | Basketball Girls – RAK MHSU vs. AURAK | 11th February 2023 | RAKMHSU |
17 | Badminton Girls - RAK MHSU vs. AURAK | 15th February 2023 | RAKMHSU |
18 | Badminton Boys - RAK MHSU vs. AURAK | 15th February 2023 | RAKMHSU |
19 | Volleyball - RAK MHSU vs. West London University | 21st February 2023 | RAKMHSU |
20 | Volleyball Boys - RAK MHSU vs. Bolton University | 5th March 2023 | RAKMHSU |
21 | Basketball Girls – RAK MHSU vs. AURAK | 20th March 2023 | RAKMHSU |
7th RAKMHSU Champion Sports Competition was held for Faculty & Staff from 20th June to 24th June 2021 in different categories such as Billiards, Table Tennis, Foosball, Badminton, Chess, Carom and Long Jump & Running 100m.
The Eighth Champion sports competition was conducted from 7th February to 11th February 2022 for students, faculty and staff.
The competition included various games like, Table Tennis, Billiards, Chess, Badminton, Badminton (Double), Caroms, Long Jump, Foosball, 100 m running for both girls and boys.
The Eighth Champion sports competition was conducted from 6th to 9th February 2023 for students, faculty and staff.
The competition included various games like, Table Tennis, Billiards, Chess, Badminton (Double), Badminton (Double), Caroms (Double), Long Jump, Foosball, 100 m running for both girls and boys. Eighteen winners won the first place in all games.
The University teams participated in BITS Pilani Sport Festival in November 24 – 28, 2019. RAKMHSU teams participated in the competitions of football, basketball, volleyball, chess, badminton and a Table Tennis. The activities are shown below:
S.N |
Activity |
Date |
Venue |
1 | Basketball , Chess | 24th November 2019 |
BITS PILANI |
2 | Football, Table tennis | 25th November 2019 | |
3 | Basketball, Football, and chess | 26th November 2019 | |
4 | Basketball, Volleyball | 27th November 2019 | |
5 | Football, Basketball, table tennis, and badminton | 28th November 2019 |
The University teams participated in BITS Pilani Sport Festival on 21st -25th November 2021. Our university got the Second Place in Table tennis and Chess Girls.
The activities are as shown below:
S.N |
Activity |
Date |
Venue |
1 | Chess, Badminton | 21st November 2021 |
BITS PILANI |
2 | Football, Basketball, Athletics | 22nd November 2021 | |
3 | Badminton, Table Tennis (Girls) | 23rd November 2021 | |
4 | Football, Basketball, Table Tennis | 24th November 2021 | |
5 | Football, Basketball, Table Tennis | 25th November 2021 |
The University teams participated in BITS Pilani Sport Festival on 20th -25th November 2022. Our university got the First Place in Table tennis Girls.
The activities are as shown below:
S.N |
Activity |
Date |
Venue |
1 | Football, Basketball, Athletics | 20st November 2022 |
BITS PILANI Dubai |
2 | Chess, Badminton | 21nd November 2022 | |
3 | Badminton, Table Tennis (Boys & Girls) | 22rd November 2022 | |
4 | Basketball, Table Tennis | 23th November 2022 | |
5 | Football, Basketball, Table Tennis | 24th November 2022 | |
6 | Table Tennis | 25th November 2022 |
The University football team participated in the Third AURAK Inter-University Soccer Tournament which was held from October 31st November– 4th December, 2022 at AURAK Soccer field.
S.N |
Activity |
Date |
Venue |
1 | Soccer Tournament | 31st November– 4th December | AURAK |
The University female basketball team participated in the UAE National day Championship which was held on Monday 21st November 2022.
S.N |
Activity |
Date |
Venue |
1 | Female Basketball Tournament | 21st November 2022. | UOS Women’s Sports Complex |
The University female badminton team participated in Sharjah University Badminton Tournament which was held on Thursday 24th November 2022.
S.N |
Activity |
Date |
Venue |
1 | Female Badminton Tournament | 24th November 2022. | UOS Women’s Sports Complex |
Our RAKMHSU Football Team participated in 1st University of Stirling Football Cup (7-a-side Inter-University) the tournament was held at Emirates Cultural and Sports Club, on 13th & 14th March 2023. Our team got the third place among 15 other universities.
