UAE's Thumbay Group to found medical university in Serbia

Thumbay Group, the biggest company in the healthcare service and education business in the United Arab Emirates, will invest more than EUR 250 million in the founding of a new medical university in Serbia and the construction of a students' campus and a clinic, the Ministry of Education of Serbia announced, as reported on the website of the Government of Serbia.

The total number of employees at the Gulf Medical University and the Thumbay Hospital should be around 5,000 and would include technical staff, medical nurses and various medical specialists.

Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development Mladen Sarcevic announced a meeting where the location for the construction of this medical complex will be discussed.

He said that the campus would feature the new university, the clinic and accommodation units for students and that the university would feature several study programs, making it an excellent opportunity for local and foreign students.

The project, which the ministry initiated with Thumbay Group a year ago, was made official with the signing of several memorandums during the recent visit of Minister Sarcevic and representatives of the Ministry of Health to the UAE.

The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education have joined forces and started concrete talks about the project of the arrival of Thumbay to Serbia. In the first phase, they would use the hospitals of the Clinical Center of Belgrade, also the education base of the Medical Faculty in Belgrade, and in the second phase, they would start building their own clinic, Sarcevic explained.

The minister pointed out that the arrival of Thumbay Group to Serbia was a great opportunity for young experts from Serbia to find jobs at the new university.

According to him, their salaries would be excellent, which would motivate them to stay in the country and contribute to their careers, the development of healthcare in Serbia, but also the raising of the quality of healthcare.

Sarcevic said that Thumbay Group had several clinics with a university center in the UAE, India and South Africa.

It is a very successful company, known for its innovative approach to medicine, both in medical education and treatment methods, Sarcevic pointed out and added that the company's arrival to Serbia would mark the company's entrance to the European market, the press release says.

Ministarstvo prosvete Republike Srbije

Beogradski kliničko bolnički centar

Medicinski fakultet Beograd

Thumbay Group

Mladen Sarcevic

Gulf University