Medicine School of Tunis

Faculty of Medicine of Tunis

Type	Public University
Established	1964
Dean	Mohamed Jouini
Location	Tunis , Tunisia
Affiliations	Tunis El Manar University
Website	www.fmt.rnu.tn

The Faculty of Medicine of Tunis (Arabic: كلية الطب بتونس; French: faculté de médecine de Tunis, FMT) is one of the four medical schools in Tunisia. It is a public institution that belongs to the Tunis El Manar University.

History

The school was founded in 1964 with only 59 students enrolled. The courses took place in the human and social sciences faculty of Tunis in that year. In 1965, they changed into the University Hospital Charles-Nicolle.^[1] Amor Chadli was the first dean of the school.

Medicine School of Tunis in 1964–65
Old building of the Medicine School of Tunis
Debating club at the medicine school of Tunis.

Location

The school is located in 15 Djebel Lakhdhar Street La Rabta 1007 in Tunis^[2] .

Medicine School of Tunis Street
Hall of the Medicine School of Tunis
Main hall of the school
An outdoor space in the labs department

Deans

Since its foundation, the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis had eight deans.^[3]

1964–1971 : Amor Chadli (anatomo-pathologist)
1971–1974 : Mongi Ben Hamida (neurologist)
1974–1976 : Amor Chadli (anatomo-pathologist)
1976–1977 : Zouhair Essafi (surgeon)
1977–1986 : Hassouna Ben Ayed (nephrologist and internist)
1986–1994 : Abdelaziz Ghachem (specialist in medical work and forensic medecine)
1994–2000 : Chalbi Belkahia (pharmacologist)
2000–2005 : Rachid Mechmèche (physiologist)
2005–2011 : Abdeljelil Zaouche (surgeon)
2011–2017 : Ahmed Maherzi (pediatrician)
2017–present : Mohamed Jouini (surgeon)