Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences (UPUMS)
Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai has been established in year 2016 by the Government of Uttar Pradesh in the form of an affiliating, teaching and research University after reconstituting Uttar Pradesh Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Saifai, which was established in the year 2005.. The University has been established by an Act no.15 of 2016 of the state legislature of Uttar Pradesh as a State University vide notification no. 742(2)/LXXIX-V-1-16-1(ka)-7-2015 dated 17.05.2016. In accordance to the Uttar Pradesh Extraordinary Gazette, 17 May, 2016; the University (Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences) shall be constituted of five faculties namely, Medical, Dental, Paramedical Sciences, Nursing and Pharmacy. In addition to undergraduate programs in Medicine, Paramedical Sciences, Nursing and Pharmacy, the University also offers MD/MS/MDS and M.Ch in various specialzations and superspecialization courses in Medicine. The University is also running postgraduate programs in the Faculties of Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, and Paramedical. The University also houses diploma programs in Nursing and Paramedical streams that are affiliated to State Medical Faculty, Lucknow. The University presently has 250 faculty members in various academic departments. The academic departments are engaged in teaching, training, patient care and research with state of art infrastructure facilities.