S.N |
Activity |
Date |
Venue |
1 | Male Football Tournament | 13th & 14th March 2023. | University of Stirling, RAK Campus |
The University teams participated in GMU Sport Festival on February 27th to Friday March 3rd 2023. Our university got the First Place in Volleyball Girls.
The activities are as shown below:
S.N |
Activity |
Date |
Venue |
1 | Volleyball Boys, TT Girls | 27th February 2023 | GMU - Ajman |
2 | Basketball Boys, Badminton Girls | 28th February 2023 | GMU - Ajman |
3 | Volleyball Girls | 1st March 2023 | GMU - Ajman |
4 | Basketball Girls | 2nd March 2023 | GMU - Ajman |
5 | Volleyball Girls, Badminton Girls | 3rd March 2023 | GMU - Ajman |
The Office of Student Affairs organized the seventh RAKMHSU Fresher’s Sports Competitions for First and Second year students from all Colleges, boys and girls separately from 26th September to 7th October 2021 during the break time., More than 100 students’ males and females participated in 8 games; ( Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton, Table tennis, Foosball, Chess and Billiards). The first and second place were awarded with medal & certificates.
The Office of Student Affairs organized the eights fresher’s sports competitions. The tournament was held from 20th September to 28th September 2022 for the First year student for all the colleges, More than 110 students male and females participated in 9 games separately (Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton, Table tennis, Foosball, Chess, Billiards and Athletics). The First and second place were awarded with medals and certificates by Dr. Manal Sami dean Student Affairs.
Office of Students Affairs organized the10th RAKMHSU Sports Festival 2019-2020 from 17th to 21st November 2020 (Sunday to Thursday). Our event is considered as the biggest sports meet between UAE universities in the Emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah. Ten Universities with more than 200 students will compete in 10 games boys and girls separately (Football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, chess, cricket, billiards, foosball and athletics).
Office of Students Affairs organized the 11th RAKMHSU Sports Festival 2021 from 7th to 11th November 2021. All students participated in 10 games for boys and girls separately (Football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, chess, cricket, billiards, foosball and athletics). Teams representing the following universities have participated in various games:
Office of Students Affairs organized the 12th RAKMHSU Sports Festival from 14th to 18th November 2022.
This year there was a National Participation of 21 universities in 11 games for both Male and Female (Football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, chess, cricket, billiards, foosball , Throw ball and Athletics).
Teams representing the following universities are:
1- Special Olympics - UAE
2- Mohamed Bin Rashid University-Dubai
3- American University of Sharjah
4- Bits Pilani- Dubai
5- Heriot Watt University - Dubai
6- Bolton University-RAK
7- American University – RAK
8- Gulf Medical University- Ajman
9- Ajman University
10- Higher College of Technology- RAK
11- Amity University-Dubai
12- Success point College-Sharjah
13- Rochester Institute of Technology-Dubai
14- The British University-Dubai
15- S. P Jain University-Dubai
16- Bath SPA University-RAK
17- University of Stirling-RAK
18- Al Wasl University-Dubai
19- Manipal University-Dubai
20- Westford University College-Sharjah
The Office of Student Affairs organized a Charity Football& Basketball Game in our Indoor Sports Hall. The entrance to the Game was by tickets only. The proposed price for each ticket will be ten Dirhams. The proceedings donated to Al Rahmah Charity Society- RAK branch. The event was on Thursday, 24th January 2019, from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
The Office of Student Affairs organized The Pink Steps Challenge which took place on Friday 29th October 2021 between 8.00am and 8.00pm UAE time (12-hour time gap) for all categories, males and females. PACER PEDOMETER application on their smart phone mobiles was used. The generous donations from all participants went for Breast Cancer patients Certificates and Medals was distributed to the best performers.
The Office of Student Affairs organized a Charity Basketball game (females) between GEMS School vs RAKMHSU, at 12.30 pm at the Indoor Sports Hall on Thursday 27th October 2022. All proceedings donated to Emirates Cancer Society- RAK.