Four Tunisian Faculties of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Sign Agreement On Access To Harvard’s Online Learning Platform

The Faculty of Medicine of Tunis at Tunis El Manar University, the Faculty of Medicine of Monastir, the Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, and the Faculty of Medicine of Sousse have signed agreement with Harvard Medical School to offer their students access to Harvard’s online learning platform.

This is according to the Tunisia Office, Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, which said in a statement that a first batch of 40 undergraduate students will undertake the course in the coming academic year, with 200 students in total undertaking the course in the next five years.

The statement revealed that the access to the HMX courses is made possible by the support from the Harvard College alumnus Hazem Ben-Gacem Tunisia Medical Education Fund.

The five HMX Fundamentals courses include biochemistry, genetics, immunology, pharmacology, and physiology

According to the dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Mohamed Jouini, implementing HMX online courses will offer an excellent opportunity to Tunisia’s medical students.

He said the first initiative will establish a fruitful and long-lasting relationship between the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis and the Harvard Medical School adding that this project comes as a great addition to a wider strategy of international cooperation for the school.

HMX courses are currently offered to students at HMS and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, as well as through institutional partnerships around the globe.